Start Luther Burden III or Devaughn Vele? Week 6
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Luther Burden III over Devaughn Vele
- Market projects
- 10.8
- fantasy pts
- Market projects
- 10.6
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 91%
- Through Week 5
- Target share
- 19%
- Through Week 5
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Our Week 6 call
Start Luther Burden III over Devaughn Vele in Week 6.
Market-based projections have Luther Burden III at 10.8 points and Devaughn Vele at 10.6, a gap of 0.3. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
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What the market projects
Player markets imply 10.8 fantasy points for Luther Burden III, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Luther Burden III at 47.5 receiving yards and 3.5 receptions, with a 35% chance to score a touchdown (9, 6 and 11 market sources).
Player markets imply 10.6 fantasy points for Devaughn Vele, with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.
The market has Devaughn Vele at 43.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 26% chance to score a touchdown (8, 6 and 10 market sources).
That puts Luther Burden III 0.3 points ahead of Devaughn Vele on the market projections.
Injury status
Luther Burden III is not on the injury report.
Devaughn Vele is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 6
Through Week 5, Devaughn Vele played 91 percent of NO snaps, drew 19 percent of the targets, earned 22 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
Devaughn Vele, Week 2 against BAL: 65 of 68 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 64 yards.
Devaughn Vele, Week 3 against LV: 65 of 74 snaps, 6 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.
Devaughn Vele, Week 4 against ATL: 66 of 74 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 54 yards, 1 touchdown.
Devaughn Vele, Week 5 against MIN: 43 of 45 snaps, 6 targets and 4 catches for 26 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Devaughn Vele played 13 games for NO and scored 66.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing WR95.
He caught 25 of 39 targets for 293 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets and 259 air yards.
He was on the field for 51 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 6 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
WR13 · CHI · bye 10
2026 vs anytime td line 1-4
- Overall rank
- 25
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
Ranked behind
WR14 · NO · bye unlisted
2026 vs anytime td line 2-3
- Overall rank
- 26
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 8
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 6, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board1
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tiersboth in tier 8
- Board size176 draftable players
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