Luther Burden III or TreVeyon Henderson: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

Drafters have formed no consensus on TreVeyon Henderson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Luther Burden III at 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has TreVeyon Henderson at 3.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Luther Burden III's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 2 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 4 times for 2 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 47 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, TreVeyon Henderson has been on the field for 43 percent of NE snaps, taken 37 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 10 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 8 times for 23 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 14 times for 42 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 4 times for 22 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 4 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 TreVeyon Henderson played 17 games and scored 206.2 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing RB21.

He carried 180 times for 911 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 42 targets for 221 more yards.

That came to 10.6 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

TreVeyon Henderson was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 TreVeyon Henderson scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Luther Burden III 8.5, 3.6 a game between them.

Luther Burden III finished WR48 and TreVeyon Henderson RB21, which are two different ladders.

Luther Burden III is a wide receiver and TreVeyon Henderson a running back, 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 and TreVeyon Henderson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

TreVeyon Henderson is listed as out on the injury report.