Start Ashton Jeanty or Omarion Hampton? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Ashton Jeanty over Omarion Hampton in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Ashton Jeanty at 16.8 points and Omarion Hampton at 13.1, a gap of 3.7. Drafters take Ashton Jeanty at ADP 9 and Omarion Hampton at 6.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 13.1 fantasy points for Omarion Hampton, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 16.8 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

That puts Ashton Jeanty 3.7 points ahead of Omarion Hampton on the books.

Week 3 matchups

Omarion Hampton and LAC visit BUF on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

BUF allowed 30.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 2 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 81 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 46 more yards.

Ashton Jeanty and LV visit NO on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

NO allowed 29.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 2 games, the 6th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 119 yards and 1.5 touchdowns a game against NO and caught passes for 36 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Omarion Hampton has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Omarion Hampton is not on the injury report.

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 3

Through Week 2, Omarion Hampton played 61 percent of LAC snaps, took 66 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

Omarion Hampton, Week 1 against ARI: 32 of 55 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Omarion Hampton, Week 2 against LV: 43 of 68 snaps, 23 carries for 94 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 21 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Ashton Jeanty played 77 percent of LV snaps, took 73 percent of the carries, drew 22 percent of the targets and had 59 percent of the red zone chances.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 1 against MIA: 50 of 68 snaps, 23 carries for 102 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 45 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 2 against LAC: 51 of 63 snaps, 21 carries for 48 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 15 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Omarion Hampton played 9 games for LAC and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He ran 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 yards.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Omarion Hampton, Week 17 of 2025 against HOU: 51 of 63 snaps, 14 carries for 29 yards, 8 targets and 8 catches for 31 yards, 1 touchdown, 20.0 PPR points.

In 2025, Ashton Jeanty played 17 games for LV and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He ran 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 yards.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 18 of 2025 against KC: 26 carries for 87 yards, 5 targets and 3 catches for 7 yards, 12.4 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Breece Hall over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Omarion Hampton over Bucky Irving.
• Start Chase Brown over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Chuba Hubbard over Ashton Jeanty.