Rashee Rice or Luther Burden III: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Rashee Rice at 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 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 Rashee Rice: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 32nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 36.

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, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 83 percent of KC snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 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 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 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.

Luther Burden III was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 10.2 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 that year and Luther Burden III WR48.

Rashee Rice had 18 more targets than Luther Burden III, 78 to 60.

Luther Burden III had 81 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 652 to 571.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 73 percent.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 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.