Wednesday's main slate is a three-game DraftKings classic with a $50,000 cap: BUFF @ BALL, SSU @ CMU and UMASS @ TOL. Lock comes at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT), so there is a short window to settle lineups.
CJ Miller of TOL leads our model's board. At $8,800 he projects for 26.6 points with a ceiling of 38.9, well above his DraftKings average of 16.2. His teammate John Alan Richter, at $8,000, projects for 18.3 with a 33.5 ceiling. Among BUFF players, Chance Morrow has the biggest upside at $6,200, with a 16.7 projection and a 39.7 ceiling, the highest on the slate. Jason Wright costs $9,400 and projects for 19.0, while Messiah Burch at $6,500 projects for 17.2. Nick Woodford of CMU is the standout bargain among the top plays at $4,100, projecting for 17.3 against a DraftKings average of 8.8.
For true value, three players at $3,000 each stand out. Jabari Lewis of UMASS projects for 7.2 points, or 2.4 per $1,000, with a 15.0 ceiling. His teammate Joseph Griffin Jr. projects for 7.1 at the same rate, though his ceiling is 10.0. Justin Ruffin Jr. of CMU projects for 7.0, or 2.3 per $1,000, with an 11.5 ceiling.
A few DraftKings status tags are worth checking before lock. Jordan Washington (UMASS), Angel Flores (CMU) and Elijah Holmes (BUFF) are tagged OUT. Connor Walendzak, Corey Smith and Dane Nauman of TOL are tagged Q, as are Carson Conklin (SSU) and Langston Lewis (CMU).
We have no 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 Richter at QB and pairs Miller with Woodford at RB. Morrow and Adjatay Dabbs ($6,800) anchor the WR group alongside Clint Walker ($3,500). Dontae Robinson ($3,000) takes the FLEX spot, and Wright fills S-FLEX at $9,400.
Lineups lock Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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