Saturday's single-game DraftKings slate pits BAMA at LSU, with lock set for 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. PT) on 11/7. The format uses a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, and the cap is $50,000.
Sam Leavitt of LSU tops our model's board at $11,600, with a projection of 25.1 and a ceiling of 36.3. His DraftKings average is 30.0, which sits above his projection. Keelon Russell of BAMA is next on salary at $10,400, projected for 21.6 with a 36.5 ceiling and a 24.9 average. Jackson Harris of LSU may be the sharper number: at $8,200 he projects for 20.2 and carries the highest ceiling among the top plays at 37.5.
Further down, Dilin Jones of LSU costs $9,400 and projects for 18.4 with a 26.1 ceiling. On the BAMA side, Ryan Coleman-Williams ($8,400, 12.8), Rico Scott ($7,200, 12.5) and Lotzeir Brooks ($6,600, 10.5) fill out the mid-range, while Trae'shawn Brown offers a 17.5 ceiling at $5,600.
The cheap end of the pool is thin, but three names stand out. Derek Meadows of BAMA is $1,200 and projects for 2.6, or 2.2 points per $1,000. Tyree Holloway of LSU costs $1,000 and projects for 2.1, with a 7.1 ceiling that is high for his price. Rod Gainey Jr. of LSU, also $1,000, projects for 1.9. On the status board, Jett Thomalla and EJ Crowell of BAMA carry D and Q tags, and Phillip Wright III of LSU is tagged OUT.
Ownership figures were not available for this slate, so we will not guess where the crowd lands.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,800 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Leavitt at captain for $17,400, then adds Scott at $7,200, Marshall Pritchett at $3,400, Harris at $8,200, Brooks at $6,600 and Daniel Hill at $7,000. It leans on LSU's top two options and spreads the rest of the salary across the BAMA midrange.
Lineups lock Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
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