Start Omarion Hampton or Tyler Allgeier? Week 5

Our Week 5 call

Start Omarion Hampton over Tyler Allgeier in Week 5.

Market-based projections have Omarion Hampton at 8.5 points and Tyler Allgeier at 7.5, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 8.5 fantasy points for Omarion Hampton, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Omarion Hampton at 39.5 rushing yards, 6.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 34% chance to score a touchdown (17, 9, 9 and 17 market sources).

Player markets imply 7.5 fantasy points for Tyler Allgeier, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market has Tyler Allgeier at 27.5 rushing yards, 9.5 receiving yards and 1.5 receptions, with a 31% chance to score a touchdown (14, 14, 12 and 16 market sources).

That puts Omarion Hampton 1.1 points ahead of Tyler Allgeier 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

Omarion Hampton is not on the injury report.

Tyler Allgeier is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 5

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.

Through Week 4, Tyler Allgeier played 51 percent of ARI snaps, took 32 percent of the carries, drew 7 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 1 against LAC: 44 of 75 snaps, 17 carries for 61 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 2 against SEA: 32 of 50 snaps, 5 carries for 10 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 9 yards.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 3 against SF: 31 of 87 snaps, 2 carries for -1 yards, 4 targets and 4 catches for 10 yards.

Tyler Allgeier, Week 4 against NYG: 36 of 66 snaps, 8 carries for 42 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 7 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.

In 2025, Tyler Allgeier played 17 games for ATL and scored 123.0 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB39.

He ran 143 times for 514 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 96 yards.

He was on the field for 30 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 5 calls

• Start Ashton Jeanty over Omarion Hampton.
• Start Omarion Hampton over Blake Corum.
• Start Omarion Hampton over Brian Robinson.
• Start Tyler Allgeier over Blake Corum.
• Start Tyler Allgeier over Brian Robinson.
• Start Bucky Irving over Tyler Allgeier.