Should I start Xavier Legette or Kayshon Boutte in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Legette, and the board ranks him 252nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kayshon Boutte, and the board ranks him 256th 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 Kayshon Boutte, 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 7, Kayshon Boutte has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 3 of 5 targets for 38 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he caught 1 of 2 targets for 25 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 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.

Xavier Legette was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kayshon Boutte scored 8.9 PPR points a game and Xavier Legette 6.0, 2.9 a game between them.

Xavier Legette finished WR71 that year and Kayshon Boutte WR51.

Xavier Legette had 18 more targets than Kayshon Boutte, 64 to 46.

Kayshon Boutte had 188 more receiving yards than Xavier Legette, 551 to 363.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 51 percent.

This season Kayshon Boutte holds the bigger target share, 10 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Legette is off in Week 5 and Kayshon Boutte in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Xavier Legette is listed as ir on the injury report.