Kayshon Boutte or Ted Hurst: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kayshon Boutte at 6.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 135th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Ted Hurst at 5.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 143rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kayshon Boutte: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ted Hurst: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 142nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 62 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 12.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he caught 2 of 2 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 3 of 4 targets for 36 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Ted Hurst has been on the field for 66 percent of TB snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 17.3 air yards.

In Week 2 against CLE he caught 2 of 7 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he caught 1 of 3 targets for 40 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against GB he caught 2 of 3 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

Ted Hurst is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

Head to head

This season Ted Hurst holds the bigger snap share, 66 percent against 62 percent.

This season Ted Hurst holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Kayshon Boutte is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Ted Hurst.

What would change the answer

1.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.