Should I start Xavier Legette or Jalen McMillan in Week 7?
Updated Oct 20, 2:41 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Xavier Legette: 51 percent of the snaps and 9 percent of the targets over their last 2 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 · CAR · bye 5
2025 vs rec yds line 5-10
- Overall rank
- 259
WR · TB · bye 10
2025 vs catches line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 261
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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 Xavier Legette, and the board ranks him 259th overall on the rest of his evidence.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Jalen McMillan, and the board ranks him 261st overall on the rest of his evidence.
The market-based projections
No season market is posted for Xavier Legette, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
No season market is posted for Jalen McMillan, 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 2, Xavier Legette has been on the field for 51 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 7 two minute targets.
His 6 targets have averaged 16.2 air yards.
In Week 1 against CHI he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.
In Week 2 against ATL he caught 2 of 4 targets for 64 yards and did not score.
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.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Xavier Legette played 15 games and scored 89.3 PPR points, 6.0 a game, finishing WR71.
He caught 35 of 64 targets for 363 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.
That came to 4.3 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 10.4 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
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.
Xavier Legette was available for 11 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Jalen McMillan scored 7.5 PPR points a game and Xavier Legette 6.0, 1.5 a game between them.
Xavier Legette finished WR71 that year and Jalen McMillan WR137.
Xavier Legette had 49 more targets than Jalen McMillan, 64 to 15.
Xavier Legette had 185 more receiving yards than Jalen McMillan, 363 to 178.
This season Xavier Legette holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 7 percent.
This season Xavier Legette holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 1 percent.
Byes and availability
Xavier Legette is off in Week 5 and Jalen McMillan in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Xavier Legette is listed as ir on the injury report.
Jalen McMillan is listed as ir on the injury report.
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