Start Omarion Hampton or Bucky Irving? Week 3

Our Week 3 call

Start Omarion Hampton over Bucky Irving in Week 3.

De-vigged player props project Omarion Hampton at 13.2 points and Bucky Irving at 13.1, a gap of 0.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the books imply

Player prop markets imply 13.2 fantasy points for Omarion Hampton, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The books have Omarion Hampton at 60.5 rushing yards, 11.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 52% chance to score a touchdown (10, 15, 14 and 15 books).

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

The books have Bucky Irving at 56.5 rushing yards, 15.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 42% chance to score a touchdown (15, 9, 14 and 15 books).

That puts Omarion Hampton 0.1 points ahead of Bucky Irving 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.

Injury status

Omarion Hampton is not on the injury report.

Bucky Irving 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, Bucky Irving played 70 percent of TB snaps, took 57 percent of the carries, drew 18 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

Bucky Irving, Week 1 against CIN: 35 of 57 snaps, 8 carries for 45 yards, 7 targets and 7 catches for 48 yards, 1 touchdown.

Bucky Irving, Week 2 against CLE: 51 of 65 snaps, 17 carries for 89 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 1 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, Bucky Irving played 10 games for TB and scored 138.5 PPR points, 13.9 a game, finishing RB34.

He ran 173 times for 588 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 35 targets for 277 yards.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Bucky Irving, Week 18 of 2025 against CAR: 42 of 67 snaps, 26 carries for 85 yards, 2 targets and 1 catch for 13 yards, 10.8 PPR points.

Their other Week 3 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Breece Hall over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Bucky Irving over Bhayshul Tuten.
• Start Breece Hall over Bucky Irving.
• Start Cam Skattebo over Bucky Irving.