Should I start Omarion Hampton or Caleb Williams in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omarion Hampton, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 22.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Caleb Williams, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Omarion Hampton is 7.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 9 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Caleb Williams is 18.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 44 percent of LAC snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 14 times for 33 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he carried 9 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Caleb Williams has been on the field for 97 percent of CHI snaps, dropped back 186 times and thrown 7.5 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 27 of 186 dropbacks and scrambled 15 times.

In Week 6 against ATL he completed 30 of 36 passes for 305 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 3 times for 4 yards.

In Week 7 against NE he completed 22 of 33 passes for 308 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 19 yards.

In Week 8 against SEA he completed 24 of 34 passes for 247 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Omarion Hampton played 9 games and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He carried 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 13.8 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 3.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Caleb Williams played 17 games and scored 325.2 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB5.

He threw for 3942 yards on 568 attempts with 27 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 383 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 33.4 attempts a game at 6.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 99 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Caleb Williams was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Caleb Williams scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Omarion Hampton 15.1, 4.1 a game between them.

Omarion Hampton finished RB35 and Caleb Williams QB5, which are two different ladders.

Omarion Hampton is a running back and Caleb Williams a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Omarion Hampton is off in Week 7 and Caleb Williams in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.