Isaiah Likely or Travis Kelce: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 81st highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Travis Kelce at 10.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 87th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 162.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Travis Kelce: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 69th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 155.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 49 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 8.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against DAL he caught 8 of 8 targets for 78 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 1, Travis Kelce has been on the field for 71 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 71 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Isaiah Likely played 14 games and scored 61.7 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing TE45.

He caught 27 of 36 targets for 307 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 2.6 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Travis Kelce played 17 games and scored 193.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing TE3.

He caught 76 of 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.4 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Travis Kelce was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Travis Kelce scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 7.0 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 that year and Travis Kelce TE3.

Travis Kelce had 72 more targets than Isaiah Likely, 108 to 36.

Travis Kelce had 544 more receiving yards than Isaiah Likely, 851 to 307.

This season Travis Kelce holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 49 percent.

This season Isaiah Likely holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Isaiah Likely is off in Week 8 and Travis Kelce in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 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.