Should I start Omarion Hampton or Travis Etienne Jr. in Week 7?
Updated Oct 21, 11:06 PM ET. Week 8 answers post Tuesday.
Start Travis Etienne Jr.: 51 percent of the snaps and 38 percent of the carries over their last 3 games, against Omarion Hampton's 38 percent of the snaps and 34 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.
RB · LAC · on bye this week
2026 vs carries line 2-4
- Market-based projection
- 7.2 pts a game Wk 6 price
- Overall rank
- 240
RB · NO · bye 8
2025 vs rush yds line 9-8
- Overall rank
- 254
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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 240th overall on the rest of his evidence.
By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 22.
Live drafts hold no current pick on Travis Etienne Jr., and the board ranks him 254th 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 Travis Etienne Jr., 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 so far
Through Week 6, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 46 percent of LAC snaps, taken 47 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 30 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 1 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.
His 10 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
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.
In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.
Through Week 3, Travis Etienne Jr. has been on the field for 51 percent of NO snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 23 two minute targets.
His 13 targets have come 0.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.
In Week 1 against DET he carried 9 times for 46 yards, caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.
In Week 2 against BAL he carried 8 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and did not score.
In Week 3 against LV he carried 13 times for 57 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 13 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 Travis Etienne Jr. played 17 games and scored 253.9 PPR points, 14.9 a game, finishing RB10.
He carried 260 times for 1107 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 52 targets for 292 more yards.
That came to 15.3 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.
He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Travis Etienne Jr. was available for 8 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Travis Etienne Jr. 14.9, 0.1 a game between them.
Omarion Hampton finished RB35 that year and Travis Etienne Jr. RB10.
Travis Etienne Jr. had 136 more carries than Omarion Hampton, 260 to 124.
Travis Etienne Jr. had 4 more catches than Omarion Hampton, 36 to 32.
This season Travis Etienne Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 51 percent against 46 percent.
This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger share of the carries, 47 percent against 38 percent.
Byes and availability
Omarion Hampton is off in Week 7 and Travis Etienne Jr. in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.
Travis Etienne Jr. is listed as ir on the injury report.
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