Draftkings NCAA Football Picks: Broncos vs. Bulls 8/28/25
Boise State Broncos vs. South Florida Bulls
August 28, 2025 5:30 pm EDT
The NCAA presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Boise State Broncos and the South Florida Bulls. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Boise State Broncos vs. South Florida Bulls game let’s review the rules for the 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 tomorrow night’s Broncos vs. Bulls matchup.
Draftkings NFL Showdown Picks
Captain-Maddux Madsen, Quarterback, Boise State Broncos $11,800
Junior quarterback Maddux Madsen was certainly the driving force behind the Boise State Broncos success on the offensive side of the football in 2024. Having stated that, how did Madsen perform from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Madsen’s relevant key player game data from the 2024 NCAA season to answer that question.
In the 14 games that quarterback Maddux Madsen played for the Boise State Broncos in the 2024 NCAA season, Madsen amassed a rather impressive 3,018 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns, 221 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 14 games that quarterback Maddux Madsen played for the Broncos in 2024, Madsen averaged 19.2 Draftkings points a game.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Maddux Madsen played exceptionally well last season. With that said, I fully expect that trend to continue in tomorrow night’s matchup with the South Florida Bulls.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NCAA Football 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.
In my view, Maddux Madsen is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NCAA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Boise State Broncos quarterback Maddux Madsen at the captain position for this one game NCAA Football DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Matt Lauter, Tight End, Boise State Broncos $6,600
In addition to Maddux Madsen, tight end Matt Lauer was a key contributor to the Boise State Broncos offense in 2024.
In the 14 games that Matt Lauter played for the Broncos in the 2024 NCAA season, Lauter compiled 47 receptions, 619 receiving yards and seven receiving touchdowns.
In conclusion, I think Boise State quarterback Maddux Madsen will target Matt Lauter early and often in this game. For that specific reason, I am backing Matt Lauter as a flex play in this Draftkings contest.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NCAA regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Sire Gaines, Running Back (Boise State Broncos) $9,200: Byrum Brown, Quarterback (South Florida Bulls) $11,200: Sam Franklin, Running Back (South Florida Bulls) $3,600.
