Start Ashton Jeanty or Omarion Hampton? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Ashton Jeanty over Omarion Hampton in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Ashton Jeanty at 16.3 points and Omarion Hampton at 7.5, a gap of 8.8. Omarion Hampton's number is scaled up from a partial market: not every stat the position needs is posted yet, so the rest is estimated from what is. Drafters take Ashton Jeanty at ADP 9 and Omarion Hampton at 6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 16.3 fantasy points for Ashton Jeanty, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Ashton Jeanty is 56 rushing yards, 26 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 55% chance to score a touchdown (10, 13, 10 and 12 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.6 fantasy points for Omarion Hampton, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Omarion Hampton is 32 rushing yards, with a 25% chance to score a touchdown (7 and 13 market sources).

That puts Ashton Jeanty 8.8 points ahead of Omarion Hampton on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Ashton Jeanty and LV host BUF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

BUF allowed 28.2 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 5 games, the 3rd most in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and a touchdown a game against BUF and caught passes for 48 more yards.

Omarion Hampton and LAC visit KC on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

KC allowed 20.0 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 14th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 69 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against KC and caught passes for 38 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Ashton Jeanty has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Ashton Jeanty is not on the injury report.

Omarion Hampton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Ashton Jeanty played 72 percent of LV snaps, took 68 percent of the carries, drew 17 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Ashton Jeanty, Week 3 against NO: 59 of 70 snaps, 19 carries for 56 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 37 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 4 against KC: 56 of 84 snaps, 15 carries for 58 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 68 yards.

Ashton Jeanty, Week 5 against NE: 32 of 60 snaps, 10 carries for 27 yards, 6 targets and 3 catches for 50 yards.

Through Week 5, Omarion Hampton played 45 percent of LAC snaps, took 50 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

Omarion Hampton, Week 3 against BUF: 29 of 69 snaps, 15 carries for 56 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Omarion Hampton, Week 4 against SEA: 25 of 71 snaps, 9 carries for 45 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 8 yards, 1 touchdown.

Omarion Hampton, Week 5 against DEN: 20 of 67 snaps, 14 carries for 33 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 6 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Blake Corum.
• Start Alvin Kamara over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Blake Corum over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Braelon Allen over Omarion Hampton.