Luther Burden III or Terry McLaurin: who to draft first

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 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Terry McLaurin at 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 65th highest figure of the 182 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 Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 66.

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, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 87 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 4 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 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 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Luther Burden III was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 2.9 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Both had 60 targets.

Luther Burden III had 70 more receiving yards than Terry McLaurin, 652 to 582.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 73 percent.

This season Luther Burden III holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.0 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.