Sunday's DraftKings slate is a single game, ARK @ UVA, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. Lineups lock at 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. PT).
The sheet doesn't give a single projection, so our model's ranking and the ceilings behind it tell the story. Jeremiah Wilkinson of ARK ($8,600) carries a 49.5 ceiling and a 26.9 DraftKings average. Thijs De Ridder of UVA ($10,400) has a 47.7 ceiling and the highest DraftKings average among the top plays at 28.0. Both are priced as stars, so their cost matters more than usual with the captain multiplier in play.
The value plays are where our model leans hardest. Jurian Dixon (UVA, $3,600) pairs a 49.7 ceiling with a 27.0 average, the best combination of price and upside on the list. Christian Harmon (UVA, $3,000) has a 43.4 ceiling and a 23.6 average. Jan Vide (UVA, $2,400) has a 42.0 ceiling and a 22.8 average. Cooper Bowser (ARK, $4,600) offers a 47.7 ceiling and a 25.9 average, and Sam Lewis (UVA, $5,600) has a 48.4 ceiling. On the injury front, Desmond Roberts (UVA) carries a Q tag from DraftKings.
The sheet includes no ownership figures, so we can't say where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,100 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Wilkinson in the captain slot at $12,900, with De Ridder ($10,400), Billy Richmond III ($9,400), Chance Mallory ($7,200), Sam Lewis ($5,600) and Dixon ($3,600) in the UTIL spots. The build pays for the two expensive stars and fills the rest with Lewis and Dixon, whose ceilings sit well above their salaries.
Lineups lock Sunday at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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