Saturday's afternoon college football slate on DraftKings runs eight games: UF @ UGA, ASU @ BYU, KU @ TCU, MINN @ IU, NW @ ORE, UTAH @ CINCY, UVA @ WAKE and SCAR @ OU. The classic contest uses a $50,000 salary cap and locks Saturday, 10/31, at 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. PT).
Two UTAH players sit at the top of our model's board. Devon Dampier, a QB at $8,800, has the highest projection on the slate at 28.0, with a ceiling of 39.8. Wayshawn Parker, an RB at the same $8,800, projects for 27.2 with the biggest ceiling we list at 44.8. BYU's Bear Bachmeier ($8,700) projects for 25.0, and OU's Isaiah Sategna III ($7,300) checks in at 22.5, a clear step above his DraftKings average of 18.8. Cardae Mack of ASU is the cheaper upside play at $6,600, projecting 15.8 with a 35.6 ceiling.
The best values come from the lower salary tiers. ORE's Tradarian Ball at $4,000 projects for 15.5, which works out to 3.9 points per $1,000, the best rate among players under $6,600. BYU's Kyler Kasper ($4,800, projection 14.2) and ORE's Jamari Johnson ($4,700, projection 13.3) round out the group at 3.0 and 2.8 points per $1,000. Kasper's 25.1 ceiling stands out for the price.
Status tags are worth a look before lock. DraftKings lists Dante Moore (ORE), LJ Martin (BYU) and Chauncey Bowens (UGA) as OUT, while Isaiah Marshall (KU) and Mikey Keene (ASU) carry a Q tag.
Our fact sheet does not include ownership figures for this slate, so there is no read on where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,800 of the $50,000 cap. It starts with Dampier at QB, then Mack and Joseph Himon II at RB. Sategna, Braden Pegan and Walker Lyons fill the WR spots, London Humphreys takes the FLEX, and JC French IV is the S-FLEX. Lock is Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
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