Devy Stock Market
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.
High-Scoring Affair – Anthony Gordon, QB Washington State and Dorian Thompson-Robinson, QB UCLA
These two quarterbacks faced off in one of the highest-scoring football games in recent memory (67-63 UCLA).
Anthony Gordon earned the starting nod in his senior season for Washington State after sitting behind Gardner Minshew and Luke Falk. Gordon has had an impressive start to the season with an 11.7 adjusted yards per attempt with a 74.9% completion percentage. Against UCLA, Gordon put up video game type numbers with 570 passing yards and nine touchdowns. The Mike Leach offense now has the eyes of NFL scouts and Gordon could be an intriguing mid-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft.
For Thompson-Robinson, prior to the performance against Washington State, he had been a disappointment at the college level thus far. He was the number two dual-threat QB prospect in the 2018 class, per Rivals. He had a rocky freshman season with a 6.6 adjusted yards per attempt and we were seeing more of the same in 2019 with four interceptions and a 54% completion percentage in his first three games. Against Washington State, Thompson-Robinson had his first big performance as a college athlete, scoring seven total touchdowns with 507 passing yards and 57 yards on the ground. Thompson-Robinson has big upside and could be one of the top devy quarterbacks in superflex leagues if we see more of what we saw against Washington State.
Dueling Running Backs – Marvin Kinsey Jr., RB Colorado State and Bryant Koback, RB Toledo
Much like the two most impressive QB performances came in the same game last week, that was also the case for the running backs with Colorado State and Toledo facing off.
Prior to last week, senior running back Kinsey Jr. had a fairly unimpressive college resume. His highest rushing season was his freshman year with 546 rushing yards and he didn’t eclipse five yards per carry in the last two seasons. Kinsey Jr. had a breakout performance for the second week in a row, rushing for 180 yards and a score against Arkansas, followed by 246 yards and two touchdowns against Toledo. He has over 100 total yards in each game this season, increasing his total each week, 110-170-184-247. As he continues to put up big numbers, he will get more opportunities in the offense and that will give him a shot at being drafted in 2020.
Bryant Koback had a bit more of a resume entering last week. He had 917 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns for Toledo last season. Koback had his best game as a collegiate athlete with 228 rushing yards and three touchdowns, showing that he is one of the best non-power five running backs in college football. Koback will be a consideration in devy leagues next off-season, particularly if we see more performances like he had last week.
Pittman Jr. Is Pumped – Michael Pittman Jr, WR USC
Michael Pittman Jr. entered college as a highly-sought-after recruit as the number six wide receiver in his class and the son of former NFL running back Michael Pittman. He has not been the breakout star many would thought he’d be in his early years at USC, but he has shown an incremental progression each year of his college career.
After a 2017 season with 404 receiving yards and a 17.6 yards per catch, many were expecting a big leap in 2018, but he had just 758 receiving yards with an 18.5 yards per catch. That big leap may finally be coming in 2019.
The 6’4” 220-pound wideout has at least six catches in each game this season, and much like his career, his receiving yards have increased in each game from 28-82-95-232. The ten-catch, 232 receiving-yard performance shows the upside that Pittman Jr. has and he could be an early NFL draft pick with his combination of size and NFL pedigree. For devy leagues where Pittman Jr. is owned, now is certainly not the time to acquire him, but if he has a couple of quiet performances, that could be a good time to pounce on the high-upside wideout.
Gandy is Golden, Duct Tape is Silver – Antonio Gandy-Golden, WR Liberty
Gandy-Golden entered the season as one of the most highly-sought-after non-power five players along with Utah State quarterback Jordan Love. Gandy-Golden is showing why he was worthy of that praise thus far in 2019.
He leads all of college football in receiving yards with 544 in four games and is doing so with an impressive 22.7 yards per catch. Gandy-Golden has accounted for 49% of the team’s receiving yards with four of the team’s seven passing touchdowns. Small school players occasionally get overlooked in devy leagues, so if Gandy-Golden went undrafted last off-season in your devy league, the senior wide receiver will likely be one of the higher rookie draft picks next spring.
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