Jayden Daniels or Omarion Hampton: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jayden Daniels: 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 76th 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 Jayden Daniels at 18.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 15th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The market has Omarion Hampton at 10.1 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 so far

Through Week 2, Jayden Daniels has been on the field for 77 percent of WAS snaps, dropped back 61 times and thrown 9.3 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 4 of 61 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 1 against PHI he completed 18 of 34 passes for 164 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 31 yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 7 times for 69 yards.

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 Jayden Daniels played 7 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing QB34.

He threw for 1262 yards on 188 attempts with 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, and ran for 278 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 26.9 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 91 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.

Omarion Hampton was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jayden Daniels scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Omarion Hampton 15.1, 1.7 a game between them.

Jayden Daniels finished QB34 and Omarion Hampton RB35, which are two different ladders.

Jayden Daniels is a quarterback 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

Omarion Hampton is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Jayden Daniels.

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.