Daily Fantasy College Football Week 9: DraftKings Optimum Lineup, Matchup Advice
Past the halfway point of the season or not, daily fantasy college football Week 9 presents the same challenge as the weeks prior.
Building a DraftKings Optimum Lineup isn't an easy task no matter how many weeks sit in the books because despite the overwhelming amount of data, owners have to do one thing to find success: the legwork.
Easier said than done, right? Most teams rest in the thick of conference schedules, making the task all the more difficult. Below, let's make the work a tad easier on owners by looking at an optimum lineup based on projections, point spreads and much, much more.
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DraftKings Optimum Week 9 Lineup
| QB | Dane Evans (TLSA) | SMU | 25.3 | $8,300 |
| QB | Chad Kelly (MISS) | AUB | 26.5 | $7,400 |
| RB | Samaje Perine (OU) | KI | 18.6 | $6,700 |
| RB | Chris Carson (OKST) | TT | 10.8 | $4,100 |
| WR | Laquon Treadwell (MISS) | AUB | 22.3 | $6,700 |
| WR | Justin Hobbs (TLSA) | SMU | 8.0 | $4,400 |
| WR | Reginald Davis (TT) | OKST | 13.5 | $4,600 |
| FLEX | James Washington (OKST) | TT | 12.1 | $4,400 |
| FLEX | Marchie Murdock (ILL) | PSU | 13.1 | $3,400 |
Only Saturday games (noon ET to 4 p.m. ET) listed.
QBs
Dane Evans ($8,300)
It's hard to ever go wrong with Tulsa quarterback Dane Evans.
One of the nation's top gunslingers has a trio of 400-yard games under his belt already thanks to a high-octane offense and a leaky defense that necessitates his spamming the ball at all times.
To make Evans even more attractive than the pricier options is the fact he sits in one of the week's highest over/under totals at 75. It's going to be a shootout against SMU, owners of one of the nation's worst defenses against quarterbacks.
Chad Kelly ($7,400)
The same praise heaped on Evans above applies to Ole Miss' Chad Kelly, too.
Kelly has 22 or more points in five games this season as one of the nation's premier dual-threat players, not to mention one of its better deep passers. It certainly helps that he plays with one of the best wideouts in the game (more on him in a second).
While he threw three picks last time out, things figure to get easier for Kelly against Auburn, a team that just allowed three scoring tosses to Arkansas quarterbacks.
This one has an over/under of 58.5 and could wind up as a shootout, making Kelly an ideal value.
RBs
Samaje Perine ($6,700)
He's back.
Oklahoma's high-flying attack has somewhat buried Samaje Perine this year, but it felt like a matter of time before the star back broke free for a major game.
It happened in Week 8, as Perine rushed 23 times for 201 yards and four scores, good for 49.0 points.
Such production will be hard for the coaching staff to ignore going into a contest against Kansas in a game featuring an over/under of 63.5.
Get Perine while he's under-priced.
Chris Carson ($4,100)
As a punt play, owners could do much worse than Oklahoma State running back Chris Carson.
Carson hasn't posted major numbers as he eases his way back into things after a Week 5 injury. But it's important to remember he went for 13.2, 10.6 and 26.8 points over his first three games.
It's all about the matchup. Carson sits in a contest with an over/under of a ridiculous 78 against a Texas Tech team that struggles to stop much of anything. Look for him to have a breakout game once again.
WRs
Laquon Treadwell ($6,700)
About one of the best wideouts in the game.
Laquon Treadwell has a, well, interesting price considering he's the top target in the Ole Miss attack and has posted 36.6, 44.12 and 24.2 points over the course of his last three games.
Jon Moore of RotoViz summed up the strong run best:
As mentioned, this matchup features an over/under of 58.5 and an Auburn defense that has simply looked like a shell of past strong iterations.
Kelly won't throw much anywhere else, because why would he? Treadwell is in for a monster performance. Again.
Justin Hobbs ($4,400)
Quarterback-wideout stacks are always a smart way to go.
Here, owners can get Tulsa No. 2 wideout Justin Hobbs at a great value, and that No. 2 posts numbers like a No. 1 wideout in a lot of offenses this year.
Hobbs has at least three grabs in each of his last three outings as he continues to emerge. In Week 6, Hobbs caught five passes for 82 yards and a score, a strong example of what he can do in the right situation.
Which he has in Week 8 with that over/under of 75 against a woeful SMU defense. A touchdown wouldn't be a surprise.
Reginald Davis ($4,600)
On the other end of that Texas Tech-Oklahoma State matchup sporting an over/under of 78 is a great value play in the former's Reginald Davis.
Davis has downright exploded in recent weeks, scoring a touchdown in three consecutive games. The Cowboys defense is exploitable through the air, something Davis should be able to take advantage of in a heavyweight matchup sure to feature an epic amount of passing.
Expect nothing short of Davis' touchdown streak extending to four.
Flex
James Washington ($4,400)
Once again, flip back to the other side of the Red Raiders and Cowboys encounter for James Washington.
Washington has two touchdowns in his last three games and at least six catches in two of those. It's hard to ignore a guy who can do something like this:
Also hard to ignore? Washington's budding role within the offense, which may reach its peak in a shootout in which Oklahoma State could very much be considered on upset alert. Going for more than three times his asking price isn't out of the question.
Marchie Murdock ($3,400)
When it comes time to punt, owners have to look for guys with dipping salaries for various reasons who feature a ceiling well above and away from the price.
Which sounds like Illinois wideout Marchie Murdock.
The Illinois-Penn State showdown doesn't feature the sexiest over/under at 43, but it's important to understand that Murdock will be one of the top weapons on the field. He's missed two games with an injury but still touts the third-highest receptions total on the team and has 10.8 or more points in four of the five games he's played.
Tripling value and beyond seems a sure thing with Murdock.
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Pricing information and scoring data obtained from DraftKings.com. Odds via Odds Shark.
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