Omarion Hampton or Justin Herbert: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Omarion Hampton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 12.

What the player markets price

The market has Omarion Hampton at 9.3 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Justin Herbert at 16.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 36th highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

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, 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.

Through Week 4, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 144 times and thrown 8.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 30 of 144 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 2 against LV he completed 15 of 27 passes for 192 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 2 yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he completed 20 of 34 passes for 226 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he completed 19 of 31 passes for 189 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 6 times for 40 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Justin Herbert was available for 7 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and Omarion Hampton 15.1, 3.7 a game between them.

Omarion Hampton finished RB35 and Justin Herbert QB10, which are two different ladders.

Omarion Hampton is a running back and Justin Herbert a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 7, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

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.