Saturday night's DraftKings classic slate is a five-game college football card: WVU at TTU, FRES at UTST, HAW at UTEP, TXST at ORST, and WYO at UNLV. The salary cap is $50,000, and the slate locks Saturday, 11/7, at 9:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. PT).
Two players share the top of our model's board. Jesse Legree of ORST carries the highest projection at 31.9 for $9,000, with a 48.4 ceiling. Thomas Castellanos of TTU projects for 31.2 at just $8,100 and owns the highest ceiling on the slate at 50.2. His DraftKings average is only 10.3, so our model is clearly betting on this matchup rather than his recent form. Brad Jackson of TXST is close behind at 29.2 for $7,800, and his 29.0 DraftKings average backs up the number.
Further down, Michael Hawkins Jr. of WVU projects for 27.6 at $9,500, and Braden Atkinson of ORST projects for 27.9 at $9,000. Both are pricier than Jackson without out-projecting him. Torrance Burgess Jr. of TXST is the top running back at 21.9 for $7,000, with a 44.3 ceiling.
Value is concentrated in the TTU receiving room. Kenny Johnson projects for 14.7 at $5,100, or 2.9 points per $1,000. Terrance Carter Jr. returns 2.8 per $1,000 at only $3,900. Cam Barfield of HAW is the other name to know, projecting for 14.0 at $5,000 with a 24.7 ceiling.
Ownership figures were not available for this slate, so we will not guess where the crowd lands.
Our model's top lineup spends all $50,000. It starts with Jackson at QB for $7,800, then Burgess for $7,000 and J'Koby Williams for $8,300 at running back. Legree ($9,000), Eric Olsen ($4,700) and Carter ($3,900) fill the receiver spots. Rex Haynes ($3,200) takes the FLEX, and Tyler Hughes of WYO ($6,100) takes the S-FLEX.
Lock is Saturday, 11/7, at 9:30 p.m. ET.
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