Nico Collins or Jalen Nailor: who to draft first

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Nico Collins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 37.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Nailor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 207.

What the sportsbooks price

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Nico Collins, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Jalen Nailor at 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 books. That is the 151st highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Nico Collins has been on the field for 72 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 12.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 10 targets for 75 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Jalen Nailor has been on the field for 60 percent of LV snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 1 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIA he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Nico Collins played 15 games and scored 226.2 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing WR8.

He caught 71 of 120 targets for 1117 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 8.0 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 15.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jalen Nailor played 17 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing WR61.

He caught 29 of 53 targets for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 55 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jalen Nailor was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Nico Collins scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Jalen Nailor 5.9, 9.2 a game between them.

Nico Collins finished WR8 that year and Jalen Nailor WR61.

Nico Collins had 67 more targets than Jalen Nailor, 120 to 53.

Nico Collins had 673 more receiving yards than Jalen Nailor, 1117 to 444.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 60 percent.

This season Nico Collins holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 17 percent.

Byes and availability

Nico Collins is off in Week 8 and Jalen Nailor in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Nico Collins is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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