Draftkings NCAA Football Picks: Notre Dame vs. Georgia 1/2/25
Draftkings picks for this week's Notre Dame vs. Georgia matchup.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Georgia Bulldogs
January 2, 2024 4:00 pm EDT
This Thursday night, the NCAA presents Draftkings football fans with a playoff matchup featuring the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Georgia Bulldogs. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Georgia Bulldogs game let’s review the rules for Draftkings single game showdown contest.
Draftkings Single Game Showdown Contest Rules
You have $50,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team captain. The captain accumulates 1.5 times the standard fantasy points. Additionally, the captain is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.
The remaining four players in your lineup will receive the standard fantasy points. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your captain position if you hope to win a large field DFS GPP (guaranteed prize pool) showdown contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game showdown contest, I recommend that you check out the Draftkings website for more details.
*I recommend that all readers review the starting lineups for both teams prior to setting your DFS lineup for this one game slate.
Here are my Draftkings picks for this evening’s Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Georgia Bulldogs matchup.
Draftkings NCAA College Football Showdown Picks
Captain-Riley Leonard, Quarterback, Notre Dame Fighting Irish $12,400
Quarterback Riley Leonard has been a standout quarterback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish this season. With that statement in mind, what do the statistics say about Leonard’s performance in 2024? To answer this question, let’s examine Leonard’s game data from the 2024 NCAA regular season.
In the 13 games that Riley Leonard has played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the 2024 NCAA regular season, Leonard has compiled 2,293 passing yards, 17 passing touchdowns, 751 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns.
More recently, in Notre Dame’s convincing 49-35 win over the USC Trojans last month, Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Riley Leonard tallied 155 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, 50 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in Notre Dame’s victory over the USC Trojans, quarterback Riley Leonard accumulated an impressive 24.2 Draftkings points.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NCAA showdown lineup is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) DFS contest. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups for this one game NCAA DFS Draftkings slate.
In my opinion, Riley Leonard is the most likely player to score the most DFS points in this NCAA game. For that specific reason, I am backing Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Riley Leonard at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NCAA Football Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Arian Smith, Wide Receiver, Georgia Bulldogs $7,800
For my lead flex play, I am going to roll with talented Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Arian Smith. In the 13 games that Arian Smith has played for Georgia this season, Smith has accumulated a robust 47 receptions, 750 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns.
In conclusion, I fully expect Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Arian Smith to continue to play at a high level versus the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in tomorrow evening’s Sugar Bowl game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well (Draftkings price noted): Gunnar Stockton, Quarterback (Georgia Bulldogs) $7,200: Dominic Lovett, Wide Receiver (Georgia Bulldogs) $8,400: Jadarian Price, Running Back (Notre Dame Fighting Irish) $7,200: Oscar Delp, Wide Receiver (Georgia Bulldogs) $1,000.
