Luther Burden III or Terrance Ferguson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 41.

Our board does not carry Terrance Ferguson at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 11.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Terrance Ferguson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Terrance Ferguson has been on the field for 43 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 6.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 6 of 9 targets for 54 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 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 Terrance Ferguson played 14 games and scored 52.1 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing TE52.

He caught 11 of 25 targets for 231 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 1.8 targets a game, a 44 percent catch rate and 21.0 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 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Luther Burden III scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Terrance Ferguson 3.7, 4.8 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 and Terrance Ferguson TE52, which are two different ladders.

Luther Burden III is a wide receiver and Terrance Ferguson a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Luther Burden III is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Terrance Ferguson.

What would change the answer

Terrance Ferguson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.