Luther Burden III or Tee Higgins: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks 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.

The player markets price Tee Higgins at 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 68th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 49.

This season through Week 1

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.

Through Week 1, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 72 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 18 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 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 19.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against TB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 59 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Tee Higgins played 15 games and scored 211.6 PPR points, 14.1 a game, finishing WR15.

He caught 59 of 98 targets for 846 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6.5 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Tee Higgins scored 14.1 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 5.6 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 that year and Tee Higgins WR15.

Tee Higgins had 38 more targets than Luther Burden III, 98 to 60.

Tee Higgins had 194 more receiving yards than Luther Burden III, 846 to 652.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger snap share, 73 percent against 72 percent.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Luther Burden III is off in Week 10 and Tee Higgins in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 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.