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

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 4th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Javonte Williams is 21.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 8 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 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.

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

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 21 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against GB he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 24 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 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.

Javonte Williams was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Omarion Hampton 15.1, 0.1 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 that year and Omarion Hampton RB35.

Javonte Williams had 128 more carries than Omarion Hampton, 252 to 124.

Javonte Williams had 3 more catches than Omarion Hampton, 35 to 32.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 44 percent.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 46 percent.

Byes and availability

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14 and Omarion Hampton in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.