Fansided

Early College football DFS picks December 5: Win with Kyren

By Mike Marteny

Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back Kyren Williams (23) celebrates with offensive lineman Robert Hainsey (72) after a touchdown in the first overtime against the Clemson Tigers at Notre Dame Stadium. Notre Dame defeated Clemson 47-40 in two overtimes. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Notre Dame Fighting Irish running back Kyren Williams (23) celebrates with offensive lineman Robert Hainsey (72) after a touchdown in the first overtime against the Clemson Tigers at Notre Dame Stadium. Notre Dame defeated Clemson 47-40 in two overtimes. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
4 of 5
Next
college football dfs
Florida tight end Kyle Pitts (84) celebrates a touchdown catch a teammate during a game against South Carolina at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.2020-10-03-florida /

College football DFS wide receiver picks December 5:

Top Tier:

The Ohio State receivers are going to receive top billing here, and Ohio State needs to make it look good in the few games they have. They’re going to have half the games of most playoff contenders. Don’t expect them to let off the gas. Any starter that plays for the Buckeyes deserves consideration. That said, Trask and Kyle Pitts may as well be joined at the hip. Trask looks to him first and foremost. Pitts is the one that has the true potential to break a slate.

I do know that Nebraska wont be able to cover both David Bell and Rondale Moore. Bell is probably the safe pick, but Moore is one of the most dynamic players in the country at any position. Watching he and Wan’Dale Robinson on the same field is going to be a treat. I really like both for the price here.

Indiana’s defense has struggled against good offenses but is Wisconsin good? COVID torpedoed their campaign after just one week and they’ve looked lost since. Jake Ferguson has potential, but his quarterback has to get him the ball first. This is a risk that I’m not sure is worth taking.

Middle Tier:

This is one of the few games that I’m not on Indiana receivers. Part of it is because we don’t really know what we’re getting with Jack Tuttle. Another part is the Wisconsin defense. Another part is that we don’t know who Tuttle is comfortable throwing to. I really like Peyton Hendershot as Tuttle’s safety valve, but other than that, I’d stay away.

Every Georgia skill player is in a smash spot and it’s a given that at least one will bust. I find it hard to believe that it will be George Pickens or the guy throwing him the ball. The only one I see close to Pickens’ upside near his price is Javon McKinley and Anthony Schwartz. Pickens still looks like the guy to have though.

It appears that Cade Otton is Dylan Morris’s go to receiver. Stanford’s pass defense has been better than their run defense, but that’s not saying much. There’s still good upside here.

At some point in the last couple of weeks, Thayer Thomas seems to have passed Emeka Emezie as the favorite target of Hockman. Aside from the Liberty debacle, Thomas has 20 receptions for 237 yards and five touchdowns in the last two games. Lock and load against Georgia Tech.

Bargain Shoppers:

Usually you have to pay up for high upside players. That’s not the case with Zay Flowers. He has a quarterback that gets him the ball often. Flowers is a very good playmaker and should gouge the porous Virginia defense.

Much like Hendershot, we could see a tougher matchup forcing the ball to Jalen Wydermyer and Charlie Kolar more in their matchups as well. They are no longer free spaces on DraftKings though. Wydermyer’s price is high enough that we have to think about it, but both of them are massive red zone targets.

The price on Jalen Nailor is low enough that I might run him against Ohio State. Indiana’s receivers had a day against the Buckeyes but they had a more reliable quarterback throwing them the ball too. This is a boom-bust play for GPP formats. Whop Philyor also feels too cheap here.