• Omarion Hampton might slip into the primary spherical of the NFL draft: An rising variety of mock drafts embrace Hampton within the first spherical.
• The potential 1.02 in dynasty rookie drafts: As lengthy as Hampton lands on an average-to-good touchdown spot, he ought to be the 1.02 decide, even in dynasty superflex rookie drafts.
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Player Performance
Hampton spent his 2022 season in a five-way committee at working again, adopted by two years because the every-down again. His quantity improved every season. There wasn’t quite a lot of enchancment in his dashing between 2023 and 2024, outdoors of some longer runs, serving to his quantity stats and EPA. He equally made extra massive performs as a receiver out of the backfield, although his receiving grade didn’t essentially enhance. Hampton is among the many top-10 FBS working backs during the last eight seasons when it comes to his common max pace based mostly on PFF’s monitoring knowledge. Breece Hall and Keaton Mitchell are the one present working backs quicker within the NFL.
As a runner, Hampton was elite in most conditions. The most notable scenario he didn’t play as properly in is hole run schemes. Hampton has a 92.0 PFF dashing grade on zone run ideas in comparison with 84.5 towards hole. Our draft information notes, “Hampton can get impatient and get north earlier than it’s essential.” This has possible impacted his grade on man performs. This might restrict which groups wish to make investments a late first or second-round draft decide on him.
His metrics as a receiver had been typically sturdy over the previous two seasons. He is extra skilled as a receiver than most working backs anticipated to get picked on the primary or second day of the draft. His pace and talent to keep away from tackles might make him a greater receiver within the NFL than he was in school.
Projected Role
Hampton is the second-best working again on our massive board, on consensus massive boards, and my fantasy rankings and dynasty rankings. An enormous purpose why is that he’s a well-rounded working again able to being a function again within the NFL. He performed over two-thirds of snaps every of the previous two years and performed no less than 70% of snaps in each scenario final season.
Hampton’s grades as a cross blocker had been constantly low, so he won’t begin his profession constantly taking part in on third down. Our draft information notes that he has the body to be a strong cross blocker. Multiple top-12 fantasy working backs like Derrick Henry, Joe Mixon, James Cook and Kenneth Walker III additionally didn’t usually play on third downs, which didn’t cease their fantasy worth.
While Hampton generally is a function again, his position as a rookie will depend upon the opposite working backs on the roster. While there are a number of groups who want a brand new lead working again, it’s totally doable Hampton finally ends up on a group with a longtime again and must share the backfield.
Most Mocked Teams
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys was the group selecting Ashton Jeanty in each mock, but it surely seems Jeanty will get chosen sooner than the twelfth decide. While the Cowboys added low cost free brokers, Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders, these additions wouldn’t cease Hampton from being the lead again in Dallas’ backfield.
Denver Broncos
The Broncos are among the best touchdown spots for a working again, given Sean Payton’s historical past of fantasy stars in New Orleans and the Broncos’ lack of funding at working again in free company. The solely concern with the Broncos spending the twentieth decide on Hampton is Payton’s historical past of committees at working backs. Hampton would possible be a rotational participant for no less than September of his rookie season.
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers appear dedicated to Jaylen Warren after free company, however they’ve three working backs higher identified for his or her receiving than their dashing. Pittsburgh has the twenty first decide and will spend that choice on a again. Hampton, within the Najee Harris position, might be a top-20 fantasy again.
Bottom Line
Hampton ought to be among the many fantasy beginning working backs in 2025, so long as he doesn’t land on a group with an excessive amount of working again depth on their roster.
Footnotes
- Statistics in tables and charts had been typically chosen based mostly on their skill to foretell future fantasy efficiency on a per-game or per-opportunity foundation or for his or her skill to explain the participant relative to others on the similar place.
- “Opportunities” are outlined as passing dropbacks, dashing makes an attempt and receiving routes run.
- Numbers are both by season or based mostly on the previous three years. For rookies, solely school numbers are included. Only NFL numbers are included for non-rookies, even when they performed in school through the earlier three years.
- Because school competitors is less complicated than NFL competitors, most rookies will possible see a decline from their historic numbers.
- Only FBS knowledge is taken into account for school gamers and comparisons.
- Kneel-downs are faraway from dashing knowledge to supply cleaner quarterback dashing charge statistics.
- The colours for all tables on this article vary from blue (good or excessive) to pink (dangerous or low).
- All percentiles or colours evaluate the given participant to different gamers with a excessive pattern of alternatives. Generally, the cut-off is one-third of the doable alternatives within the pattern. If the participant in query doesn’t have sufficient alternatives, they’re nonetheless in contrast, although they may look good or dangerous based mostly on the small pattern dimension, which could not be as predictive.
- Information on utilization classifications and their significance might be discovered right here for working backs, large receivers and tight ends.