David Montgomery or Omarion Hampton: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 35.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Omarion Hampton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 24.

What the player markets price

The player markets price David Montgomery at 10.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

The market has Omarion Hampton at 10.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, David Montgomery has been on the field for 54 percent of HOU snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 3.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he carried 6 times for 10 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 11 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he carried 10 times for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 49 percent of LAC snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 23 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against BUF he carried 15 times for 56 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 David Montgomery played 17 games and scored 166.9 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing RB27.

He carried 158 times for 716 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 29 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

David Montgomery was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and David Montgomery 9.8, 5.3 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 that year and Omarion Hampton RB35.

David Montgomery had 34 more carries than Omarion Hampton, 158 to 124.

Omarion Hampton had 8 more catches than David Montgomery, 32 to 24.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger snap share, 54 percent against 49 percent.

Their share of the carries this season is the same, 52 percent each.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8 and Omarion Hampton in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Omarion Hampton is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.