Drake London or Luther Burden III: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Drake London at 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 58th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 64th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake London: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 28.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 80.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Drake London has been on the field for 98 percent of ATL snaps and drawn 21 percent of the targets.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against PIT he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 73 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 19 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, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake London played 12 games and scored 201.9 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR19.

He caught 68 of 112 targets for 919 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.3 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 13.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Luther Burden III was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake London scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 8.3 a game between them.

Drake London finished WR19 that year and Luther Burden III WR48.

Drake London had 52 more targets than Luther Burden III, 112 to 60.

Drake London had 267 more receiving yards than Luther Burden III, 919 to 652.

This season Drake London holds the bigger snap share, 98 percent against 73 percent.

This season Drake London holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Drake London is off in Week 11 and Luther Burden III in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 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.