Should I start Xavier Worthy or Dontayvion Wicks in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 122nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Dontayvion Wicks, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Dontayvion Wicks is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Xavier Worthy's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 7, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 82 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 49 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 8.7 air yards.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 7 of 7 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against SEA he caught 3 of 6 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 79 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 32 targets have averaged 13.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against JAX he caught 5 of 8 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 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.

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 2.4 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy finished WR59 that year and Dontayvion Wicks WR83.

Xavier Worthy had 27 more targets than Dontayvion Wicks, 73 to 46.

Xavier Worthy had 200 more receiving yards than Dontayvion Wicks, 532 to 332.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 79 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Dontayvion Wicks in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable on the injury report.