Kayshon Boutte or Jacory Croskey-Merritt: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kayshon Boutte: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 192.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jacory Croskey-Merritt: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 108.

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Kayshon Boutte at 8.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 124th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The books have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 6.8 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 17 books. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 59 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 14.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Jacory Croskey-Merritt has been on the field for 43 percent of WAS snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against PHI he carried 16 times for 63 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -7 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 12 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte played 14 games and scored 124.1 PPR points, 8.9 a game, finishing WR51.

He caught 33 of 46 targets for 551 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 72 percent catch rate and 16.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He carried 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 more yards.

That came to 10.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

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

Jacory Croskey-Merritt was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Jacory Croskey-Merritt 8.3, 0.6 a game between them.

Kayshon Boutte finished WR51 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB33, which are two different ladders.

Kayshon Boutte is a wide receiver and Jacory Croskey-Merritt a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8 and Jacory Croskey-Merritt in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.