T.J. Hockenson or Omarion Hampton: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on T.J. Hockenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Omarion Hampton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 87th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

What the player markets price

The player markets price T.J. Hockenson at 10.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 87th highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

The market has Omarion Hampton at 10.1 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.

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, T.J. Hockenson has been on the field for 76 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 24 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 6.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 29 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he caught 13 of 13 targets for 119 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 T.J. Hockenson played 15 games and scored 112.8 PPR points, 7.5 a game, finishing TE26.

He caught 51 of 66 targets for 438 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 77 percent catch rate and 8.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

T.J. Hockenson was available for 6 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and T.J. Hockenson 7.5, 7.6 a game between them.

T.J. Hockenson finished TE26 and Omarion Hampton RB35, which are two different ladders.

T.J. Hockenson is a tight end and Omarion Hampton a running back, 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 T.J. Hockenson.

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.