Los Angeles Chargers' rookie running back played a whopping 58 snaps in the Week 1 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.

The workload was good though. Hampton handled 15 of the Chargers’ 16 running backs rushes and logged 25 pass routes on 45 LA drop backs to just six for Najee Harris (Hampton was targeted twice). It’s not a hateful profile if it holds up into Week 2 and beyond.

NFL executives predicted Chargers RB Omarion Hampton to win the Offensive Rookie of the Year over Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty.

If the Chargers can win in Week 1, they would make a (very early) statement that perhaps they should be included among the elite AFC playoff contenders. Most of the national buzz right now about the Bolts is that they could sneak into the postseason as a Wild Card team, similar to what happened a year ago.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/chargers as Chargers 2025 NFL re-draft sees LA make odd Omarion Hampton-Ashton Jeanty swap.

On Wednesday, analysts at ESPN went out predicting the winner of this year’s annual league awards, including MVP, offensive and defensive rookies of the year, and so on. To the surprise of some who believe Ashton Jeanty will be the runaway favorite for ORoY, it was actually Hampton who ended up getting the nod as the eventual winner of the award.

Hampton was the second running back off the board in April's draft, after the Raiders got Ashton Jeanty at No. 6 overall. The Chargers clearly felt good about Hampton, given that they had signed Harris not long before going into the draft and taking a running back anyway.

Omarion Hampton could wind up getting the start for the Los Angeles Chargers, despite an earlier belief that Najee Harris would be RB1.

Omarion Hampton and the Los Angeles Chargers match up against the Las Vegas Raiders at 10 p.m. ET on Monday, in Week 2 of the 2025 season. You can check out all of Hampton's important stats right here.

No surprise here, but Colts' TE Tyler Warren was named among the top candidates to win this end of season award.

The Los Angeles Chargers looked solid in their first game of the season. They took down the Kansas City Chiefs in Brazil to secure their first win