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Kennesaw State vs. Jacksonville State
- Point-Spread: Kenn St -2
- O/U Total: 59
- Implied Score: Kenn St 30.5 – JSU 28.5
- Weather: 43 degrees / 65% rain / 4 mph winds
Kennesaw State:
Top Play(s) – WR Gabriel Benyard ($6,900) The converted running back turned wide receiver was Kennesaw’s best offensive weapon this season, ranked first in receptions (54) and touchdowns (9), with 26% of the team’s target share. Benyard was either tied for or had the most targets among any Kennesaw pass-catcher in each of the last nine games to end the regular season and closed the year with six receiving touchdowns in his last four games. There are three elite WR options on the slate, and Benyard is in that group.
Fade – RB Alexander Diggs ($4,400) and WR Lyndon Ravare ($3,400) Diggs began the season as Kennesaw’s RB2 behind Coleman Bennett but has since fallen to third on the depth chart, averaging less than three yards per carry over the last four games played. Diggs did not register a single carry vs. Liberty in the finale. Kennesaw has reduced its WR rotation to just three players over the last month of the season. Ravare is no longer part of the equation, playing just one offensive snap over the last three weeks.
Bargain Bin – TE Gerard Bullock Jr. ($3,100) Bullock finished fourth on the team in routes run, fifth in targets (26) and fourth in receptions (23). Nothing eye-popping about those numbers, but if there was a position that Jacksonville State struggled to defend this season it was tight ends. For the season, JSU allowed just over 9 FPPG to the position, with tight ends averaging 30% above their seasonal average when facing the Gamecocks. Just in his last matchup with JSU three weeks ago, Bullock posted season-highs in receptions (5) and targets (5).
Pivot Play – RB Coleman Bennett ($5,600) or RB Chase Belcher ($4,900) What we do know is that Kennesaw should be able to run on JSU, a team that allowed over 200+ rushing yards in each of the last three games. Bennett has been the team’s RB1 for the entirety of the year, but this is a 55-45 split situation between he and Belcher. And for the season, Bennett and Belcher finished in a tie with 19 red zone rushing attempts.
Best of the Rest – QB Amari Odom ($8,500) The only reason Odom wasn’t Kennesaw’s top play on the slate for me is that you can go in several different directions at the QB position. But his play in the last two games is more the deserving, scoring 86 combined fantasy points against Missouri State and Liberty. For the season, Jacksonville State allowed just over 24 FPPG to quarterbacks and have been susceptible to running QBs like Odom. Three of the last four QBs faced this season have run for at least 40+ yards against the Gamecocks, including Odom who had 51 yards and a TD in his matchup with JSU.
WR Christian Moss ($4,400) and WR Clayton Coppock ($3,900) are the second and third options in the Kennesaw passing game, the latter of which ranks second on the team in receiving touchdowns (5) despite just playing in nine games this season. Kennesaw finished the season ranked just 103rd in pass play rate, so I’m not sure we should have too many lineups with multiple Owl WRs.
Injury Notes – n/a
Jacksonville State:
Top Play(s) – RB Cam Cook ($8,000) and / or QB Caden Creel ($8,200) Two elite options at their respective positions on the slate, as Cook and Creel led Jacksonville State to the No. 1 rushing offense in Conference USA by a WIDE margin, averaging 262 YPG on the ground. The duo is playable together considering JSU finished the season 6th nationally in run play percentage at a 66% clip, and face a Kennesaw run defense that fell off a cliff in the final month, giving up over six yards per carry and nine rushing TDs in the last three games. Both Creel and Cook rushed for 100+ in the team’s first meeting.
Fade – WR Michael Pettway ($3,000) Somewhat of a copout answer here given that Pettway is just $3k, but he did start in Week 14 against Western Kentucky. That will likely be short-lived with WR Brock Rechsteiner ($4,300) expected back this week. Pettway hadn’t played more than 30% of the team’s offensive snaps in the previous six games prior to last week as he was relegated to backup duties.
Bargain Bin – WR Deondre Johnson ($4,000) Johnson is a behemoth of a WR, standing 6-foot-8, and has been a terror of CUSA defenses over the last month and a half with all six of his receiving touchdowns in the last five games. 491 of Johnson’s 564 receiving yards this season came in that five-game stretch, including 112 yards on just two catches in the previous matchup with Kennesaw.
Best of the Rest – WR Caleb Coombs ($4,000) Absolutely no idea why Coombs and Johnson are the same pricing. Coombs ranks fifth on the team in routes run this season, but first in targets (52) and receptions (36), though is a low floor play with a 7.7 YPC average and 5.6 aDOT. Limit one JSU receiver per lineup with the Gamecocks throwing the ball just 37% of the time. Kennesaw State did allow over 41 FPPG to opposing team WRs, so having one JSU wideout in a lineup makes sense.
Injury Notes – n/a
Troy vs. James Madison
- Point-Spread: JMU -22.5
- O/U Total: 47.5
- Implied Score: JMU 35 – Troy 12.5
- Weather: 30 degrees / 22% rain / 4 mph winds
Troy:
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