Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Omarion Hampton? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over Omarion Hampton in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 11.1 points and Omarion Hampton at 10.3, a gap of 0.8. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. 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.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 11.1 fantasy points for Jacory Croskey-Merritt, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jacory Croskey-Merritt at 55.5 rushing yards, with a 39% chance to score a touchdown (12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.3 fantasy points for Omarion Hampton, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Omarion Hampton at 38.5 rushing yards, with a 37% chance to score a touchdown (16 and 14 market sources).

That puts Jacory Croskey-Merritt 0.8 points ahead of Omarion Hampton on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

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

DEN allowed 25.8 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 7th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 114 yards and 0.8 touchdowns a game against DEN and caught passes for 44 more yards.

Injury status

Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed as questionable with a groin injury.

Omarion Hampton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 47 percent of WAS snaps, took 48 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 1 against PHI: 34 of 70 snaps, 16 carries for 63 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for -7 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 2 against DAL: 26 of 71 snaps, 12 carries for 43 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 5 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 3 against SEA: 39 of 69 snaps, 19 carries for 36 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 7 yards.

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Week 4 against IND: 29 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 15 yards, 4 targets and 2 catches for 35 yards.

Through Week 4, Omarion Hampton played 49 percent of LAC snaps, took 52 percent of the carries, drew 4 percent of the targets and had 37 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.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Jacory Croskey-Merritt played 17 games for WAS and scored 140.3 PPR points, 8.3 a game, finishing RB33.

He ran 175 times for 805 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 13 targets for 68 yards.

He was on the field for 39 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 5 calls

• Start Aaron Jones Sr. over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Bhayshul Tuten over Jacory Croskey-Merritt.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Omarion Hampton over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over Omarion Hampton.