Week 1 of the 2020 XFL season continues on Sunday, when SEC fans will see what former Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray can do for the Tampa Bay Vipers as they take on the New York Guardians. Murray still holds SEC records for passing yards (13,166) and touchdowns (121) and as a familiar name, he could be one of the most popular XFL DFS picks. However, with the XFL DFS player pool stocked with off-the-radar players looking to make a name for themselves, a little expert advice can go a long way before locking in your XFL DFS strategy on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel.
Which XFL DFS stacks should you target on the league's second day of games? And which coach among Bob Stoops, Jim Zorn, Marc Trestman, June Jones will have the most prolific offense? Before locking in any daily Fantasy football lineups for Week 1 of the 2020 XFL season, be sure to see the latest XFL DFS advice from SportsLine's resident daily Fantasy pro, Mike McClure.
McClure has a proven track record of daily Fantasy football success. He absolutely crushed the 2018 NFL season, cashing in the top 5 percent of tournaments on FanDuel and DraftKings multiple times. His optimal lineups cashed as high as the top 0.1 percent on FanDuel and as high as the top 1 percent on DraftKings.
He rolled through the 2019 NFL season as well. Some of his highlights included his Week 5 optimal lineups finishing in the top 1 percent of tournament on DraftKings. In Week 9, his optimal lineups cashed for over 5x on both FanDuel and DraftKings. His Week 13 main slate lineups returned at least 10x on DraftKings and produced returns as high as 40x in higher-stakes tournaments. He then continued his roll in the postseason, cashing on every single lineup he posted for the divisional round. Those are just a few of his successes from recent seasons, and anyone who has been following him has seen huge returns.
Now, he has turned his attention to the Week 1 XFL DFS player pool and locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see them here.
Top XFL DFS picks for Week 1
One of McClure's top XFL DFS picks for Sunday games in Week 1 is Renegades running back Cameron Artis-Payne. The former Auburn star was drafted in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers and spent four seasons as a seldom-used backup, first behind Jonathan Stewart and then behind Christian McCaffrey.
Artis-Payne averaged a respectable 4.2 yards per carry and picked up 491 yards on the ground with five touchdowns. The last time we saw Artis-Payne in a starring role, he rushed for 1,608 yards and 13 touchdowns in his only season as a starter for Auburn. Considering that 12 percent of his NFL carries went for 10 yards or more, he should provide a spark for the Renegades and look more like his Auburn self with a heavier workload in the XFL.
Part of McClure's optimal XFL DFS strategy for Sunday also includes rostering Vipers wide receiver Reece Horn. The former Division-II star out of the University of Indianapolis was listed as a starter at wide receiver on Tampa Bay's official depth chart.
At Indy, Horn caught 272 passes for 3,562 yards and 31 touchdowns while adding a pair of punt return scores. As a senior, he put up video game-type numbers with 108 catches for 1,396 yards and eight touchdowns. Horn has plenty of size at 6-foot-3, 215 pounds and he should be a regular target of former Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray on Sunday.
How to set your Week 1 XFL DFS lineups
McClure is also targeting a player who could go off for massive numbers in Week 1 of the 2020 XFL season because of a dream matchup. The stars are aligning for him to go for 30, even 40 points on FanDuel and DraftKings. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments or going home with nothing.
So who is DFS pro Mike McClure putting in his optimal XFL DFS lineups for Week 1 of the XFL season? And which player could put up tournament-winning numbers on Sunday? Visit SportsLine now to see the full optimal tournament and cash game lineups from a professional DFS player who has almost $2 million in career winnings, and find out.