Start Xavier Hutchinson or Cody White? Week 7

Our Week 7 call

Start Xavier Hutchinson over Cody White in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Xavier Hutchinson at 4.2 points and Cody White at 4.0, a gap of 0.2. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Xavier Hutchinson this week yet, so his 4.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (4.6 and 3.8); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Cody White this week yet, so his 4.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (3.0 and 5.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Xavier Hutchinson yet. His market-based projections were 4.6 and 3.8 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Cody White yet. His market-based projections were 3.0 and 5.0 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 4.0, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Xavier Hutchinson 0.2 points ahead of Cody White on these projections.

Injury status

Xavier Hutchinson is not on the injury report.

Cody White is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Xavier Hutchinson played 54 percent of HOU snaps, drew 17 percent of the targets, earned 20 percent of the air yards and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 3 against IND: 29 of 54 snaps, 2 carries for 4 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 51 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 4 against DAL: 17 of 55 snaps, 5 targets and 3 catches for 46 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 5 against TEN: 27 of 66 snaps, 5 targets and 4 catches for 65 yards.

Xavier Hutchinson, Week 6 against JAX: 34 of 63 snaps, 3 targets and 2 catches for 10 yards.

Through Week 6, Cody White played 35 percent of LV snaps, drew 8 percent of the targets, earned 9 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Cody White, Week 3 against NO: 15 of 70 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 4 yards, 1 touchdown.

Cody White, Week 4 against KC: 52 of 84 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 36 yards.

Cody White, Week 5 against NE: 37 of 60 snaps, 4 targets and 2 catches for 44 yards.

Cody White, Week 6 against BUF: 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games for HOU 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 and 282 air yards.

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

In 2025, Cody White played 10 games for SEA and scored 18.0 PPR points, 1.8 a game.

He caught 3 of 4 targets for 90 yards and 1 touchdown, with 0 red zone targets and 32 air yards.

He was on the field for 27 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

• Start Brycen Tremayne over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Darius Cooper over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Xavier Hutchinson.
• Start Darius Cooper over Cody White.
• Start Darnell Mooney over Cody White.
• Start Efton Chism III over Cody White.