🎃 Week 9 Notes & Observations 🎃

🎃Power 5🎃.

• Michigan RB Hassan Haskins has scored at least one rushing TD in six of seven games this year and has rushed for 2 TDs in four of the last five games.
• Virginia Tech RB Malachi Thomas has carried the ball at least 20 times for 100 yards in each of the Hokies’ last two games, and now should get serious consideration against Boston College and Duke over the next two weeks.  WR Tre Turner has at least 73 receiving yards in three of the last four games.
• Georgia Tech RB Jahmyr Gibbs has totaled over 100 yards from scrimmage in four consecutive games and WR Kyric McGowan has caught a TD pass in three consecutive games.
• Miami RB Jaylan Knighton has scored 6 TDs in the last three games and the Hurricanes face Georgia Tech, Florid State, Virginia Tech, and Duke to finish the regular season.  Charleston Rambo has 99 or more receiving yards in three of the last four games.
• Keeper League Alert:  Michigan freshman WR Andrel Anthony was one of the more impressive players I watched this weekend, and my gut tells me he will be a fantasy factor down the stretch.
• Michigan State RB Kenneth Walker when he rushes for less than 100 yards–1TD (3 games); when he rushes for at least 100 yards–14TD (5 games).
• QB Graham Mertz’s 4 rushing TDs in the last three games have been killers for owners of RBs Braelon Allen and Chez Mellusi.
• Iowa RB Tyler Goodwin has not scored a rushing TD in five consecutive games.
• Baylor RB Abram Smith topped the 100-yard mark for the fifth time this season and has scored a rushing TD in seven of eight games.
• Texas RB Bijan Robinson has scored a TD is all eight games this season, but had his worst fantasy output of the season in the Longhorns’ 31-24 loss at Baylor.
• Arizona State needs to crank up the offense down the stretch, but of course the injury to playmaker Rachaad White doesn’t help.The Sun Devils get USC, Washington, Oregon State and Arizona over the last four weeks.
• Missouri RB Tyler Badie has scored in every game this season and has five multiple-TD games.
• Clemson doesn’t look good at all, but the schedule favors them over the next month: Louisville, Connecticut, Wake Forest, and South Carolina…good news at least for RB Will Shipley’s owners.
• After rushing for a TD in four of BC’s first five games, RB Pat Garwo hasn’t scored in the Eagles’ last three games.
• Syracuse RB Sean Tucker has rushed for at least 150 yards in three of his last four games.
• TCU WR Quentin Johnston with 2 receptions for 5 yards against Kansas State.I wouldn’t trust starting him if your season is on the line.
• Oklahoma RB Kennedy Brooks only had 8 rushing attempts for 35 yards against Texas Tech, the third time this season he had fewer than 14 carries in a game.He failed to score a TD in two of those three games, but he has carried the ball at least 14 times and scored at least one TD in the Sooners’ other six games.
• Minnesota RBs Mar’Keise Irving and Ky Thomas have produced back-to-back 100-yard rushing games.
• With CJ Verdell lost for the season, RB Travis Dye has scored 7 TDs in the last two games.WR Devon Williams has three straight games with at least 65 receiving yards.
• Georgia RB Zamir White has scored a rushing TD in six straight games.
• Duke RB Mataeo Durant has rushed for 100 yards in six of eight games, but he only has scored 1 TD in the last four games.
• Wake Forest WR AT Perry has at least 100 yards receiving in three straight games and teammate Jaquarii Roberson has topped the 100-yard mark in three of the last four.
• Oregon State WR Trevon Bradford has caught at least 6 passes and a TD in the Beavers’ last two games.
• USC RB Keaontay Ingram has rushed for at least 120 yards in three of the last four games.However, the biggest news coming out of the Trojans’ win over Arizona is the loss of WR Drake London, who was carted off the field in what looked like a season-ending injury.  Stock up for Gary Bryant and Tahj Washington.
• I saw Ole Miss WR Dontario Drummond leave the game at Auburn with an apparent hamstring injury and I do not think he returned.  The hits to the Rebels’ offense just keep coming.
• Auburn RB Tank Bigsby has scored a rushing TD in three straight games.
• Kentucky RB Chris Rodriguez has rushed for 41 yards in the last two games combined.
• Ohio State RB TreVeyon Henderson kept his scoring streak alive in the Buckeyes’ 33-24 win over Penn State and has scored in all eight of his collegiate games.  WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba has at least 97 receiving yards in three straight games.
• After failing to reach the 100-yard rushing mark in the first six games of the season, Notre Dame RB Kyren Williams has topped the century mark in consecutive weeks, totaling 337 yards against North Carolina and USC.
• Utah RB Tavion Thomas has scored in four consecutive games and has logged at least 20 rushing attempts in three consecutive games.
• Stanford TE Benjamin Yurosek has totaled at least 90 receiving yards in three consecutive games.
• BYU RB Tyler Allgeier has rushed for at least 190 yards in three of the Cougars’ last five games.  

🎃Group 5🎃

• After catching at least eight passes in four of the last five games, Tulsa WR Josh Johnson caught only two passes for 18 yards against Navy, and to make things worse for his fantasy owners, he dropped a TD pass that resulted in a Navy interception.
• Nevada QB Carson Strong has thrown at least 4 TD passes in three of the last four games.  WR Romeo Doubs has caught a TD pass in three straight games and TE Cole Turner has caught 2 TD passes in three of his last four games.
• UNLV RB Charles Williams has scored in three straight games and has carried the ball at least 19 times in five of seven games.
• UCF WR Ryan O’Keefe has caught at least 6 passes in four consecutive games and continues to be a solid fantasy option while Jaylon Robinson is out, but Robisnon could return this week.
• Cincinnati RB Jerome Ford had his fifth multi-TD game of the 2021 season in the Bearcats’ 31-12 win at Tulane.
• Keeper League Alert:  North Texas redshirt freshman RB Ayo Adeyi has scored a rushing TD in three consecutive games.
• Hawaii RB Dedrick Parson has totaled over 100 yards from scrimmage in back-to-back games, Will Dae Dae Hunter return next week?  Well, Hawaii’s Week 10 matchup at San Diego State isn’t ideal anyway..
• Utah State RB Elelyon Noa has carried the ball at lest 23 times for 97 yards in each of the Aggies’ last two games.  WR Deven Thompkins has topped the 100-yard receiving mark in six of eight games this year.
• Middle Tennessee QB Chase Cunningham left Saturday’s game against Southern Miss with an injury, severity unknown.
• Appalachian State RB Cameron Peoples has scored 2 or more rushing TDs in five of the six games in which he has played this season.  WR Malik Williams has caught a TD pass in five of his last seven games.
• Marshall RB Rasheen Ali has scored 2 or more TDs in six of eight games this season.
• Old Dominion RB Blake Watson has topped the 100-yard rushing mark in each of the Monarchs’ last three games.  TE Zack Kuntz has caught eight passes in three of his last four games.
• South Alabama WR Jalen Tolbert did not catch a TD pass in the Jaguars first four games of the season, but he has now scored in four consecutive games.
• Georgia State RB Jamyest Williams has rushed for at least 65 yards and a TD in three consecutive games.
• FAU RB Johnny Ford has scored 5 TDs in his last four games.
• After catching a TD pass in the first five games of the year, SMU WR Danny Gray has failed to score in three straight games.  RB Tre Siggers has scored in four straight games.  Ulysses Bentley returned to action, but only had 4 carries for 15 yards.
• Houston RB Alton McCaskill left Saturday’s game against SMU with a leg injury, severity unknown.   Ta’Zhawn Henry finished with 49 rushing yards on 21 carries.

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