Start Omarion Hampton or MarShawn Lloyd? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Omarion Hampton over MarShawn Lloyd in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Omarion Hampton at 10.1 points and MarShawn Lloyd at 10.0, a gap of 0.0. 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. 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

Player markets imply 10.0 fantasy points for MarShawn Lloyd, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has MarShawn Lloyd at 27.5 rushing yards, 12.5 receiving yards and 2.5 receptions, with a 44% chance to score a touchdown (11, 11, 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 (14 and 13 market sources).

That puts Omarion Hampton 0.0 points ahead of MarShawn Lloyd 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

MarShawn Lloyd is not on the injury report.

Omarion Hampton is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

Through Week 4, MarShawn Lloyd played 37 percent of GB snaps, took 43 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 1 against MIN: 30 of 68 snaps, 13 carries for 37 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 2 against NYJ: 16 of 59 snaps, 6 carries for 20 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 3 against ATL: 15 of 66 snaps, 4 carries for 11 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 7 yards.

MarShawn Lloyd, Week 4 against TB: 33 of 60 snaps, 7 carries for 13 yards, 5 targets and 5 catches for 36 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, 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 MarShawn Lloyd over Brian Robinson.
• Start David Montgomery over MarShawn Lloyd.
• Start Jacory Croskey-Merritt over MarShawn Lloyd.
• Start Ashton Jeanty over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Omarion Hampton over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over Omarion Hampton.