Keenan Allen or Kayshon Boutte: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 8.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 125th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Kayshon Boutte at 7.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 128th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 200.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kayshon Boutte: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 206.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 67 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 3.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 6 of 6 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 46 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

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

His 2 targets have averaged 16.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he caught 1 of 2 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 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.

Keenan Allen was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Kayshon Boutte 8.9, 1.9 a game between them.

Keenan Allen finished WR29 that year and Kayshon Boutte WR51.

Keenan Allen had 76 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 122 to 46.

Keenan Allen had 226 more receiving yards than Kayshon Boutte, 777 to 551.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger snap share, 67 percent against 46 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 5 percent.

Byes and availability

Keenan Allen is off in Week 13 and Kayshon Boutte in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.