Start Austin Ekeler or Omarion Hampton? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Omarion Hampton over Austin Ekeler in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Omarion Hampton at 7.6 points and Austin Ekeler at 6.5, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Omarion Hampton this week yet, so his 7.6 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 8 and 9 (7.6 and 7.7); the call is rebuilt when his market posts.

What the market projects

No Week 10 player market is posted for Omarion Hampton yet. His market-based projections were 7.6 and 7.7 points in Weeks 8 and 9, an average of 7.6, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

Player markets imply 6.5 fantasy points for Austin Ekeler, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Austin Ekeler is 28 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, 1-2 receptions and 0.3 touchdowns (13, 13, 13 and 14 market sources).

That puts Omarion Hampton 1.1 points ahead of Austin Ekeler on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Omarion Hampton and LAC visit BAL on Monday at 8:15 PM ET.

BAL allowed 19.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 9 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 82 yards and a touchdown a game against BAL and caught passes for 17 more yards.

Austin Ekeler and WAS visit NYG on Thursday at 8:15 PM ET.

NYG allowed 19.1 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 92 yards and 0-1 touchdowns a game against NYG and caught passes for 21 more yards.

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

Injury status

Omarion Hampton is not on the injury report.

Austin Ekeler is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Omarion Hampton played 43 percent of LAC snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

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

Omarion Hampton, Week 6 against KC: 34 of 68 snaps, 7 carries for 18 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 21 yards.

Omarion Hampton, Week 8 against LAR: 18 of 61 snaps, 9 carries for 20 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

Omarion Hampton, Week 9 against HOU: 29 of 72 snaps, 13 carries for 60 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Through Week 9, Austin Ekeler played 25 percent of WAS snaps, took 21 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Austin Ekeler, Week 5 against NYG: 6 of 62 snaps, 3 carries for -1 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 15 yards.

Austin Ekeler, Week 6 against SF: 7 of 67 snaps, 1 carry for 3 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 4 yards.

Austin Ekeler, Week 8 against PHI: 20 of 60 snaps, 8 carries for 36 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Austin Ekeler, Week 9 against LAR: 28 of 62 snaps, 8 carries for 16 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 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.

In 2025, Austin Ekeler played 2 games for WAS and scored 13.1 PPR points, 6.6 a game, finishing RB103.

He ran 14 times for 43 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 7 targets for 38 yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Omarion Hampton over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Omarion Hampton over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Omarion Hampton over Blake Corum.
• Start Chris Rodriguez Jr. over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Corey Kiner over Austin Ekeler.
• Start Devin Singletary over Austin Ekeler.