Start Brian Robinson Jr. or Omarion Hampton? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Omarion Hampton over Brian Robinson in Week 9.

Brian Robinson is listed out on the injury report, so this is not a close call: start Omarion Hampton. Drafters take Omarion Hampton at ADP 21 and Brian Robinson at 210. Market coverage on Omarion Hampton is 70 percent of what his position needs, so the market side of this carries proportionally less weight.

What the market projects

No Week 9 player market is posted for Brian Robinson yet. His market-based projections were 8.4 and 7.1 points in Weeks 6 and 7, an average of 7.8, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

Player markets imply 7.2 fantasy points for Omarion Hampton, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Omarion Hampton is 28 rushing yards and 0.3 touchdowns (3 and 4 market sources).

That puts Brian Robinson 0.6 points ahead of Omarion Hampton on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Brian Robinson and ATL host CIN on Sunday at 9:30 AM ET.

CIN allowed 19.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 7th fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 86 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CIN and caught passes for 30 more yards.

Omarion Hampton and LAC host HOU on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

HOU allowed 22.3 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 13th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 91 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against HOU and caught passes for 21 more yards.

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

Injury status

Brian Robinson is listed as out with a hamstring injury.

Omarion Hampton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 6, Brian Robinson played 31 percent of ATL snaps, took 31 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Brian Robinson, Week 3 against GB: 19 of 71 snaps, 10 carries for 50 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brian Robinson, Week 4 against NO: 24 of 57 snaps, 14 carries for 62 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards, 3 touchdowns.

Brian Robinson, Week 5 against BAL: 14 of 64 snaps, 7 carries for 16 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Brian Robinson, Week 6 against CHI: 10 of 55 snaps, 2 carries for 1 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Through Week 8, Omarion Hampton played 44 percent of LAC snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 6 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

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.

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.

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.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Alvin Kamara over Brian Robinson.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Brian Robinson.
• Start J.K. Dobbins over Brian Robinson.
• Start Omarion Hampton over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Omarion Hampton over Alvin Kamara.
• Start Omarion Hampton over Blake Corum.