Luther Burden III or T.J. Hockenson: 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 T.J. Hockenson 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 T.J. Hockenson, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 4

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 4, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 76 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 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 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 15 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Luther Burden III scored 8.5 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 1.0 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 and T.J. Hockenson TE26, which are two different ladders.

Luther Burden III is a wide receiver and T.J. Hockenson 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 T.J. Hockenson.

What would change the answer

T.J. Hockenson has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.