Daily Fantasy CFB Traffic Light Plays: Week 3

by Andy Smith (a25smith) Last Updated 2014-09-13 17:38:48

Traffic Light Tiers

Traffic Light		What It Means
	Green Light	All systems go. Target player in your lineups
	Yellow Light	Indifferent. Player could go either way
	Red Light	Avoid the given player at all costs

Welcome back to CFB Week 3’s edition of CFB “Traffic Lights” plays. I’m going to break things down by the early game slate and the late game slate – these picks will be based on only the games that are included on both Fanduel and Draftkings. I’ll analyze the games with the highest projected Vegas over/unders and then list some other green lights play from the games I didn’t analyze. Be sure to know your game sets as there are some games available on 1 site but not the other – I’ll try to list some of the green lights that are only available on 1 site but won’t get to them all.

Early Slate CFB Games

Georgia at South Carolina

To steal a line from AlSmizzle – Mike Trout Todd Gurley is VERY good at baseball football. He ran wild against a tough Clemson defensive line for 293 all purpose yards and four TDs in Week 1. He’s the best back in the country and is match-up proof. The South Carolina defense isn’t what it has been in the past (they’ve allowed 5.02 ypc so far against traditional passing teams A&M and East Carolina). In this matchup last year, he ran for 132 yards and a TD against a much better South Carolina defense than he will see this year. Vegas expects this to be a four quarter game and I expect Georgia to lean on Gurley in a tough road environment. He’ll be the highest priced RB but his floor is probably around 150 yards and two TDs. South Carolina is currently ranked 122nd in pass defense allowing 416 ypg, but keep in mind that came against 2 very good passing teams in A&M and East Carolina.

Georgia should see some success through the air but I’m not sold that Hutson Mason, the UGA QB, is anything but a game manager and Georgia lacks a premier #1 WR. If you want a Georgia WR, Michael Bennett is probably your best bet as Malcolm Mitchell is still expected to be out.

Mike Davis burned everyone in Week 1 with an injury/suckiness, but looked better last week with 101 yards and two TDs. This is a must win game for South Carolina if they have any hope of winning the SEC East and I’m expecting South Carolina to try to establish Davis, who is their best weapon, early and often. He doesn’t have the upside of some of the other top backs this week, but you’re also getting him at a pretty nice discount on some sites. In this matchup last year, he ran for 149 yards and a score.

Shaq Roland was quiet in Week 1 but is the team’s best WR and bounced back with seven receptions for 94 yards last week. He’s in play as a WR3 if he’s cheap. I’ll pass on South Carolina QB Dylan Thompson as his upside is limited with Davis being the focal point of the offense.

Traffic Light	Player(s)
	Todd Gurley (Georgia RB), Mike Davis (SC RB)
	Shaq Roland (SC WR), Michael Bennett (UGA WR), Hutson Mason (Georgia QB)
	Rest of SC and Georgia WR, Dylan Thompson (SC QB)

Indiana at Bowling Green

This is an unwatchable matchup on paper but fantasy gold for DFS as it has a huge over/under of 69 points and only a 6 point spread. As CSURam88 likes to say, there is a lot of “fantasy goodness” in this one.

Indiana was horrific defensively in 2013, finishing 115th in rushing defense and 118th in passing defense. They played a terrible Indiana State team week 1 so we don’t have a real test to see if they are improved. Vegas doesn’t think they are as they have Bowling Green projected for over 30 points. Bowling Green took a hit as their star QB, Matt Johnson, is out for the year. James Knapke stepped in as the starter and was solid but unspectacular last week vs VMI. The prime target here is Travis Greene, who had 1600 yards last year and should see the biggest bump with Johnson out. In last week’s blowout win against VMI, he had 18 carries for 129 yards and two TDs. The other interesting target for Bowling Green is WR Roger Lewis, a former four-star Ohio State recruit who got in legal trouble and ended up at a prep school before enrolling at Bowling Green. He has 14 receptions for 217 yards and a TD this year, including going for 140 yards and a TD last week in Knapke’s first start at QB.

Western Kentucky rang up 700 yards of total offense against Bowling Green in Week 1, including 569 yards through air. Indiana was a well-balanced potent offense in 2013 with 470 pass attempts and 458 rush attempts. Curiously in Week 1, they were heavily run oriented and only attempted 18 passes compared to 69 rush attempts. I don’t have a great read on the reason for the change– there was a rain delay so it could have been partly due to weather/field and from what I have read (shockingly I didn’t watch the Indiana/Indiana State barnburner), Indiana State was dropping eight into coverage so that is another possibility as to the heavy rush attempts. It very well could be that IU is going to be a run heavy team but I don’t expect to see such a crazy run/pass discrepancy again. As a result, the prices on Indiana’s QB, Nate Sudfeld, and top WR, Shane Wynn, are pretty cheap around the industry. I’m a little wary of them in cash games due to the Week 1 playcalling and the possibility that IU is just going to pound the run, but I think they make great GPP plays as the passing attempts should increase this week. Also, Sudfeld had success in this matchup last year throwing for 335 yards and 2 TDs. Tevin Coleman is the star of the IU offense and is a great play for both cash games and GPPs. He had a monster week 1 rushing for 247 yards and two TDs, and had success in this matchup last year rushing for 129 yards and two TDs. His backup, D’Angelo Roberts, quietly had 24 carries for 129 yards and a td in Week 1 but I don’t expect to see him with 20 carries in this one.

Traffic Light	Player(s)
	Tevin Coleman (IU RB), Travis Greene (BG RB), Nate Sudfeld (IU QB- prefer as GPP play), Shane Wynn (IU WR- prefer as GPP play), Roger Lewis (BG WR)
	James Knapke (BG QB)
	None

Arkansas at Texas Tech

This game has a nice over/under and has shootout written all over it as the strength of both teams’ offenses is the weakness of the opposing teams’ defense. I don’t think Tech can stop the Arkansas rush attack and I don’t think Arkansas has the talent in the secondary to control Tech’s passing offense. The Tech rush defense is 107th in the country allowing 227.5 ypg and 4.29 ypc, and that came against Central Arkansas and UTEP. UTEP does have a great RB in Aaron Jones who ripped Tech for 147 yards and two TDs, but they’ll see two very good backs in Alex Collins and Jonathan Williams. Arkansas ran for 495 yards last week against Nicholls State with Alex Collins going for 131 yards and three TDs on 13 carries, and Williams going for 141 yards on only four carries. The only issue here is the split backfield between them. Choosing between the two, I lean towards Alex Collins, a former five star recruit, who I think is the more talented of the two, but would base my decision on price. Arkansas is a run heavy team so don’t concern yourself with their QB or WR, but their TE Hunter Henry is a target in the redzone.

Auburn’s Jeremy Johnson threw for 243 yards in one half of action in week 1 against Arkansas before giving way to running QB Nick Marshall. Tech loves to throw the ball all over the field and will test the Arkansas secondary that gave up so many passing yards to a run heavy Auburn team. Davis Webb is the guy at QB and is averaging 365 passing ypg. His top two targets are Bradley Marquez, and Jakeem Grant. Marquez had a huge week 1 with 189 receiving yards and 2 tds and followed it up with 3 tds last week on only three receptions. Jakeem Grant was quiet in Week 1 but got back involved with 8 receptions for 150 yards last week. Reginald Davis is the 3rd WR to know and he’s scored in both of Tech’s games. Although Deandre Washington had a big week 1, I’ll pass on the Tech running game as it is too unpredictable and Kingsbury really just wants to throw it 50 times.

Traffic Light	Player(s)
	Alex Collins (Ark RB), Davis Webb (TT QB), Bradley Marquez (TT WR), Jakeem Grant (TT WR)
	Jonathan Williams (Ark WR), Hunter Henry (Ark TE), Reginald Davis (TT WR)
	Ark QB & WR, DeAndre Washington (TT RB)

Wyoming at Oregon

Oregon is projected to hit 50 in this one against an over-matched Wyoming team. This one should be over early but Marcus Mariota is the top dual threat QB in country and Heisman front runner. He should be good for at least 300 yards of total offense and four TDs before the starters get pulled. He’s got a big tag so it comes down to the ability to fit him with all the top RB in great matchups. The big question here is who else gets into the mix outside of Mariota. They have an insanely talented 3 headed monster at RB with Byron Marshall, Royce Freeman and Thomas Tyner. Marshall has seen a lot more time in the slot this year and had a big Week 1 rushing and receiving. However, last week he didn’t see a carry until the 4th quarter and only had three receptions while Tyner and Freeman each had 13 carries. Due to the uncertainty about their usage, they’re only GPP plays for me. I like Marshall as the best GPP play of the group – if he gets the carries he saw in Week 1 as opposed in Week 2 then he holds a ton of upside due to his involvement in the passing game. Oregon is an up-tempo run first team and the only WR play I am looking at here is Devon Allen. He’d normally only be a GPP play for me but DK has him at the bare minimum so he’s a cash game play there because he opens up your salary so much. He’s a track guy with bigtime speed who is dependent on big plays as he doesn’t see a ton of volume. He had three receptions for 110 yards and two TDs against Michigan State, but was quiet in the opener with one reception for five yards. He only has to pop one big play TD to exceed his salary on DK and I like the chances of that happening this week.

Traffic Light	Player(s)
	Marcus Mariota (Oregon QB), Devon Allen (Oregon WR- only green light where cheap like on DK), Byron Marshall (GPP only)
	Thomas Tyner/Royce Freeman (Oregon RBs)
	Other Oregon WRs, Wyoming

Illinois at Washington

We’ve got a high over under and Washington coming off a 59-52 win over FCS Eastern Washington (to be fair they are the #2 ranked FCS team), but Washington is a hard team to predict as they spread the ball around a lot. Cyler Miles and Lavon Coleman are probably your best targets here. The Illinois defense has shown some small improvement from last year’s terrible unit, but is still very suspect and Vegas likes Washington to hit 40 points here. Miles returned from his Week 1 suspension and accounted for 240 yards of total offense and four total TDs, three rushing TDs and one passing TD in Week 2. Lavon Coleman looks to be the lead back with a team leading 34 carries for 196 yards but they get multiple guys carries. Washington has been run oriented so far and doesn’t have a go to WR so I’ll pass on their wide receivers.

Washington only returned one starter in the secondary and Eastern Washington’s Vernon Adams threw for 475 yards and 7 tds against Washington last week. The Illinois QB, Wes Lunt, is averaging 44 pass attempts and 360 ypg and now gets to face the bad Washington secondary. Josh Ferguson has been a major disappointment this year as he’s splitting carries with Donovonn Young and Lunt isn’t targeting him in the receiving game like Scheelhaase did last year. He’s a GPP only play at best right now until we see a usage increase. Lunt does a good job of spreading the ball around so there’s not a green light Illinois WR. Allison is the leading WR on the year with 10 receptions for 140 yards.

Traffic Light	Player(s)
	Lavon Coleman (Wash RB), Cyler Miles (Wash QB), Wes Lunt (Illinois QB)
	Josh Ferguson (Illinois RB)
	Washington and Illinois WR

Other Green Lights:

Quarterbacks

Rakeem Cato (Marshall) – Vegas likes Marshall to approach 40 points here. Cato is one of the premier non power five conference QB’s and can put up huge fantasy numbers either running or passing. Last year in this match-up, he accounted for 396 yards of total offense and two TDs. He’s particularly cheap on DK and is a great option there.

Clint Trickett (West Virginia) – if you want to fit a few of these top tier RB in your lineups then you’re going to need to find some value. He’s priced up in some spots but is cheap in others- take advantage where he is cheap. After struggling in his first year in Holgorsen’s system, Trickett looks like a different quarterback in year two. He’s among the NCAA leaders in quarterback rating, is averaging over 40 pass attempts and over 350 passing yards per game. This year the West Virginia offense is playing with the confidence and tempo we’ve typically seen from a Holgorsen offense. He’s got a very good WR in Kevin White and a big play WR in Mario Alford. Also, Maryland embarrassed WV in this matchup last year shutting them out and winning 37-0. I expect WV to be extra motivated and ready to play on Saturday as there is no doubt with Holgorsen’s offensive background he’ll take getting shut out personally. Maryland has been solid against the pass ranking 26th in the country but they haven’t been tested yet as they’ve faced James Madison and South Florida, who can’t throw the ball, and WV threw for over 350 yards on Alabama.
Other green lights not written up – Maty Mauk (Missouri), Grant Hedrik (Boise State – only as a 2nd QB where he is cheap), Dak Prescott (Miss. St, FD only), Jacoby Brissett (NC State, DK only)

Running Backs

James Conner (Pitt) – I’m breaking my rule and writing up a guy that is only available on DK. He’s been that impressive to me this year. Most people will gravitate towards Gurley, Coleman and even Ajayi on DK as they are the bigger names and are in great spots. I love them this week too, but if you want a GPP play with lower % who sees a ton of volume, then Conner is your guy. The Florida International defense has been great this year, allowing only 8 ppg, but that was against Wagner and Bethune Cookman. This was a bad FIU run defense last year, allowing over 200 ypg and 5.28 ypc. This will be their first test and I like Conner to build heavily on his year totals of 50 carries for 367 yards and five TDs. He only had 14 rush attempts in a blowout vs Delaware in Week 1 but scored four TD’s. Last week he had 36 carries for 214 yards and a TD in a competitive win vs BC. After the game, the Pitt staff said that they weren’t bothered by Conner’s high workload. Vegas has Pitt projected for 37 points and Pitt makes it really on us – they’re the Tyler Boyd and James Conner show and not much else. If Pitt is going to score then you know Conner and Boyd are in for big days.

Jay Ajayi (Boise State) – I highly recommend that everyone watch Ajayi this year. He’s really fun to watch and Boise just feeds him the ball whether it comes via the run or pass. He faced a tough Ole Miss defense in week 1 and was limited to 20 carries for 86 yards. However, Boise showed that even when facing a tough run defense, they’ll find different ways to get him the ball as he had 12 receptions for 93 yards and a score vs Ole Miss. In Week 2, he faced a weak CSU rush defense and they fed it to him 33 times for 219 yards rushing and two TDs. He also chipped in four receptions for 61 yards and a score. His receptions are a huge boost to his stock on a full point PPR site like DK. So that’s 32 touches in Week 1 and 37 in Week 2 – that’s an insane amount of volume and makes him incredibly safe. UCONN isn’t terrible on defense but they also aren’t particularly good either as they currently rank 78th against the run allowing 154 ypg and 4.18 ypc.

Thomas Rawls (Central Michigan) – he’s expensive in some places but way too cheap in others so you need to price shop on him. The CMU backfield was thought to be a RBBC this year. Enter Thomas Rawls, a transfer from Michigan. He was the 3rd running back to enter Game 1 for CMU but hasn’t looked back since and has taken complete control of the CMU backfield. It looks like he just needed a change of scenery and an opportunity as he has 56 carries for 276 yards and three TDs along with five receptions for 57 yards. He’s getting a heavy workload (25 carries in Wk 1 and 31 in Wk 2) and Vegas projects this as a close game so he should see 4 quarters of work against a beatable Syracuse defense. SATURDAY UPDATE: Just reported Rawls is out for a discipline issue. Get him out of your fanduel lineups. Savalli would probably see his carries but I’d flip to Alex Collins (ark), Robinson(miss st) or Coleman (Washington) on FD. I’d be more inclinded to use Savalli on DK where he is min priced.

Other green lights not written up – Prince Tyson-Gulley (Syracuse), Duke Johnson (Miami- DK only), Shadrach Thornton (NC State, DK only), Josh Robinson (Miss. State, FD only)

Wide Receiver

Devin Funchess (Michigan) –double check his health status as he left last week’s with an injury but the early word is that he is expected to be fine. He was the lone bright against Notre Dame with nine receptions for 107 yards. In Week 1 he dominated Appalachian State for 95 yards and three TDs and gets a similar opponent this week in Miami(OH) who will have no one to match up with his size.

Tommy Shuler (Marshall) – Shuler has been uncharacteristically quiet this year with only seven receptions for 107 yards and two TDs. He had over 100 receptions and 1100 yards in both 2012 and 2013, I expect him to break out soon and for Cato to get his star WR back involved. Luckily for us his price has fallen in some places so this presents a great buy-low spot against a very beatable Ohio defense.

Kevin White (West Virginia) – I discussed above how I liked what I’ve seen from Trickett and the West Virginia passing attack. They’re much improved but still priced reasonably due to their struggles last year. Like Trickett, White struggled in year one in Holgorsen’s system but has been great in year two. He’s Trickett’s top target and already has 19 receptions for 244 yards and a TD, including nine receptions for 143 yards and a touchdown against Alabama. The Maryland secondary doesn’t scare me and White is pretty cheap around the industry for a guy who has 100 yards receiving in both games and at least nine catches in both games.

Other green lights not written up – Jamison Crowder (Duke), Ty Montgomery (Stanford), Darius White/Bud Sasser (Missouri WR), Laquon Treadwell (Ole Miss, FD only), Tyler Boyd (Pitt- DK only)

Tight Ends

Eric Frohnapfel – He’s your plug and play tight end in the early slate on DK and will likely be the highest owned TE there as he’s only 3.3k. Cato loves to throw to his TE- it was Gator Hoskins last year and this year is Frohnapfel. In Week 1, he had 5 receptions for 54 yards and two TDs. He was blanked in Week 2 but at only 3.3k on DK against Ohio he’s a great play.

Gerald Christian (E) – Christian is the better play at FD as I’ll take the $300 saving from Frohnapfel. Petrino has always used his tight ends and this year Christian’s production has ramped up with nine receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown in each game. The matchup against Virginia isn’t easy (just ask Brett Hundley), but he’ll see four quarters of action and is a big red-zone target for Louisville with leading WR Devante Parker out.

Other green lights not written up – Evan Engram (Ole Miss, FD only), Maxx Williams (Minnesota), Austin Hooper (Stanford), Ryan Malleck (Virginia Tech)

Late Slate – FD & DK

Nebraska at Fresno State

You know that scene in The Waterboy where the kicker is about to attempt the onside kick and is looking for his… um “female dog”. Well the Fresno State defense is our daily fantasy “female dog”. Through 2 games, they’re dead last in scoring defense allowing 55.5 ppg (52 to USC and 59 to Utah), and give up 268 rushing ypg and 346 passing ypg. Ameer Abdullah is a great starting point for your lineups. He bailed Nebraska out last weekend vs McNesse with an incredible game winning reception and for the year has 286 yards rushing and two TDs to go along with 105 yards receiving and a score. He’s one of the top RBs in the country and gets a dream matchup. I’m typically not a huge fan of Tommy Armstrong, but he’s in a great spot this weekend. He gets about 10 carries a game (18/193/2 this year) and while not a great passer (31/60 for 513 and four tds), he is good enough considering Fresno’s horrific secondary. The issue to watch is with the Nebraska WR. Jamal Turner tore his achilles and is out for the year, and their leading returning WR, Kenny Bell, left last week’s game with a strained groin. Jordan Westerkamp has been Armstrong’s favorite WR this year and is a green light if Bell is out. If Bell plays, then Westerkamp and Bell would be in play as GPP plays as I think one of them will go for 100 yards and a score. Vegas only has this as a 10 point spread so fire up Abdullah and Armstrong as they should see 4 quarters of work and Nebraska could keep it on the ground a ton due to the injuries at WR. Fresno rotates QB and they’ve been shaky so I won’t be targeting the Fresno offense. Marteze Waller (starting RB) had a good week 1 but disappointed last week. Their top WR, Josh Harper is talented and could be in play but has really been hurt by the poor QB play.

Traffic Light	Player(s)
	Ameer Abdullah (Neb Rb), Tommy Armstrong (Neb QB)
	Kenny Bell (Neb WR-check injury), Jordan Westerkamp (Neb WR-upgrade to green if Bell out), Marteze Waller (Fresno RB), Josh Harper (Fresno WR)
	Fresno QB’s

Rice at Texas A&M

Vegas has A&M projected to hit 50 in this one so you’re going to want to take a long look at A&M. The most obvious and most secure source of points will be Kenny Hill. He torched South Carolina and followed that game up with 283 yards and four TDs in 2.5 quarters of action against Lamar. He has a deep and talented group of WRs that can make plays for him after the catch and he should be in for another 300 yards and four TDs in this one. This year A&M plays a lot of WR and spreads the ball around as opposed to last year with Mike Evans so targeting their WR can be difficult. This week I like Seals-Jones, who has scored a TD in each game, and Speedy Noil as value plays. Noil is an explosive freshman that has come really closing to busting a big play and I think he gets his first collegiate TD this weekend. I’m not sure I’d pay the tag on Kennedy as he is a PPR guy and is better used in contested games where he can rack up the receptions. Tra Carson is the goal line back but missed last week’s game vs Lamar and his status is uncertain for this week. If he sits Trey Williams is in play if he is cheap. Rice is projected to score around 21 this week and is a run based team. I’ll be avoiding them but if you want someone then their QB, Driphus Jackson, would be your best bet.

Traffic Light	Player(s)
	Kenny Hill (A&M QB), Speedy Noil (A&M WR)
	Trey Williams(in play if Carson out- A&M RB), Malcome Kennedy/Edward Pope/Josh Reynolds/Ricky Seals-Jones (A&M WR)
	Rice

Arizona State at Colorado

Arizona State has a high powered offense led by Taylor Kelly, DJ Foster, and Jaelen Strong. DJ Foster has already rushed for 363 yards and four TDs this year, and is also a great receiving RB. He gets a great matchup against a CU team allowing 4.93 ypc this year and 185 rushing ypg. Kelly is a dual threat QB who put up some monster games last year and has only been limited this year due to blowouts. His top target is Jaelen Strong who is a PPR monster. Those three dominate the ASU touches and are all green lights against a week Colorado defense.

The Colorado RB is RBBC so ignore them. The player to own on Colorado is WR Nelson Spruce who already has 17 receptions for 249 yards and four TDs. Spruce is in a great spot as ASU lost a ton in their secondary and Colorado should be behind so they should be throwing a ton in the 2nd half. The Colorado QB, Sefo Liufau, has shown some improvement but is probably not someone that I’ll be targeting.

Traffic Light	Player(s)
	Taylor Kelly (ASU QB), DJ Foster (ASU RB), Jaelen Strong (ASU WR), Nelson Spruce (CU WR)
	Sefo Liufau (CU QB)
	CU WR

Nevada at Arizona

Terris Jones-Grigsby had a nice Week 1 with 124 yards and a td but missed last week’s game with an injury. Freshman Nick Wilson stepped in with 174 yards rushing last week and a TD. As we saw last year with Kadeem Carey, Rich Rod’s system is a great one for running backs. If Jones-Grigsby is out again then Wilson becomes a very nice play. Anu Solomon had a big week 1 in his first collegiate start but was held in check by an experienced UTSA team in Week 2. I like him as a GPP play due to his dual threat ability and high over under, but want to see more from him before using him in cash games. He has a deep and talented group of WR to throw to but it’s hard to pick one out. Austin Hill was the guy in week 1 but it was Cayleb Jones in Week 2 , and Samaje Grant leads the team in receptions.

Nevada is a run first team out of their pistol spread offense. The two guys in play for Nevada are dual threat QB Cody Fajardo who is averaging 80 yards rushing and 200 yards passing, and RB Don Jackson. No Nevada WR has really emerged as a true #1 and I’ll take a wait and see approach here.

Traffic Light	Player(s)
	Nick Wilson (Ari RB- only if Jones-Grigsby out), Cody Fajardo (Nevada QB)
	Anu Solomon (Ari QB), Cayleb Jones/Austin Hill (Ari WR), Don Jackson (Nevada RB)
	Nevada WRs

Other Green Lights:

Quarterbacks

Everett Golson (L) – Notre Dame has 10 touchdowns this year and Everett Golson has accounted for eight of them, three rushing and five passing. He’s the Notre Dame offense so when Notre Dame is expected to score, you know Golson will play a huge role. Vegas likes Notre Dame to score 42 here so you’ve got to love Golson in this one. Purdue has been bad defensively allowing 34 points to Western Michigan and 38 points to Central Michigan so I see no reason why ND doesn’t hit the 40 points Vegas projects.

Jeff Driskel (Florida) – he is cheap around the industry and looked good in Week 1. He’s a cheap QB in a pretty good spot against Kentucky if you are trying to fit Foster or Abdullah on a roster. I would have liked to see more TDs in Week 1 but the 45 pass attempts was the most encouraging stat. If he sees that amount of volume the tds will come.

Other green lights not written up – Brett Hundley (UCLA), Trevor Knight (OU), Christian Hackenberg (Penn State), Drew Hare (new NIU QB in good matchup and cheap, FD only), Chuckie Keeton (Utah State, DK only), Daxx Garman (Oklahoma State- double check he is in fact starting but he is in play where he is min priced. Just know that UTSA is no cupcake- they have the most returning starters in NCAA and have already limited John O’Korn (UH) and Anu Solomon (Arizona) to subpar games), Keenan Reynolds (Navy, FD only)

Running Backs

Leonard Fournette (LSU) – Despite the disappointing Week 1 game vs Wisconsin, LSU looks like they want him to be the guy and will get him carries in these blowout games to get his feet wet. He had 13 carries for 92 yards and a TD in a blowout vs Sam Houston State and is pretty

• Javorius Allen (USC), Paul James (Rutgers)

Wide Receivers

Travin Dural (LSU) – Dural isn’t a volume guy but he is a monster big play threat off of LSU’s play action. He only has six receptions on the year but they’ve gone for 291 yards and four TDs.

Geno Lewis/DeaSean Hamilton (Penn State) – Both are pretty cheap around the industry, play in an offense that is throwing it 40+ a game, and get to face a Rutgers secondary that was awful last year and gave up 532 passing yards to Washington State in Week 1 this year. Lewis leads the team in receiving yards and has added 14 receptions while Hamilton leads in receptions with 18. I like them both against the weak Rutgers secondary but probably like Lewis a little better assuming equal pricing.

Other Green Lights Not Written Up: Nelson Agholor (USC), Jordan Payton (UCLA), Da’Ron Brown (NIU Wr, FD only), Sterling Shephard (OU)

Tight Ends

Jesse James (Penn State) – I mentioned that I like the Penn State passing attack against the bad Rutgers secondary. James is third on PSU in receiving with nine receptions for 117 yards and has scored a td in both games. That’s about all you can ask for out of your tight end spot this year. He’s got a nice tag on both DK and FD and is the top late slate TE.

Ben Koyack (Notre Dame) – He’s really cheap on DK at only 2.6k. James is the better play but if you need the salary relief then Koyack is a nice option. He’s not a huge part of Notre Dame’s offense (as is the case with most college tight ends) but does have five receptions for 51 yards and could be in play for a td this week against a bad Purdue defense.

Other Green Lights Not Written Up: – Blake Bell (OU), Tyler Kroft (Rutgers)