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Quarterback
Stud
Riley Leonard, Notre Dame vs. UVA, $9,500 – Riley Leonard and Notre Dame are on fire over the past few weeks. Leonard has 13 rushing touchdowns in nine games this season including 153 combined rushing yards in the past two games. Virginia is also 119th in the country in passing defense so Leonard should be able to beat them with his arm as well. Notre Dame is in a beauty contest with other teams to get an at-large birth to the College Football Playoff so they will continue to run up the score once they get a lead, allowing Leonard to pad his stats.
Other Options – Shedeur Sanders ($9,700), Garrett Nussmeier ($9,100)
Value
Tyler Shough, Louisville at Stanford, $7,900 – Stanford is 127th in the nation in passing defense and Louisville should be able to light them up through the air. Louisville is 19th in the country in EPA/pass and Shough should be really sharp coming off of a bye week for Louisville. Shough has thrown for over 300 yards in three of his past five games and should be able to put up big numbers like that against Stanford’s shaky secondary.
Other Options – Kevin Jennings ($7,700)
Running Back
Stud
LeQuint Allen, Syracuse at Cal, $8,600 – Allen is on fire with five touchdowns in his past two games and eight touchdowns in his past five games. He has also proven himself to be a receiving threat with ten catches for 94 yards across his past two games. Syracuse and Cal looks like it could be a shootout which would rack up the scoring opportunities for Allen. Cal is 79th in the country in total passing defense and 72nd in EPA/rush. Allen should be able to shred them on the ground and pick up chunks in the passing game as well.
Other Options – Woody Marks ($8,500), Makhi Hughes ($7,600)
Value
Isaac Brown, Lousiville at Stanford, $6,700 – Isaac Brown just had his best game of the season against Clemson before the bye week. After some rest, Brown should be fresh and also full of confidence heading into this game. For the same reason that I like Tyler Shough, I also like Brown. Shough and the passing attack should light up Stanford but that could set up a lot of goal-line scoring opportunities for Brown. Also, as the game progresses, Louisville should be holding the lead and then can feed Brown the ball to rack up his yardage. Stanford is 98th in the country in defensive EPA/rush so they can be exploited on the ground by Brown.
Other Options – Jeremiyah Love ($6,300), Jaydon Blue ($5,500)
Wide Receiver
Stud
Ja’Corey Brooks, Louisville at Stanford, $7,700 – Ja’Corey Brooks is a third offensive player for Louisville that I love this weekend. I have already discussed Stanford’s terrible secondary which ranks 127th in the country in passing defense. Brooks has been the go-to guy for Shough and should be again in this game. Brooks has cleared 100 receiving yards in four of his last seven games. During that same stretch, Brooks has three games where he scored 2+ touchdowns. He is liable for massive fantasy performances against bad secondaries and could have another one here.
Other Options – Kyren Lacy ($8,000), LaJohntay Wester ($6,100)
Value
Oronde Gadsden II, Syracuse at Cal, $5,400 – I am backing RB LeQuint Allen for Syracuse but also the wide receiver Ordonde Gadsden II. Gadsden comes in at a relatively cheap price but he has had some massive games this season. He had his second-best game of the season last week against Boston College when it comes to both receptions and receiving yards. He had nine catches for 114 yards and a touchdown against BC, marking his third game of the season with 100+ receiving yards. Cal is 79th in the country in passing defense and Gadsden should be on the receiving end of some bombs from Kyle McCord.
Other Options – Elic Ayomanor ($5,200)
Flex/Superflex
You can use any of the other names I listed in the above categories for the flex or superflex positions. However, here are a few more names, just in case.
Stud
Travis Hunter, WR, Colorado vs. Utah, $9,700 – Travis Hunter is the Heisman favorite, and for good reason. In addition to his defense, Hunter continues to put up big numbers at receiver every week. Last week against Texas Tech, Hunter had nine catches for 99 yards and a touchdown. Hunter is now averaging roughly eight catches for 95 yards and a touchdown a game this season. As the season moves on, Deion and Shedeur Sanders will only want to get him the ball more often to help his Heisman chances. Utah has a good defense but they have virtually nobody from their starting offense left. They might put up a fight early on in the game but eventually, the Buffaloes will wear them down and Hunter should be able to bust a couple of big plays and find the end zone by any means possible.
Other Options – Brashard Smith, RB ($8,800), Quinn Ewers, QB ($8,700)
Value
Phil Mafah, RB, Clemson at Pittsburgh, $7,300 – Phil Mafah had another monster game for Clemson last week against Virginia Tech. He had 128 yards on 26 carries and continues to be fed the ball at a really high rate. He now has 56 carries over his past two games and is only getting stronger with more action. Over his past five games, Mafah is averaging 127.8 rushing yards per game and has six rushing touchdowns. Clemson should be able to totally dominate this game against Pittsburgh and on the road, they will feed Mafah to control the clock and the time of possession battle. It should be a third straight dominant game for Mafah.
Other Options – Jaydn Ott, RB ($7,000), Bryson Washington, RB ($6,400)
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