Xavier Worthy or Jaylin Noel: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Worthy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Jaylin Noel at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 2.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 5 of 7 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Jaylin Noel has been on the field for 45 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 10.1 air yards.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 1 time for 8 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 85 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against TEN he carried 1 time for 1 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaylin Noel played 17 games and scored 68.4 PPR points, 4.0 a game, finishing WR91.

He caught 26 of 35 targets for 292 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 2.1 targets a game, a 74 percent catch rate and 11.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaylin Noel was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Jaylin Noel 4.0, 3.8 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy finished WR59 that year and Jaylin Noel WR91.

Xavier Worthy had 38 more targets than Jaylin Noel, 73 to 35.

Xavier Worthy had 240 more receiving yards than Jaylin Noel, 532 to 292.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 45 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Jaylin Noel.