Should I start Jalen McMillan or Kayshon Boutte in Week 8?
Updated Oct 27, 7:36 PM ET. Week 9 answers post Tuesday.
Start Kayshon Boutte: 44 percent of the snaps and 11 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jalen McMillan's 7 percent of the snaps and 1 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.
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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
WR · TB · bye 10
2025 vs catches line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 255
WR · HOU · on bye this week
2026 vs anytime td line 0-6
- Market-based projection
- 3.2 pts a game Wk 7 price
- Overall rank
- 256
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The gap
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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 Jalen McMillan, and the board ranks him 255th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 256th overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Jalen McMillan, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Kayshon Boutte, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.
This season so far
Through Week 3, Jalen McMillan has been on the field for 7 percent of TB snaps, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 17 two minute targets.
His 1 target have averaged 15.0 air yards.
In Week 2 against CLE he was not given the ball.
In Week 3 against MIN he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.
Through Week 7, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 41 two minute targets.
His 23 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.
In Week 5 against TEN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 38 yards and did not score.
In Week 6 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.
In Week 7 against NYG he caught 1 of 2 targets for 25 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Jalen McMillan played 4 games and scored 29.9 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing WR137.
He caught 12 of 15 targets for 178 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 0 red zone targets.
That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 14.8 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 52 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Kayshon Boutte was available for 10 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Jalen McMillan 7.5, 1.4 a game between them.
Jalen McMillan finished WR137 that year and Kayshon Boutte WR51.
Kayshon Boutte had 31 more targets than Jalen McMillan, 46 to 15.
Kayshon Boutte had 373 more receiving yards than Jalen McMillan, 551 to 178.
This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 7 percent.
This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 1 percent.
Byes and availability
Jalen McMillan is off in Week 10 and Kayshon Boutte in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Jalen McMillan is listed as ir on the injury report.
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