Luther Burden III or Jalen Coker: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 41.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Coker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 209th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Jalen Coker, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Jalen Coker has been on the field for 64 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he caught 8 of 9 targets for 138 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 8 of 9 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jalen Coker played 11 games and scored 90.4 PPR points, 8.2 a game, finishing WR69.

He caught 33 of 43 targets for 394 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 3.9 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

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

Luther Burden III was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Luther Burden III scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Jalen Coker 8.2, 0.3 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 that year and Jalen Coker WR69.

Luther Burden III had 17 more targets than Jalen Coker, 60 to 43.

Luther Burden III had 258 more receiving yards than Jalen Coker, 652 to 394.

This season Jalen Coker holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 61 percent.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Luther Burden III is off in Week 10 and Jalen Coker in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jalen Coker is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jalen Coker has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.