Start Jahmyr Gibbs or Omarion Hampton? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Omarion Hampton in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Jahmyr Gibbs at 26.0 points and Omarion Hampton at 10.1, a gap of 15.9. 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. Drafters take Jahmyr Gibbs at ADP 1 and Omarion Hampton at 6.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 26.0 fantasy points for Jahmyr Gibbs, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Jahmyr Gibbs at 91.5 rushing yards, 37.5 receiving yards and 4.5 receptions, with a 76% chance to score a touchdown (14, 12, 12 and 14 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.1 fantasy points for Omarion Hampton, with 70 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Omarion Hampton at 37.5 rushing yards, with a 37% chance to score a touchdown (11 and 13 market sources).

That puts Jahmyr Gibbs 15.9 points ahead of Omarion Hampton on the market projections.

Week 5 matchups

Jahmyr Gibbs and DET visit ARI on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

ARI allowed 14.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Running backs ran for 97 yards and 0.5 touchdowns a game against ARI and caught passes for 15 more yards.

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.

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

Injury status

Jahmyr Gibbs is not on the injury report.

Omarion Hampton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, Jahmyr Gibbs played 78 percent of DET snaps, took 83 percent of the carries, drew 18 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 1 against NO: 57 of 77 snaps, 29 carries for 156 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 30 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 2 against BUF: 54 of 65 snaps, 16 carries for 52 yards, 8 targets and 6 catches for 61 yards, 1 touchdown.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 3 against NYJ: 45 of 65 snaps, 20 carries for 99 yards, 8 targets and 7 catches for 65 yards, 3 touchdowns.

Jahmyr Gibbs, Week 4 against CAR: 62 of 71 snaps, 15 carries for 46 yards, 7 targets and 4 catches for 22 yards, 1 touchdown.

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, Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games for DET and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He ran 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 yards.

He was on the field for 67 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 Jahmyr Gibbs over Aaron Jones Sr..
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Bijan Robinson.
• Start Jahmyr Gibbs over Chase Brown.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Omarion Hampton over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over Omarion Hampton.