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Kayshon Boutte
Kayshon Boutte is a wide receiver for the Houston Texans. Depth chart: WR3.
Scouting report
Kayshon Boutte: the full picture
Kayshon Boutte at a glance
Kayshon Boutte is a 24-year-old wide receiver for the Houston Texans, listed at 5'11" and 203 pounds. The New England Patriots drafted Boutte 187th overall in the sixth round in 2023, out of LSU, and 2026 is Boutte's 4th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Boutte for 97.8 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR86 at the position and works out to 6.8 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Boutte has scored 9.8 PPR points, or 4.9 per game. That is 10.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Boutte would finish with about 83 points, behind the 97.8 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 6.7 points in Week 2 against CIN, the WR56 finish that week. Boutte has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Boutte ranks in the 51st percentile in yards per target, the 33rd percentile in receiving TDs and the 28th percentile in receiving yards. The softest mark is the 3rd percentile in target share.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Boutte has finished as WR191 in 2023, WR65 in 2024 and WR51 in 2025. The high-water mark is 124.1 PPR points in 2025. Across 34 regular-season games on record, the totals read 82 receptions, 1,217 receiving yards and 9 receiving touchdowns.
Kayshon Boutte by the numbers
Boutte has finished in the weekly top five at the position 2 times and finished in the top twelve 4 times. The career high is 26.3 PPR points, set in Week 6 of 2025 against NO. The game log also shows 2 100-yard receiving games. In all, Boutte has reached 20 points in 3 games, 9% of career appearances.
Contract
Boutte is playing on a four-year, $4.0 million contract signed in 2023, an average of $1.0 million per year with $187,264 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Boutte carries a GV stock price of 2,763, which ranks 229th overall and WR83 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Boutte 278th overall. Value has moved down 1.1 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Jalen Nailor, Darnell Mooney and Bryce Lance. See where Boutte sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
The most recent news item linked to Boutte is from August 27, 2026. Read the latest Kayshon Boutte news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 97.8
- PPR / game
- 6.8
Week 3 projection
Kayshon Boutte is projected for 4.7 PPR points on the road at IND in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 17.4.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 1.1 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 19.3
- Dynasty
- 26.8
- Superflex redraft
- 31.9
- Superflex dynasty
- 38.3
- TE premium dynasty
- 16.1
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | HOU | 2 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 |
| 2025 | NE | 14 | 46 | 33 | 551 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 124.1 |
| 2024 | NE | 15 | 68 | 43 | 589 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121.9 |
| 2023 | NE | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 |
Wide receivers ranked near Kayshon Boutte
- Jordyn Tyson WR83 · 102.2 PPR
- Andrei Iosivas WR84 · 100.0 PPR
- Devaughn Vele WR85 · 100.0 PPR
- Tyreek Hill WR87 · 97.8 PPR
- Adonai Mitchell WR88 · 96.8 PPR
- Isaac TeSlaa WR89 · 95.1 PPR
Houston Texans fantasy players
- C.J. Stroud QB · 263.3 PPR
- Nico Collins WR · 232.4 PPR
- David Montgomery RB · 175.5 PPR
- Dalton Schultz TE · 130.8 PPR
- Woody Marks RB · 116.5 PPR
- Xavier Hutchinson WR · 106.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.