Start Omarion Hampton or Breece Hall? Week 1

Our Week 1 call

Start Breece Hall over Omarion Hampton in Week 1.

De-vigged player props project Breece Hall at 12.4 points and Omarion Hampton at 7.0, a gap of 5.3. Drafters take Breece Hall at ADP 30 and Omarion Hampton at 22.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 7.1 fantasy points for Omarion Hampton, with 40 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

Player prop markets imply 12.4 fantasy points for Breece Hall, with 80 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

That puts Breece Hall 5.3 points ahead of Omarion Hampton on the books.

Week 1 matchups

Omarion Hampton and LAC host ARI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

ARI allowed 9.2 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 3rd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 52 yards and a touchdown against ARI and caught passes for 0 more yards.

Breece Hall and NYJ visit TEN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

TEN allowed 23.8 fantasy points to RBs in its one game this season, the 15th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 142 yards and a touchdown against TEN and caught passes for 16 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Breece Hall has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Omarion Hampton was not on the injury report when the call was made.

Breece Hall was not on the injury report when the call was made.

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.

Omarion Hampton, Week 16 of 2025 against DAL: 35 of 64 snaps, 16 carries for 85 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 10 yards, 1 touchdown, 16.5 PPR points.

Omarion Hampton, Week 15 of 2025 against KC: 24 of 66 snaps, 15 carries for 61 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 4 yards, 7.5 PPR points.

In 2025, Breece Hall played 16 games for NYJ and scored 207.7 PPR points, 13.0 a game, finishing RB19.

He ran 243 times for 1065 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 48 targets for 350 yards.

He was on the field for 64 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Breece Hall, Week 17 of 2025 against NE: 30 of 61 snaps, 14 carries for 111 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown, 20.9 PPR points.

Breece Hall, Week 16 of 2025 against NO: 42 of 66 snaps, 16 carries for 54 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards, 8.3 PPR points.

Breece Hall, Week 15 of 2025 against JAX: 37 of 68 snaps, 12 carries for 23 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 14 yards, 5.7 PPR points.

How Week 1 went

Breece Hall scored 19.8 PPR points and Omarion Hampton scored 8.3.

The call was right: Breece Hall outscored Omarion Hampton by 11.5.

Breece Hall finished 7.4 points above the 12.4 the props implied.

Breece Hall, Week 1 against TEN: 39 of 67 snaps, 22 carries for 102 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 16 yards, 1 touchdown, 19.8 PPR points.

Breece Hall finished as the week's RB13 in PPR scoring.

Omarion Hampton finished 1.3 points above the 7.1 the props implied.

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, 8.3 PPR points.

Omarion Hampton finished as the week's RB33 in PPR scoring.

Their other Week 1 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Derrick Henry over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Omarion Hampton over Javonte Williams.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Breece Hall.
• Start Breece Hall over Cam Skattebo.
• Start Breece Hall over Javonte Williams.