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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In the free preview below I will review players I feel are honorable mention waiver wire targets that did not make any of the specified target lists that are featured for premium subscribers.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
QUARTERBACKS
BROC LOWRY (WestMi): Lowry has now put up four fantasy productive games in a row, with fantasy scores ranging from 22.35-36.85 fantasy points. He’s only thrown for 200+ yards twice in those two games, but he’s making his money on the ground. On the season he’s accounted for 28.5% of all rushing attempts, 38.8% of all rushing yards, and 53.8% of all rushing TDs (scored 5 rushing TDs in last four games).
BEAR BACHMEIER (BYU): Bachmeier has also produced four straight good performances ranging from 24.9-30.9 fantasy points. How he produces his fantasy points changes regularly. Some games he’s hot passing with less than 50 yards rushing, while other games he fails to hit 200 yards passing while doing real damage on the ground. BYU has the #12 fantasy rushing offense and Bachmeier is scoring 41.2% of all rushing TDs.
DEXTER WILLIAMS II (KennSt): Williams has been banged up for some time and playing hurt. This has held his fantasy production in check, but last week looked like he is fully healthy again. Against Louisiana Tech he scored 31 fantasy points off of 290 yards passing with 4 TDs. He has a bye in week 8 but after that he has a really nice match-up with FIU.
CADEN CREEL (JacSt): Jacksonville State’s starting QB has been injured and Creel has stepped up twice now scoring 29.55 and 24.55 fantasy points. He’s been a good fit for this rushing offense, and he has run for more yards than he’s passed for in both of his starts. The fantasy match-up grades in the chart above are based on passing. When you look at the rushing match-ups for the rest of the schedule 5/6 of the remaining games have an A grade with the worse match up being a B+.
ANTHONY COLANDREA (UNLV): Despite an off game against Wyoming, Colandrea has been solid as a fantasy QB2. Last week against Air Force he had his best game of the season scoring 40.25 fantasy points. He’s normally good for around 25 fantasy points. His match-ups from Weeks 10-12, & 14 look to be pretty solid for him in your fantasy line-up.
JAYLEN RAYNOR (ArkSt): Raynor had a bounce-back game last week against Texas State scoring 41.6 fantasy points. He’s been very up and down this season which makes it hard to pick him up and feel like you can rely on him. His upcoming schedule is better for rushing match ups than passing, and while Raynor is getting carries his rushing production fluctuates a lot.
RUNNING BACKS
JAKAIL MIDDLEBROOK (MidTN): Middlebrook had been average for the first month of the season. The coaches have increased his workload over the last two weeks and he has averaged 18.5 carries/game for 101 yards/game and 1 TD/game. He provides a small PPR value as well. While Middle Tennessee ranks #133 for fantasy rushing offense, Middlebrooks does account for 48.4% of all carries, 87.1% of all rushing yards, and 50% of all rushing TDs.
JAVIN GORDON (Tul): I want to see more from Gordon before I’m willing to buy into him personally. Three weeks ago he was given 15 carries and he gained 78 yards and 3 TDs. Last week he got 10 carries but for just 34 yards (he was saved with 35 yards and 1 TD receiving). Yes he is producing fantasy points in his last two games but the way he’s getting those points worries me that he can’t make it last.
CALEB KOMOLAFE (NW): Since Komolafe took over the starting job he has been consistent with Over the last three games he has scored 17.9, 19.5, & 14.6 fantasy points. He has two good match ups against Purdue and Nebraska, but that’s the only good match up remaining on the schedule.
KENDRICK REESCANO (Ariz): After missing multiple games due to injury Reescano had a modest showing last week against BYU. He ran the ball 13 times for 90 yards and 1 TD. I don’t see a playable match up until Week 10 and 11 against Colorado and Kansas. He’s worth grabbing if you’re in a Power 4 only league since RBs are hard to find in that type of league format.
JEVYON DUCKER (Tem): Ducker has been inconsistent this season. He puts up decent fantasy numbers one week, then scores around 4 fantasy points the next week. Over the last 5 games, when he has been decent he has scored 14.77, 15.6, & 22.6 fantasy points. I do like that he has gotten 14, 16, & 24 carries in the last three games.
WIDE RECEIVERS
PARKER KINGSTON (BYU): Kingston has scored 25.1 and 20.2 fantasy points over the past two games. These two games are the only ones where he has scored a TD. When he doesn’t find the end zone he fails to score 10 fantasy points. I like his recent success but I don’t like the upcoming schedule (first decent fantasy match up is Week 12 against TCU).
ISAIAH SATEGNA (Okla): Last week was a setback for Sategna but he managed to score 20+ fantasy points in the two games prior. I still like him as a waiver wire target as he got 11 targets last week against Texas. As Mateer’s hand gets healthier he should continue to work his way back to what he know he can do.
GRIFFIN WILDE (NW): Wilde has been pretty reliable over the past three games scoring 19.3, 13.9, & 18.9 fantasy points. He has 20 targets for 17 receptions, 256 yards and 3 TDs over these games. Those games were against UCLA (before the turnaround), UL-Monroe, and a terrible playing Penn State. The upcoming schedule is a detriment though.
NYZIAH HUNTER (Neb): Who the WR1 is for Nebraska has been changing all season long. Right now Hunter has taken that role, scoring 17.3 and 27 fantasy points over the last two games. He hasn’t had more than 6 targets as Nebraska keeps spreading the ball around. The next four opponents are good fantasy match-ups though.
GABRIEL BENYARD (KennSt): Every week I keep bringing up Benyard as a WR to target. He continues to be reliable, scoring 13+ fantasy points in his last four games. He typically will score around 14 fantasy points which means he has a limited fantasy ceiling, but he has popped off once before (20.4 fantasy points). I still like him as a solid WR/Flex that can round out a fantasy line-up most weeks.
KAMRYN PERRY (MiaOH): Perry is very similar to Benyard in regards to fantasy scoring, but Perry has big play potential and better chances for popping off in a given week. He usually scores around 13 fantasy points, but over the last five games he has pulled in more than 3 receptions twice and scored a TD twice. The upcoming schedule isn’t great which might make it too difficult to trust him in your line up.
CAMRON LACY (MidTN): Lacy has been playing all season but its been the last two games where he has taken off. In those games he is averaging 8 targets for 7 receptions, 105 yards and 1 TD. He has done it twice now which opens me up to looking at him as someone worth a shot on. He’s on a Bye this week but after that he has three good match ups in a row.
JOSIAH FREEMAN (Fres): Freeman has taken off the last two weeks scoring 17.5 and 24.4 fantasy points. He was targeted 15 times last week but the next best performance this season saw him targeted 7 times. He has scored 2 TDs in each of the last two games but those are his only TDs this season, and he has yet to rack up 90 receiving yards in a game. I think you wait and monitor his name before picking him up.
TIGHT ENDS
LUKE LINDENMEYER (Neb): What a surprise, I have Lindenmeyer as a waiver wire target again. He managed to score 10 fantasy points on 2 receptions for 30 yards and 1 TD. The bad about him is that over the last two games he has 3 receptions for 36 yards and that 1 TD. The good about him is that over the last five games he has scored 9+ fantasy points three times and the upcoming schedule unfolds nicely.
ROCKY BEERS (ColSt): Beers has been filling in for the injured Jaxxon Warren. On 9/20 he scored 11.8 fantasy points, then had two stinker games before last week. Against Fresno State last week he scored 16.1 fantasy points. He is totaly TD dependent as he gets 4 or less receptions and had not racked up 40 yards in a game yet.
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