Omarion Hampton or Rico Dowdle: 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 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Omarion Hampton at 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 117th highest figure of the 218 players the market prices.

The market has Rico Dowdle at 8.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 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.

Rico Dowdle's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

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 2, Rico Dowdle has been on the field for 42 percent of PIT snaps, taken 37 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he carried 8 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 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 Rico Dowdle played 17 games and scored 216.3 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing RB18.

He carried 236 times for 1076 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 39 of 50 targets for 297 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Rico Dowdle was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Rico Dowdle 12.7, 2.4 a game between them.

Omarion Hampton finished RB35 that year and Rico Dowdle RB18.

Rico Dowdle had 112 more carries than Omarion Hampton, 236 to 124.

Rico Dowdle had 7 more catches than Omarion Hampton, 39 to 32.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 42 percent.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 37 percent.

Byes and availability

Omarion Hampton is off in Week 7 and Rico Dowdle in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Rico Dowdle is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.