Week 11 DFS must-starts: Trevone Boykin will light up the Jayhawks

It's another busy week in college football, which should provide some high-scoring games for fantasy games.

By Matthew Coca

Nov 12, 2015 at 1:20 pm ET • 6 min read

After losing to Oklahoma State last week, TCU is on a mission. Unfortunately for Kansas, they must face the wrath of TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin. Kansas is by far the worst team in college football this season. The Jayhawks football strategy so far this season is to allow close to what the basketball team allows per game. Their 48.4 points allowed and 330.6 passing yards allowed are both last in the country. TCU is going to prove a point in this game and Trevone Boykin is going to be as must-play of player as one could be. Even with wide receiver Josh Doctson banged up, I still want Trevone Boykin as my quarterback.

Another guy who has absolutely proved himself worthy this year is Alabama running back Derrick Henry. He has now scored a touchdown in 14 straight games for the Crimson Tide. He also posted 37 FanDuel points against an LSU team that was allowing 93 yards per game. Match him up with a Mississippi State team that just allowed 215 rushing yards to a Mizzou team that couldn’t move the football if the other teams defense didn’t show up, and you know Henry is prime for another big game.

The biggest news heading into is that J.T. Barrett is back for Ohio State this weekend after his one game suspension. Look for the Buckeyes offense to get back on track against Illinois, bringing most of the Buckeyes back to fantasy relevance. When Cardale Jones is the quarterback of this team, it is a completely different style of play. Barrett runs the offense better and it opens up the passing game so much more. Running back Ezekiel Elliott is quietly having one of the best running back seasons this year, rushing over 100 yards in each game.

Must Starts

Quarterbacks -- Trevone Boykin, TCU (vs. Kansas); Deshaun Watson, Clemson (at Syracuse); Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech (vs. Kansas State)

Running Backs -- Dalvin Cook, Florida State (vs. NC State); Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State (at Illinois); Derrick Henry, Alabama (at Mississippi State)

Wide Receivers -- James Washington, Oklahoma State (at Iowa State); Aaron Burbridge, Michigan State (vs. Maryland); Will Fuller, Notre Dame (vs. Wake Forest)

Tight Ends -- Jordan Leggett, Clemson (at Syracuse); Joshua Perkins, Washington (at Arizona State); Jerell Adams, South Carolina (vs. Florida)

Georgia at Auburn

The running back potential in this game is off the charts. I’d consider this a complete tournament game. Both teams love to run the football, but both have had real trouble in stopping the run against good rushing offenses. Georgia allowed 258 yards rushing to Florida, who couldn’t move the ball against Vanderbilt. Auburn has allowed as much as 411 rushing yards in a game this season.

The Georgia run game starts and ends with Sony Michel. I always thought there would be an opportunity for Keith Marshall to get a bulk of the carries with Michel banged up, but it did not happen. Michel was able to rush for 165 yards and a touchdown against Kentucky with just one hand. Marshall did find the end zone on a 10-yard reception, so you have to think he would be another tournament guy you could plug into your lineup.

Auburn’s offense has been hard to figure out this season. You never know who the quarterback (Sean White or Jeremy Johnson) is going to be until the day of the game and then in the game the quarterbacks will split plays. Same goes for the running backs. Peyton Barber was the guy for the Tigers offense through October and now things have switched up to Jovon Robinson being the productive back. Robinson had his best game of the season going for 159 rushing yards and a touchdown against Texas A&M. These running backs are tournament-only options because we do not know how they will be used.

Kansas State at Texas Tech

According to our good friends in Vegas, this game has the highest projected point total of the early slate at 71.5 points. Kansas State lost in a close one with Baylor last Thursday and Texas Tech dropped a good game in Morgantown to West Virginia. The best part about this matchup is that what each team does really well on offense, the other team cannot defend. Texas Tech averages a cool 392 passing yards per game while Kansas State ranks 119th in the country in passing defense. Kansas State likes to run the football and can be very effective at it, while Texas Tech ranks 126th in the nation in rush defense.

Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been my go-to guy all season and behind TCU’s Trevone Boykin, he has one of the best matchups of the day. So if you want to fade Boykin because Doctson is hurt, well, Mahomes is your guy. Mahomes has not been held to anything less than 20 FanDuel points all season. He is averaging 32.7 FanDuel points and he will surely top that against this Kansas State defense. Lock him up with his favorite target in Jakeem Grant, who is coming off his worst game of the season. Love the potential for those two.

If you are looking for the best bargain quarterback on the slate, it has to be Kansas State quarterback Joe Hubener. He has posted 38.38 and 34.34 FanDuel points this season against both TCU and Baylor. This week, he has one of the best matchups against a Texas Tech team that could not stop me from rushing for 100 yards. Hubener is coming off a game that saw him carry the ball 29 times for 153 yards and two touchdowns against a Baylor team that is much better than Texas Tech.

Tournaments only: Kansas State running back Charles Jones would be a good option as well. He is averaging 17 carries for 99 yards over his last two games. This week’s matchup is primed for him to have a good game.

Miami at North Carolina

North Carolina quarterback Marquise Williams is one of the toughest quarterbacks to trust on any slate. He has two games this season where he was not able to eclipse the 15 FanDuel-point mark, but he also has two games where he has posted more than 40 FanDuel points. It is hard to buy into such up and down production when you invest so much into that position. This week, he has such a high ceiling against this Miami team. The Tar Heels are coming off one of their best performances of the season in which Williams threw for 494 yards with five total touchdowns. Williams’ dual-threat ability is going to make it incredibly tough on this Hurricanes defense in the same way that Deshaun Watson from Clemson gave them trouble. Marquise Williams and running back Elijah Hood are both guys to key on in this matchup for North Carolina.

As far as the wide receivers go for North Carolina, they are the toughest group of guys to judge. They have four receivers on the team with 20 or more catches and multiple touchdowns. This team lives by the yards after the catch. Mack Hollins and Ryan Switzer are the two favorites of the Tar Heels receivers, but Williams likes to share the wealth.

For as well as North Carolina has been at stopping the pass under new defensive coordinator Gene Chizik, they cannot stop the run at all. The Tar Heels are allowing 4.86 yards per carry and have allowed 13 rushing touchdowns on the year.

After a disappointing October run for Miami running back Joseph Yearby, if the Canes have any shot of winning this football game, it is going to need a big game from him. He definitely has the potential for a 20+ FanDuel point game against this North Carolina defense. I do not have any other Miami player on my radar in this matchup.

Under-the-radar-finds: Keenan Reynolds, QB, Navy (vs. SMU); Joe Hubener, QB, Kansas State (at Texas Tech); Chris Swain, RB, Navy (vs. SMU); Kelvin Taylor, RB, Florida (at South Carolina); Jovon Robinson, RB, Auburn (vs. Georgia); Kolby Listenbee, WR, TCU (vs. Kansas); Calvin Ridley, WR, Alabama (at Mississippi State); Blake Jarwin, TE, Oklahoma State (at Iowa State)