Denzel Boston or Omarion Hampton: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Denzel Boston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Omarion Hampton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 61st 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 Denzel Boston at 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Omarion Hampton at 10.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 16 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, Denzel Boston has been on the field for 92 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 17.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against TB he caught 5 of 7 targets for 95 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against CAR he caught 2 of 4 targets for 41 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 4 of 7 targets for 89 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

Denzel Boston is a rookie, so there is no NFL season behind him to price him against.

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.

Side by side

Denzel Boston is a wide receiver and Omarion Hampton a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Denzel Boston is off in Week 11 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.