College Fantasy Football championships are won and lost on the waiver wire. Purple Reign has identified the players you need to target on this week’s waiver wire that will help give your fantasy team a champion’s edge.
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HONORABLE MENTIONS
QUARTERBACKS
WALKER EGET (SJSU): Something has started to click for Eget over the last two weeks. He’s scored 38.05 and 30.4 fantasy points over those two games while averaging 3 passing TDs/game during that span. San Jose State has the #25 ranked fantasy passing offense and he is has been averaging over 35 pass attempts/game over the last three weeks.
BROC LOWRY (WestMi): I can’t deny Lowry’s fantasy value after he has put together three decent games in a row. During those games he has scored 27.05, 22.35, & 27.35 fantasy points. His fantasy value is tied to his rushing ability where he is averaging 15.6 carries/game and 1.3 rushing TDs/game over the last three games (scoring 60% of all rushing TDs).
KIAEL KELLY (Ball): Kelly is another player who has put together three decent fantasy performances in a row scoring 27.35, 25.55, & 30.85 fantasy points. He is a true dual-threat QB who has rushed for 90+ yards and scored a rushing TD in two of the last three games, and he accounts for 45.1% of all rushing attempts. He is very weak throwing the ball, only throwing for more than 1 TD once this season.
RUNNING BACKS
DONTAE MCMILLAN (E Mi): Eastern Michigan’s rushing game isn’t very string, ranking #73 for fantasy rushing offenses. McMillan is averaging 17.3 carries/game over the last three weeks but only accounts for 39.6% of all rushing attempts on the season. Scoring TDs is his weakness as he accounts for only 20% of all rushing TDs and has only scored one rushing TD over the last four games. He is the PPR back on this list, getting 28.6% of all receiving yards.
LESHON WILLIAMS (Kan): Williams has stepped into the starting role with Daniel Hishaw being sidelined with injury. He’s scored 23+ fantasy points in two of his last three games. Diving into the numbers I see things that give me hesitation. Three games ago against West Virginia and had a good day rushing, but a single 39 yard reception that went for a TD padded his fantasy points. Last week against UCF he only carried the ball 12 times for 58 yards but somehow managed 3 rushing TDs. I’m not totally sold he will maintain this.
KENDRICK RAPHAEL (Cal): After two very disappointing performances in Week 3-4 Raphael has bounced back in a nice way. Two weeks ago against Boston College he scored 18.7 fantasy points and last week against Duke he scored 22.7 fantasy points. Over those two games his per game average is 21.5 carries for 93 yards and 1.5 TDs. Cal’s rushing offense is ranked a dreadful #116 on the season but Raphael is getting 50.5% of all carries, 72.9% of all rushing yards, and 50% of all rushing TDs.
JORDAN GANT (Akr): I’m not quiet sold on Gant yet but wanted to cover him. Last week against Central Michigan he carried the ball 32 times for 176 yards, had 3 receptions for 28 yards and 1 receiving TD. That was the only time this season he’s hit 14+ carries in a game. Three weeks ago against an FCS school he had 13 carries for 161 yards and 3 rushing TDs. I' don’t know how the coaches will handle his workload moving forward and its possible he goes back to 13 carries or less per game.
JEFFERY PITTMAN (SMiss): Pittman is the best of this group if you need immediate help as his next two games look nice. Over the past two weeks he’s scored 18.8 and 20 fantasy points. Last week he got 18 carries which is good to see, but in all his other games he’s ranged from 6-10 carries. This is another case of worrisome workload projection moving forward
WIDE RECEIVERS
CHAS NIMROD (SoFL): If you go back through Nimrod’s last three games he has been providing a decent floor around 14.3 fantasy points, with one big performance against an FCS school. He has gone for 110+ yards and at least 1 TD in two of his last three games. His workload isn’t that large and he only accounts for 18.6% of all receptions and 32.7% of all receiving yards.
CORTEZ BRAHAM (Mem): Last week against Tulsa I expected Braham to have an off day and he did, being held to 9.6 fantasy points. The two games before that he was averaging 23.7 fantasy points with 9.5 targets for 6.5 receptions, 114.5 yards and 1.5 TDs. I still like him to be the big play guy when the offense needs to remain balanced.
GABRIEL BENYARD (KennSt): I’ve been covering Benyard for weeks now and still see him as a reliable fantasy asset. He has scored 13+ fantasy points in 5/6 games, and he’s had 5+ receptions and scored a TD in 3/5 games. I also like that he is scoring 60% of all receiving TDs for the Owls.
KWAZI GILMER (UCLA): There’s been a change in play caller at UCLA and the offense took off last week. Gilmer produced 18.4 fantasy points with 79 yards and 1 TD. UCLA will still likely play from behind in most of their games and Gilmer looks to be the WR1 that the new play caller wants to lean on.
CAMDEN BROWN (GaSo): Another week and another Brown recommendation by me. He’s not flashing but he’s a safe guy you can count on for at least 13 fantasy points (only scored less than that in one game). He has hit 20+ fantasy points twice this season which means you could get lucky with a fantasy ceiling pop which is usually based on his TD production (scoring 55.6% of all receiving TDs).
GARY BRYANT JR. (Oreg): Bryant has been providing a decent fantasy floor but with no real ceiling upside. Over the last two weeks he has score 14 and 14.5 fantasy points. If you remove the Northwestern game he has scored a TD in every game and he has seen a slight bump in his workload since that Northwestern game.
KAMRYN PERRY (MiaOH): I’ve been keeping my eye on Perry lately as he is a big play explosive WR that is averaging 28.5 yards/reception. Last week against Northern Illinois was a dud of a fantasy performance but he has scored between 12.8-25.7 fantasy points in the three game prior to that. The QB play at Miami hasn’t been consistent and Perry’s only been able to reach the end zone against an FCS school.
COOPER BARKATE (Duke): The things I like about Barkate is that he has scored 14, 21.2, & 15.1 fantasy points over the last three games, and he’s scored a TD in each of the last three games. What I don’t like about him is that he’s never had more than 5 receptions in a game, he’s only reached 80 receiving yards in a game once, and he has two byes over the next three weeks.
TIGHT ENDS
CHAMON METAYER (AzSt): Metayer has received 6 targets/game in each of his last three games, but unfortunately he was held to 25 yards last week and failed to score 5 fantasy points. I still like how he is being used on a consistent basis in the offense but I feel his ceiling is probably capped a bit.
BRYCE CAUFIELD (OreSt): Caufield is probably just a name to monitor for now. He wasn’t able to do anything against Oregon but that was expected. Against Houston he had 6 targets and 4 receptions, and against Texas Tech he had 10 targets for 7 receptions. He doesn’t have a playable fantasy match-up in the next three weeks (ignore the FCS match-up as OSU will be able to run the ball) and that’s another reason I’m saying to just monitor Caufield moving forward.
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