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Should I start Elic Ayomanor or Ted Hurst III in Week 7?

Updated Oct 22, 5:21 AM ET.

Week 7 verdict

Start

WR · TB · at CAR

Market projects
4.0
recent weeks avg
CAR D vs WR
29.4
8th fewest to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
34 of 100 at WR
Sit

WR · TEN · vs CLE

Market projects
3.4
fantasy pts
CLE D vs WR
33.5
12th most to WRs (2026)
Upside
Limited
13 of 100 at WR
Snap share
60%
Through Week 6
Target share
8%
Through Week 6
Start Hurst or Ayomanor? The full Week 7 breakdown

Start Ted Hurst III over Elic Ayomanor in Week 7.

Should I drop Ted Hurst III for Elic Ayomanor?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Elic Ayomanor projects 39 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (3.9 a game over 10 games), Ted Hurst III 29 (2.9 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Ted Hurst III over Elic Ayomanor. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

WR57 · TEN · bye unlisted

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
3.4 pts a game

WR71 · TB · bye 10

2026 vs anytime td line 1-5

Market-based projection
3.5 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
199

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The gap

  • Board size316 draftable players

Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Elic Ayomanor, and the board ranks him 177th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ted Hurst III, and the board ranks him 199th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

Elic Ayomanor's market-based projection is 3.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 155th highest figure of the 215 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Ted Hurst III is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 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.

Ted Hurst III's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 60 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against HOU he caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against IND he caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Ted Hurst III has been on the field for 59 percent of TB snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 16.1 air yards.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he was not given the ball.

In Week 6 against PIT he caught 3 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ted Hurst III is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger snap share, 60 percent against 59 percent.

This season Ted Hurst III holds the bigger target share, 12 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Ted Hurst III is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Elic Ayomanor.

What would change the answer

Ted Hurst III has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Ted Hurst III for Elic Ayomanor?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Elic Ayomanor projects 39 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (3.9 a game over 10 games), Ted Hurst III 29 (2.9 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Ted Hurst III over Elic Ayomanor. So make the move after his Week 7 game.

  • Should I drop Elic Ayomanor for Ted Hurst III?

    No. Keep Elic Ayomanor: he projects 39 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (3.9 a game over 10 games), Ted Hurst III 29 (2.9 a game over 10 games). For Week 7 the call starts Ted Hurst III over Elic Ayomanor.

Both players in full

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