Ivan Herrera 
Welcome back to another exciting season of CFB! After a small slate last Saturday, we are finally back with a full slate of games.
The purpose of this article is to break down the college football main slates, both on the DFS and betting sites. The article includes my favorite plays at every position as well as honorable mentions. You can also find my favorite bets under my Dragos Best Bets section.
The QBs:
Quinn Ewers (UT):
Despite losing 76% of the teams total receptions and 88% of the teams total touchdowns from a season ago, Ewers still has one of the best groups of pass catchers thanks to the transfer portal. Texas replaced the likes of Xavier Worthy and Adonai Mitchell with Alabama’s Isaiah Bond and Oregon State’s Silas Bolden. Ewers will get an easier matchup to help him gain a connection with his new WR room as he will be playing against a Colorado State side that ranked near the bottom against the pass last season. The Rams also lost their best rusher to the draft earlier this year, who accounted for 40% of the team’s sacks last year.
Who to pair him with: Isaiah Bond, Silas Bolden, Matthew Golden
Kyron Drones (VT):
Drones being ranked behind some backups on DraftKings feels a bit disrespectful. Drones is one of the best fantasy QBs in CFB. He doesn’t turn the ball over; he had only eight total turnovers last season, and he can do it with both his arm and his legs. Last season he finished with over 2K passing yards as well as 818 rushing yards with 22 total touchdowns. He opens the season against Vanderbilt, who was terrible last season on defense. They allowed 455 total yards and 54 total touchdowns.
Who to pair him with: Da’Quan Felton, Ali Jennings
Honorable Mentions: Will Howard (OSU). Cam Ward (MIA). Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi (CSU). Alan Bowman (OKST). Dylan Raiola (NEB).
Value QBs: Mark Gronowski (SDSU)
The RBs:
Quick Note: Ollie Gordon (OKST) is the best RB in CFB, and because of that, I will not include him in the write-ups. He is in play on any slate he is available in.
LeQuint Allen (SYR):
If you were part of Win Daily last season, you will know Syracuse was a cursed team for me. No matter how good or bad the matchup was, I could never get them right. But the price on Allen to start the season is too good to pass up. On DraftKings he is criminally priced, so he will be heavily owned, but in cash and smaller contests he is almost a must-have because his price opens up a lot of players on the slate. Syracuse opens against Ohio, and with a new transfer QB in McCord joining the Orange, I think they will focus on their star back to ease the QB into the system.
Damien Martinez (MIA):
New school, but same Damien Martinez. Martinez, while at Oregon St., was one of my favorite backs in all of CFB. With the PAC12 collapsing and Oregon St losing a lot of their offensive weapons, Martinez made the right choice to transfer to the Canes. Last season Miami was a bit of RB by committee with multiple backs leading the way every week, but now with an established guy in Martinez, they should focus on a lone back. To open the season, Miami takes on in-state rivals Florida, who was average when it came to rush defense. The Gators gave up the third most yards per rush (4.88) of all the teams on the slate last season.
Honorable Mentions: Quinshon Judkins (OSU). Bhayshul Tuten (VT). Nicholas Singleton (PSU). Jaydon Blue (UT).
Value RBs (5K and under): Desmond Reid (PITT)
The WRs:
Tory Horton (CSU):
I’m glad Horton decided not to enter the NFL draft and the transfer portal. He has put up back-to-back 1100 yards and eight touchdown seasons at CSU after transferring over from Nevada. I am expecting him to improve on his previous two seasons this year, and that will start in what should be a high-scoring affair against Texas. I don’t see Texas getting upset in this one, but with their bad pass defense, I expect the Horton/Fowler-Nicolos connection to cause a lot of issues for the Longhorns.
Jaden Smith (UTEP):
Before you ask, no, I am not talking about the son of Will Smith. Jaden Smith is an unknown WR to a lot of people, as he has spent his first few CFB years at Eastern Kentucky. The senior WR put up 1922 yards and 14 touchdowns in his three years at EKU. His final season prior to transferring to UTEP, he had 781 yards and five touchdowns. UTEP are a four-yard underdog, so Smith should have plenty of opportunities as they should be playing from behind for the majority of the game.
Honorable Mentions: Emeka Egbuka (OSU). Brennan Presley (OKST). Xavier Restrepo (MIA). Antonio Williams (CLEM). Konata Mumpfield (PITT). Elijah Badger (UF).
Value Plays (4.9K and under): Oronde Gadsden (SYR). Jake Briningstool (CLEM). Armani Winfield (CSU).
Drago’s Best Bets:
- Georgia -11.5 vs Clemson
- Virginia Tech -13.5 vs Vanderbilt
- Miami -2.5 vs Florida
- Colorado State +34.5 vs Texas
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