Devy Stock Market: Week Nine
The fantasy football stock market is constantly fluctuating and it is always important for us to know which players have a price that has become exploitable whether it be to buy or sell. Pieces like this one have been fairly commonplace in the industry for a while in both redraft and dynasty, but I will be focusing on college players for devy dynasty leagues and how their week-to-week performances are affecting their price in those leagues.
Stock Up
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Whoa! It’s Wallace! – Tylan Wallace, WR Oklahoma State
Tylan Wallace had a quiet freshman season at Oklahoma State with seven catches for 118 receiving yards, good for a 16.9 yards per catch average. He entered college as the 29th-ranked wide receiver in his recruiting class per Rivals, but he hadn’t received much devy interest entering his sophomore season. His performance in 2018 so far means that he will have plenty of it in the off-season.
Wallace has become an integral part of the Oklahoma State passing game with 50 catches for 940 receiving yards and six touchdowns. He has accounted for 39.7% of the team’s 2,364 receiving yards so far this season, along with 30% of the teams receiving touchdowns at six of 20.
He will be a popular name in devy drafts and could be a great value as devy owners continue to deservedly focus on the running back position for the class of 2020. Wallace has shown great development in year two. If he continues to develop in his junior season, he could find himself being an early selection in the NFL draft.
Grier Goes, Sills Soars – Will Grier, QB West Virginia and David Sills V, WR West Virginia
There has been a lot of talk throughout the devy and draft community about the lack of talent in the 2019 quarterback class. Many claim it’s Justin Herbert, possibly Dwayne Haskins and not much else at the position for the draft class. Will Grier has something to say about that as he has improved on his breakout campaign in 2017. Some will say Grier has struggled with interceptions, throwing seven interceptions in five games before last week’s game against Baylor.
Despite the interceptions, Grier has improved his completion percentage from 64.4% to 70.3% along with increasing his AY/A by nearly two yards from 9.4 to 11.2 in 2018. Last week, he had his best game since week one with 353 passing yards and three touchdowns against Baylor. At this stage, Grier has a legitimate shot to be drafted high enough in the NFL draft to compete for an NFL starting job, which would be great for a player who many are still valuing as a lower-end devy in leagues that add 24-36 players each year.
Along with the success of Grier, Sills V has also continued his improvement in 2018. Sills V is on a similar catch per game rate, averaging 5.28 catches per game, .28 more than last year. Sills has been a bit more boom/bust in 2018 with less than 80 receiving yards in five of seven games, but his other two games have been big, averaging six catches for 139.5 receiving yards and two touchdowns per game. Sills V got picked up in some devy leagues last off-season, but he will be a favorite in rookie drafts for devy leagues where he isn’t owned.
Just Jermar Jefferson – Jermar Jefferson, RB Oregon State
Jermar Jefferson has quickly shown in his freshman season why he should have been more sought after by college teams. He was a three-star unranked prospect per Rivals, but he certainly won’t go unranked by devy players next off-season. The freshman back has been a workhorse for the Beavers with 19 or more carries in six of eight games, averaging 25.33 carries per game in those games. Getting that kind of workload early in a career is a positive indicator that the team knows the player is a big talent.
Along with the volume has been production: Jefferson is third in division 1A in rushing yards entering this week. He has rushed for 100 or more yards in five of eight games, along with a pair 200-yard rushing games. Through eight games, Jefferson has been a prolific touchdown scorer, reaching the end zone 12 times, including a pair of four-score games. He went undrafted in all but the deepest of devy leagues, but he will certainly be a consideration in all formats next off-season with what he has shown thus far.
You Got Moss’d – Zack Moss, RB Utah
Another widely unowned running back in the devy community is Zack Moss. Moss should have gotten more devy consideration after rushing for 1,174 yards and ten touchdowns in 2017, and he is showing why with more of the same in 2018. He has already matched his 2017 total touchdowns and is just 209 yards short of his rushing yardage total with five games still to play.
Moss had his best game of the 2018 season last week with 211 rushing yards and three touchdowns last week against UCLA. His yards per carry has risen from 5.5 to 6.0, including eclipsing the 8.0 yards per carry mark in three of eight games so far this season. In a relatively weak running back class, if Moss enters the 2019 draft class, he will likely be in the third-fourth round NFL draft range, which can certainly provide an opportunity in year one. If he stays in school, he will likely be a devy afterthought and could be a great value in deeper leagues.
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