Should I start Omarion Hampton or Charlie Kolar in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omarion Hampton, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Charlie Kolar, and the board ranks him 144th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Omarion Hampton is 2.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 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 Charlie Kolar is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end'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 6

Through Week 6, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 46 percent of LAC snaps, taken 47 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 9 times for 45 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Through Week 6, Charlie Kolar has been on the field for 65 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 4.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he caught 3 of 6 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

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 Charlie Kolar played 17 games and scored 36.2 PPR points, 2.1 a game, finishing TE62.

He caught 10 of 15 targets for 142 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 0.9 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 40 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Charlie Kolar was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Charlie Kolar 2.1, 12.9 a game between them.

Omarion Hampton finished RB35 and Charlie Kolar TE62, which are two different ladders.

Omarion Hampton is a running back and Charlie Kolar a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.