Saturday's DraftKings slate is a single game, MIA @ ND, and it locks at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT). The format uses a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, with a $50,000 cap.
Darian Mensah of MIA tops our model's board at $10,800, projected for 21.9 points with a 31.3 ceiling. His DraftKings average is 28.9. CJ Carr of ND sits just behind at $9,600 with a 20.3 projection and a 29.5 ceiling. Nolan James Jr. (ND, $7,800) projects for 16.3, and Jordan Faison (ND, $7,000) projects for 15.8 with a 28.2 ceiling, the second-highest upside on the sheet relative to his price.
Cooper Barkate of MIA is the standout mid-priced option. At $5,800 he projects for 15.7 with a 22.7 ceiling, well above his 11.4 DraftKings average. Jonaz Walton (ND, $6,600) projects for 10.4 but carries a 25.1 ceiling, so he is more of a swing play than a floor play.
On the cheap end, Somourian Wingo of MIA offers the most points per $1,000 among players under $3,400. At $2,800 he projects for 6.9, or 2.5 points per $1,000. Logan Saldate (ND) costs $1,000 and projects for 2.3, and Bubba Frazier (ND) costs $1,000 and projects for 2.0.
Ownership figures are not available for this slate, so we cannot say where the crowd is likely to land. Note that several players carry DraftKings status tags, including Micah Gilbert, Cooper Flanagan and James Flanigan of ND, all tagged Q.
Our model's top lineup uses the full $50,000. It puts Mensah in the captain slot at $16,200, then fills the UTIL spots with Javian Mallory ($6,800), Faison ($7,000), Daylyn Upshaw ($4,600), Carr ($9,600) and Barkate ($5,800). Lineups lock at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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