Omarion Hampton or Juwan Johnson: 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 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 24.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Juwan Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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.

The player markets price Juwan Johnson at 10.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 86th highest figure of the 183 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, Juwan Johnson has been on the field for 71 percent of NO snaps, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 27 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 4 of 4 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 8 of 8 targets for 53 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 6 of 8 targets for 59 yards and did not score.

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 Juwan Johnson played 17 games and scored 179.9 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing TE8.

He caught 77 of 102 targets for 889 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Juwan Johnson was available for 8 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Juwan Johnson 10.6, 4.5 a game between them.

Omarion Hampton finished RB35 and Juwan Johnson TE8, which are two different ladders.

Omarion Hampton is a running back and Juwan Johnson a tight end, 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 Juwan Johnson.

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.