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Should I start Justice Hill or Omarion Hampton in Week 9?

Updated Nov 3, 12:21 PM ET.

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Week 9 verdict

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RB · LAC · vs HOU

Market projects
7.4
fantasy pts
HOU D vs RB
22.3
13th most to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
18 of 100 at RB
Snap share
44%
Through Week 8
Target share
6%
Through Week 8
Sit

RB · BAL · vs JAX · Questionable

Market projects
6.5
fantasy pts
JAX D vs RB
16.8
fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
7 of 100 at RB
Snap share
43%
Through Week 8
Target share
11%
Through Week 8
Start Hampton or Hill? The full Week 9 breakdown

Start Omarion Hampton over Justice Hill in Week 9: 7.4 to 6.5 projected PPR points. Hill faces JAX, which allows the fewest fantasy points to RBs.

Should I drop Justice Hill for Omarion Hampton?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Omarion Hampton projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 9 games), Justice Hill 36 (4.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Omarion Hampton over Justice Hill, 7.4 to 6.5 projected PPR points. Justice Hill is listed questionable.

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Both players' season market-based projection, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers.

RB13 · BAL · bye 13

2026 vs rush yds line 4-4

Market-based projection
6.9 pts a game

RB42 · LAC · bye 7

2026 vs carries line 2-5

Market-based projection
7.7 pts a game Wk 8 price
Overall rank
160

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Justice Hill, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omarion Hampton, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

The market-based projections

Justice Hill's market-based projection is 6.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 35th highest figure of the 212 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Omarion Hampton is 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back'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 8

Through Week 8, Justice Hill has been on the field for 43 percent of BAL snaps, taken 11 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 66 third down targets, had 0 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 47 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against CLE he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CIN he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against BUF he carried 3 times for 15 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 20 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 Justice Hill played 10 games and scored 65.2 PPR points, 6.5 a game, finishing RB60.

He carried 18 times for 93 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 21 of 27 targets for 169 more yards.

That came to 1.8 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 2.1 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.

Justice Hill was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Justice Hill 6.5, 8.6 a game between them.

Justice Hill finished RB60 that year and Omarion Hampton RB35.

Omarion Hampton had 106 more carries than Justice Hill, 124 to 18.

Omarion Hampton had 11 more catches than Justice Hill, 32 to 21.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger snap share, 44 percent against 43 percent.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger share of the carries, 46 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Justice Hill is off in Week 13 and Omarion Hampton in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Justice Hill is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Omarion Hampton has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop Justice Hill for Omarion Hampton?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Omarion Hampton projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 9 games), Justice Hill 36 (4.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Omarion Hampton over Justice Hill, 7.4 to 6.5 projected PPR points. Justice Hill is listed questionable.

  • Should I drop Omarion Hampton for Justice Hill?

    No. Keep Omarion Hampton: he projects 70 market-implied PPR points from Week 9 through Week 17 (7.8 a game over 9 games), Justice Hill 36 (4.5 a game over 8 games). For Week 9 the call starts Omarion Hampton over Justice Hill, 7.4 to 6.5 projected PPR points. Justice Hill is listed questionable.

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