Scouting report · WR · Chicago
Luther Burden III
A top-24 receiver in Superflex TE-premium dynasty leagues, right in the prime of the curve.
#45 overall · age 22 · 2025 round 2, pick 39 · 2nd season
CHIWide receiver · WR16
PPR points a game
This week · week 8 · PPR
12.3WR22
@ SEA · Mon, Nov 2, 8:15 p.m. ET
No injury designation · injury data read Fri, Oct 30, 2:36 a.m. ET
Sleeper's projection, read Fri, Oct 30, 2:36 a.m. ET, scored by Swindlr
Dynasty · SF TE+
#45 · WR16
Value 4,086 · 12 teams
Latest15 real trades for him in public Sleeper leagues, the sample's last two weeks
Dynasty value · SF TE+
4,086
▲ 616 · last 3 weeks of games
Rank
#45 · WR16
Overall · position
2026 PPR / game
13.9
WR26 at the position
Age
22
2 seasons in
In a year
Same
4,035 · about #44 next year
Recalculated: today's model on the games through each week, valued at today's point in the season. It shows what each week's games did to his value, not the values Swindlr showed at the time.
Swindlr records its published values weekly from Oct 28, 2026; they'll appear here as a record beside this chart.
Every format
12-team leagues. Tap a format to see him in it.
Where his value comes from · SF TE+
This season 7%Next two seasons 28%Later 65%
69% of it is upside, the model's allowance for him outplaying his projection of 11.5 a game; the projection alone is worth the other 31%. That allowance comes from how widely players at his position score around their projections, set wider in a player's first three seasons and for seasons further off, and it's the least certain part of the number: a valuation that counts less of it would price him lower. The projection weighs this season's 13.9 a game over 7 games against last season's 8.5 and his draft slot, giving less weight to last season when his role has grown, and it moves as the games pile up.
Splits
Regular season · week 7 of 2026
| Season | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rush yds | PPR / G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 60 | 47 | 652 | 2 | 37 | 8.5 |
| 2026 | 7 | 47 | 35 | 491 | 2 | 29 | 13.9 |
2026 week by week · PPR points
What he's worth in a trade
SF TE+
Real trades · 225 in the last year · 185 in dynasty Superflex leagues
The last 90 days of the sample, dynasty leagues: 65 trades, 53 Superflex or 2QB and 12 one-QB, 46 with a TE premium. Every trade with him, by format →
Real trades are mixed on him
In 9 SF TE+ trades since September where he went alone, what changed hands came to about 0.81× his value here (the middle half of them 0.47× to 1.0×): no clear lean either way.
What managers actually gave for Luther in completed trades in public Sleeper leagues, leagues like SF TE+ first. Each shows the date and the league's settings; the price is what was agreed then, and the line under it is today's value, a different thing. Two-team trades of up to four pieces a side; none is left out for disagreeing with Swindlr. No league or manager names. 5 of them look lopsided at today's values (values move after a trade, with injuries and role changes, so a fair price then can look lopsided now); none is left out.
- Oct 22, 2026 · 12-team dynasty Superflex, TE +0.5Luther Burden III + Jadarian Price + 2027 1st for Chuba Hubbard + Drake LondonToday on the Dynasty SF board: 8,494 for his side, 7,826 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 21, 2026 · 12-team dynasty Superflex, TE +0.5Luther Burden III for Bucky IrvingToday on the Dynasty SF board: 4,166 for his side, 4,317 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 21, 2026 · 10-team dynasty SuperflexJavonte Williams + Rome Odunze + Luther Burden III for Kyler Murray + Garrett Wilson + Cam SkatteboToday on the Dynasty SF board: 9,923 for his side, 9,365 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 21, 2026 · 14-team dynasty Superflex, TE +0.5Luther Burden III + 2027 3rd for Daniel JonesToday on the Dynasty SF board: 4,544 for his side, 1,801 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 20, 2026 · 10-team dynasty Superflex, TE +0.5Luther Burden III + 2027 2nd for Tetairoa McMillanToday on the Dynasty SF board: 5,037 for his side, 5,404 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 13, 2026 · 12-team dynasty Superflex, TE +0.5Luther Burden III for Christian WatsonToday on the Dynasty SF board: 4,166 for his side, 3,888 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
Equal value today · Swindlr's estimate
Not real trades: packages that land within a few percent of Luther's value in SF TE+ now. Open one in the calculator to see who wins it.
Head to head
- Week 8 start/sitLuther vs Rashee Rice
- Week 8 start/sitLuther vs DeVonta Smith
- DynastyLuther vs Nico Collins
- DynastyLuther vs Rashee Rice
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Values are Swindlr's estimates for 12-team leagues, updated with every week's stats (through week 7 of 2026). "In a year" is the same production a year older, on the age curve the model is tuned with; news, role changes and the next rookie class aren’t in it. Stats: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0).
Stats from Sleeper’s weekly stat lines, regular season, through week 7 of 2026 (nflverse’s box scores fill a week Sleeper lacks); teams and injuries from Sleeper, Oct 29. Where the numbers come from.