Parker Washington or Luther Burden III: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Parker Washington at 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 56th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 64th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Parker Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 18; 2QB: ADP 88.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 80.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Parker Washington has been on the field for 61 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 29 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 2 third down targets and had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five.

His 6 targets have averaged 17.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against CLE he caught 5 of 6 targets for 83 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 73 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 19 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, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 7.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against CAR he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Parker Washington played 16 games and scored 184.7 PPR points, 11.5 a game, finishing WR27.

He caught 58 of 95 targets for 847 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 5.9 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 14.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 61 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Parker Washington was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Parker Washington scored 11.5 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 3.0 a game between them.

Parker Washington finished WR27 that year and Luther Burden III WR48.

Parker Washington had 35 more targets than Luther Burden III, 95 to 60.

Parker Washington had 195 more receiving yards than Luther Burden III, 847 to 652.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 61 percent.

This season Parker Washington holds the bigger target share, 29 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Parker Washington is off in Week 7 and Luther Burden III in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 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.