Here we go with our best college football picks for this Week 4 Thursday/Friday slate preview. We sifted through tons of daily fantasy sports picks and came up with our top CFB player props for Thursday and Friday.
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CFB Player Props – Week 4 Thursday/Friday Picks
Below, Props.com analyst Kyle Krogstad breaks down his top college football player prop picks.
Jamaal Pritchett MORE Than 72.5 Receiving Yards
The first play of Week 4 comes on Thursday’s standalone game between South Alabama and Appalachian State.
We’re looking to target South Alabama’s top pass catcher, Jamaal Pritchett. He has cleared this line in just 1 of 3 games this season, with one miss landing on 68 yards and one in a game they won an 87-10 blowout.
First, Pritchett is the team’s clear-cut WR1, and in the first two weeks he had 15 and 12 targets, followed up by a 4-target Week 3 (the game they won 87-10). I think that blowout can be tossed, as they ran all over an FCS team.
App State’s defense has been below average vs the pass this year, giving up 343 passing yards per game, 127th in the country. Klubnik threw for almost 400 yards in the first half (378). Well, that is Clemson, and you have to be pretty bad to give nearly 400 passing yards in the first half. They followed that game up by holding East Carolina to 226 passing yards.
Gio Lopez, South Alabama’s QB, has a passing-yard line at 256.5 on Thursday night, so I think the offense should be able to find some success throwing the ball. That would mean Pritchett, who owns a 30% target share so far this season, would likely see some good volume again on Thursday night.
Next, the script. South Alabama enters Thursday night as a 7.5-point road dog, which should set up a perfect game flow for us. Hoping Appalachian State can grab an early lead and allow this Jaguar offense to air the ball out. South Alabama ranks 15th in the country in passing play percentage, at about 60%, so regardless they will be slinging the ball around the yard.
This game should be close and South Alabama should be throwing a ton. I like our chances with Pritchett, a target-dominating WR in a pass-dominant offense.
Pick: Jamaal Pritchett MORE Than 72.5 Receiving Yards (Sleeper)
Ashton Daniels HIGHER Than 33.5 Rushing Yards
My second play of the weeknight slate is Friday night, as Stanford heads to the dome to take on Syracuse.
We look to back Ashton Daniels, Stanford’s quarterback, to find some success on the ground. In Stanford’s first two games of the year, he has had 87 and 31 rushing yards, respectively. He also has carried the ball 26 times so far, which is plenty of volume to get home here.
Although the game script doesn’t look the best, with Stanford as 9-point underdogs, there are a few other angles I’m looking to attack.
Syracuse has allowed opposing QBs to clear this line in both games this year and they’ve combined 1 sack in their first two games, which helps eliminate sack (negative rushing yards) exposure. I think Stanford will create some sort of gameplan around their rushing attack in order to keep this explosive Syracuse offense on the sideline.
The Cuse have given up an average of 183.5 rushing yards through two games, putting them at 97th in the country. I think Stanford knows they can’t hang in a shootout with this team, so if they’re able to run the ball and chew up some clock, it will give them their best chance of pulling off an upset Friday night. They rank 87th in the country in run play percentage, at just over 48%. I think the volume will be there for Daniels, and if Stanford can hang around in this game, I think he will get home for us.
I’m backing Stanford’s QB to have a solid day on the ground. The volume will be there and if this Stanford o-line can keep him upright, we should have no problem cashing.
Pick: Ashton Daniels HIGHER Than 33.5 Rushing Yards (Underdog)