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Early DraftKings college football picks November 30: By the Book

By Mike Marteny

SOUTH BEND, IN - NOVEMBER 16: Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Ian Book (12) reacts to a play in game action during a game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Navy Midshipmen on November 16, 2019 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
SOUTH BEND, IN - NOVEMBER 16: Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Ian Book (12) reacts to a play in game action during a game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Navy Midshipmen on November 16, 2019 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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DALLAS, TX – NOVEMBER 09: Southern Methodist Mustangs wide receiver James Proche (3) scores a touchdown during the game between SMU and East Carolina on November 9, 2019 at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, TX. (Photo by George Walker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Early DraftKings college football wide receiver picks November 30

Top Tier:

With 95 receptions on the season, James Proche has at least 18 more receptions than anyone else on the slate. That’s a lot of free points! This Tulane defense does make me nervous, but Proche is still going to get a healthy amount of targets. There are some good defenses on this slate though. Using a high-volume receiver like Proche could be the best approach.

Isaiah Hodgins is still the favorite target of Jake Luton (who is also a decent option), but he’s not the only option anymore. The Beavers have started to spread the ball around more. This limits the value of Hodgins, but it does open up some good value in this receiving corps, which we will address later.

I’m not going to be the one to tell you not to play an Alabama receiver, but they are using a backup quarterback who really only has a glorified practice and garbage time under his belt. Yes, Arkansas is both garbage time and a glorified practice. What we do see from Mac is that he’s mostly a game manager. In order for an Alabama receiver have a big day, they are going to have to do it themselves. Devonta Smith has the best chance to do that.

My balk about Trishton Jackson is that Syracuse has morphed into a running offense to try and save their defense from themselves. It worked against Duke, but the Orange were gouged by Louisville last week. Jackson does have four touchdown receptions over the last three games, but those are really the only things that have saved his fantasy days. I don’t want a touchdown-dependent option at this price.

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Middle Tier:

Five of Tee Higgins’ 13 receptions over the last three games have been touchdowns. Justyn Ross was knocked out of the last game with a rib injury. If that keeps him out here, expect Higgins to see more targets, especially in the red zone.

If you expect the Irish to keep throwing it around the yard against Stanford, Chase Claypool is a must. Claypool has at least five receptions in each of the last four games and at least 19 DraftKings points in each. A Claypool-Book mini stack is going to be the core of my lineups.

Wake really has nothing left at receiver besides Kendall Hinton. He hauled in six passes for 189 yards against Duke. I’m not sure the Orange will put up more resistance than that.

I’m not a huge fan of the Louisville passing game, but Chatarius Atwell has only been held under 20 DraftKings points twice since he because a starter in week 3. That was by Clemson and Florida State. Atwell hit triple digits in yards against the good passing defenses of Virginia and Miami. There’s enough upside against Kentucky, but he’s probably not putting up over 20.

If you’re a believer in the fact that Minnesota is going to have to throw to win, you want to have either Tyler Johnson or Rashod Bateman. I see them as GPP only options because that Wisconsin defense is still very good. I prefer Johnson since he is targeted more, but neither are a bad option.

Bargain Shoppers:

The pieces of the Tulane passing game are interesting darts against SMU. The team does like to run, but SMU’s pass defense is worse than the run defense. Jalen McCleskey finally outdid Darnell Mooney last game, and he’s very cheap. I prefer McCleskey for the price, but if you can afford Mooney, he should still be the target leader.

Johnny Johnson hauled in ten passes for 207 yards last week in the loss to Arizona State. I think the Civil War is going to be pass happy this year. Juwon Johnson is a strong play too, but only as a compliment to Johnny. He’s still the number one guy.

Champ Flemings and Noah Togiai both hauled in five passes each against Washington State last week. Oregon is going to provide a lot more resistance. I do like Togiai as the check down option for Luton here, but he’s for use mostly for the points on receptions. It will be Hodgins or Flemings that break a big play if the Beavers get one.

Simi Fehoko still doesn’t have more than three receptions in a game this year, but six of his 18 receptions have gone for touchdowns. I have no problems chasing touchdowns for $4,300, especially when Stanford doesn’t get a lot of them.

If you want to go really cheap, Donavon Greene has all three of his receptions on the season over the last two weeks with Washington and Surratt both out. Wake has elected to let Newman do most things himself and to throw to Hinton if they need to, but Hinton isn’t the only one running routes. Green and Waydale Jones are out there too, even if they don’t have much to show for it.