Should I start Tre' Harris or Xavier Hutchinson in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tre' Harris, and the board ranks him 184th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Hutchinson, and the board ranks him 187th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tre' Harris is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Xavier Hutchinson is 0.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tre' Harris's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Tre' Harris has been on the field for 68 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 10.8 air yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he caught 3 of 5 targets for 60 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 55 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 54 third down targets, had 3 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 40 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 5 against TEN he caught 4 of 5 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against JAX he caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against NYG he carried 2 times for 12 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tre' Harris played 17 games and scored 69.4 PPR points, 4.1 a game, finishing WR90.

He caught 30 of 43 targets for 324 yards and 1 touchdown, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 2-3 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 45 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson scored 5.8 PPR points a game and Tre' Harris 4.1, 1.7 a game between them.

Tre' Harris finished WR90 that year and Xavier Hutchinson WR64.

Xavier Hutchinson had 14 more targets than Tre' Harris, 57 to 43.

Xavier Hutchinson had 104 more receiving yards than Tre' Harris, 428 to 324.

This season Tre' Harris holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 55 percent.

Their target share this season is the same, 17 percent each.

Byes and availability

Tre' Harris is off in Week 7 and Xavier Hutchinson in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.