Should I start Xavier Worthy or Efton Chism III in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Efton Chism III, and the board ranks him 138th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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 Efton Chism III is 2.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 10 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 through Week 8

Through Week 8, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 84 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 2 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 8.6 air yards.

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.

In Week 8 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Efton Chism III has been on the field for 76 percent of NE snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 4.5 air yards.

In Week 7 against CHI he caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against MIA he caught 5 of 5 targets for 37 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 Efton Chism III played 8 games and scored 16.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game.

He caught 3 of 3 targets for 75 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 25.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Xavier Worthy was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Efton Chism III 2.1, 5.8 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy had 70 more targets than Efton Chism III, 73 to 3.

Xavier Worthy had 457 more receiving yards than Efton Chism III, 532 to 75.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 76 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Efton Chism III in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.