Tyjae Spears or Dontayvion Wicks: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tyjae Spears at 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 140th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Dontayvion Wicks at 7.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 146th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyjae Spears: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 193.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dontayvion Wicks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 124th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Tyjae Spears has been on the field for 50 percent of TEN snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 3.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against NYJ he carried 3 times for 12 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 91 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 9 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 19.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 2 of 4 targets for 73 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyjae Spears played 13 games and scored 111.7 PPR points, 8.6 a game, finishing RB44.

He carried 72 times for 283 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 45 of 50 targets for 264 more yards.

That came to 5.5 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 3.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dontayvion Wicks was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Tyjae Spears scored 8.6 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 3.2 a game between them.

Tyjae Spears finished RB44 and Dontayvion Wicks WR83, which are two different ladders.

Tyjae Spears is a running back and Dontayvion Wicks a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tyjae Spears is off in Week 9 and Dontayvion Wicks in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.3 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.