By Week 6, we have enough numbers to start trusting what these players are showing us. I am keeping this week simple and letting the production help make the decisions.
Quarterbacks
Starts
Ashton Daniels, Florida State at Louisville
Daniels has 1,111 passing yards and 6 passing touchdowns, but the biggest number for our lineups is what he has done on the ground. He has 278 rushing yards and 9 rushing touchdowns through 5 games, including 136 yards and 5 touchdowns last week. That rushing production is too valuable for me to sit.
Aidan Chiles, Northwestern vs. Ball State
Chiles has thrown for 900 yards and 6 touchdowns without an interception while adding 5 rushing touchdowns. Ball State is allowing 37.8 points per game, so this is a spot where I am comfortable staying with a quarterback who has already given us 11 total touchdowns in 4 games.
Sits
Anthony Colandrea, Nebraska vs. Indiana
Colandrea has been productive with 1,142 passing yards, 13 passing touchdowns, 249 rushing yards, and 2 more touchdowns on the ground. The problem this week is Indiana, which is allowing only 173.4 passing yards, 64.4 rushing yards, and 10.8 points per game. Those numbers are enough for me to look somewhere else if I have another option.
George MacIntyre, Tennessee at Arkansas
MacIntyre completed 8 of 10 passes for 86 yards after coming into the Auburn game last week. I want to see a full game and if he is truly the starter before putting him into my lineup.
Running Backs
Starts
Journee Tonga, BYU vs. Iowa State
Tonga has only 19 carries this season, but he has turned them into 157 yards and 1 touchdown. That is 8.3 yards per carry. The sample is small, but that kind of production has my attention going into Week 6.
Sedrick Alexander, Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss
Alexander has 200 rushing yards and 47 receiving yards through 5 games, but the number I care about is 5 total touchdowns. He has found the end zone in every game this season, and Ole Miss is allowing 194.8 rushing yards per game. I am following the touchdown production here.
Sits
Aneyas Williams, Notre Dame vs. Stanford
Williams has 266 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns this season, but his carries dropped to 8 last week. Jonaz Walton had 23 carries for 120 yards in the same game. That is enough of a change in touches for me to stay away from Williams this week.
Rueben Owens II, Texas A&M at Missouri
Owens has 70 carries for 291 yards and only 1 rushing touchdown through 5 games. He is averaging 4.2 yards per carry, so we need the volume to make him useful. With only 1 touchdown on 70 carries, I want more before putting him into my lineup.
Wide Receivers
Starts
Carlos Hernandez, Wake Forest at NC State
Hernandez has 37 receptions for 603 yards and 3 touchdowns through 5 games. He is averaging 16.3 yards per catch and has already given us a 9-reception, 194-yard game. The catches and yardage are both there, which makes him easy for me to trust again.
Que’Sean Brown, Virginia Tech at California
Brown has 33 receptions for 371 yards and 2 touchdowns. Last week he caught 7 passes for 147 yards and 1 touchdown. When a receiver is getting that many catches and coming off that kind of game, I am keeping him in my lineup.
Sits
Umari Hatcher, Syracuse at Virginia
Hatcher has 29 receptions for 434 yards and 5 touchdowns through 4 games, so the production has been excellent. Virginia, however, is allowing only 140.8 passing yards per game. I like what Hatcher has done, but those defensive numbers are enough for me to be cautious this week.
Ryan Wingo, Texas vs. Oklahoma
Wingo has 19 receptions for 239 yards and 2 touchdowns through 4 games. The problem is 121 of those yards came against Texas State, which is more than half of his season total. I need to see more consistent weekly production before trusting him in this matchup.
Tight Ends
Starts
Preston Douglas, NC State vs. Wake Forest
Douglas has 19 receptions for 241 yards and 1 touchdown. His last 3 games have produced 4 catches for 50 yards, 5 for 46, and 5 for 74. That steady increase in catches is exactly what I want to see from a tight end before putting him into my lineup.
Garrett Oakley, Kansas State vs. Houston
Oakley has 13 receptions for 147 yards through 4 games this season. He also caught 38 passes for 389 yards and 6 touchdowns last year and owns Kansas State’s career record for receiving touchdowns by a tight end with 13. The touchdowns have not come yet this season, but the receiving history is enough for me to keep trusting the role.
Sits
Henry Boyer, Kentucky vs. LSU
Boyer has 8 receptions for 116 yards and 3 touchdowns through 5 games. Last week he caught only 1 pass for 6 yards, but it went for a touchdown. Three touchdowns on only 8 catches tells me we are depending too much on him finding the end zone every week.
Iowa State Tight Ends at BYU
Rylan Barnes does not have a recorded reception this season, while Christian Greenlaw has been targeted once without a catch. There just is not enough receiving production from either tight end for me to trust this spot in Week 6.
Final Close Calls
If you are stuck between 2 players, these are my Week 6 tiebreakers.
Ashton Daniels over George MacIntyre
Daniels has already shown us he can give us points through the air and with his legs. With MacIntyre, I still want to see what a full game looks like and if he is the full-time starter before I trust him.
Aidan Chiles over Anthony Colandrea
Both can give us points with their legs, but I like Chiles’ matchup a lot more this week.
Journee Tonga over Aneyas Williams
Tonga has an opportunity opening up in front of him. With Williams, I believe it is Jonaz Walton’s job to lose at this point.
Sedrick Alexander over Rueben Owens II
Alexander keeps finding the end zone. With Owens, I still feel like we need more volume before I am comfortable starting him.
Carlos Hernandez over Umari Hatcher
Hernandez has the catches and production I trust every week. Hatcher gets a much tougher matchup against Virginia.
Que’Sean Brown over Ryan Wingo
Brown is getting the targets I want to see. Wingo has been better than last year, but he still has not shown me enough week to week for me to trust him in this matchup.
Preston Douglas over Henry Boyer
Douglas is giving us steady catches every week. Boyer has only 8 receptions through 5 games, so we are depending too much on him finding the end zone.
Garrett Oakley over the Iowa State tight ends
Oakley still has not scored a touchdown this season, but I am willing to take the chance on his role and what he has done before. Iowa State’s tight ends have not given us enough production to trust either one.
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