Should I start Omarion Hampton or Khalil Herbert in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omarion Hampton, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Live drafts hold no current pick on Khalil Herbert, and the board ranks him 145th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Omarion Hampton is 2.8 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.

The market-based projection for Khalil Herbert is 2.7 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 4 market sources. That is 70 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 9

Through Week 9, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 43 percent of LAC snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 79 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 9 against HOU he carried 13 times for 60 yards and did not score.

Through Week 9, Khalil Herbert has been on the field for 17 percent of ATL snaps, taken 9 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against SF he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against TB he carried 4 times for 12 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against CIN he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 2 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 Khalil Herbert played 7 games and scored 6.6 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB118.

He carried 16 times for 52 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 4 targets for 4 more yards.

That came to 2.3 carries a game at 3.3 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 4 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 Khalil Herbert 0.9, 14.1 a game between them.

Omarion Hampton finished RB35 that year and Khalil Herbert RB118.

Omarion Hampton had 108 more carries than Khalil Herbert, 124 to 16.

Omarion Hampton had 31 more catches than Khalil Herbert, 32 to 1.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger snap share, 43 percent against 17 percent.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger share of the carries, 46 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Omarion Hampton is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Khalil Herbert.