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Should I start Omarion Hampton or Kendre Miller in Week 6?

Updated Oct 19, 2:56 AM ET.

Week 6 verdict

Start Omarion Hampton over Kendre Miller

Wrong: 7.9 to 9.0
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Omarion Hampton

RB · LAC · at KC · final

Market projected
7.1
pre-game
KC D vs RB
20.0
14th fewest to RBs (2026)
Upside
Limited
13 of 100 at RB
Snap share
45%
Through Week 5
Target share
4%
Through Week 5
Scored
7.9
PPR pts
Sit

Kendre Miller

RB · final

Market projected
6.9
pre-game
Upside
Rising
75 of 100 at RB
Snap share
26%
Through Week 5
Target share
4%
Through Week 5
Scored
9.0
PPR pts
Start Hampton or Miller? The full Week 6 breakdown

Start Omarion Hampton: 36 percent of the snaps and 40 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Kendre Miller's 24 percent of the snaps and 31 percent of the carries. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB38 · LAC · bye 7

2026 vs carries line 2-4

Market-based projection
7.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
134

RB41 · NO · bye 8

2026 vs anytime td line 2-3

Market-based projection
7.0 pts a game Wk 6 price
Overall rank
139

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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 Omarion Hampton, and the board ranks him 134th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Kendre Miller, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Omarion Hampton, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Kendre Miller, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 45 percent of LAC snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 44 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 2.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 14 times for 33 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Kendre Miller has been on the field for 26 percent of NO snaps, taken 33 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 2 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against LV he carried 4 times for 14 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 6 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against MIN he carried 10 times for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Kendre Miller played 7 games and scored 33.3 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB79.

He carried 47 times for 193 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Omarion Hampton was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Kendre Miller 4.8, 10.3 a game between them.

Omarion Hampton finished RB35 that year and Kendre Miller RB79.

Omarion Hampton had 77 more carries than Kendre Miller, 124 to 47.

Omarion Hampton had 27 more catches than Kendre Miller, 32 to 5.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger snap share, 45 percent against 26 percent.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger share of the carries, 50 percent against 33 percent.

Byes and availability

Omarion Hampton is off in Week 7 and Kendre Miller in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

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