Draftkings NCAA Football Picks: TCU vs. North Carolina 9/1/25
TCU vs. North Carolina
September 1, 2025 8:00 pm EDT
The NCAA presents Draftkings football fans with a regular season matchup featuring the TCU Horned Frogs and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the TCU Horned Frogs vs. North Carolina Tar Heels 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 evening’s TCU vs. North Carolina matchup.
Draftkings NCAA Football DFS Picks
Captain-Josh Hoover, Quarterback, TCU Horned Frogs $12,600
Junior quarterback Josh Hoover was certainly a solid performer for the TCU Horned Frogs last season. Having stated that, how did Hoover perform from a statistical perspective? Let’s review the talented signal caller relevant key player game data from the 2024 NCAA season to answer that question.
In the 13 games that quarterback Josh Hoover played for the TCU Horned Frogs in the 2024 NCAA season, Hoover amassed 3,949 passing yards and 27 passing touchdowns.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 13 games that quarterback Josh Hoover played for the TCU Horned Frogs in 2024, Hoover averaged a rather impressive 22.2 Draftkings points a game.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Josh Hoover played football at a high-level last season. With that said, I fully expect that trend to continue in tomorrow night’s matchup with the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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, Josh Hoover is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NCAA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am rolling with TCU Horned Frogs quarterback Josh Hoover at the captain position for this one game NCAA Football DFS slate.
Flex Plays
Eric McAlister, Wide Receiver, TCU Horned Frogs $11,000
In addition to Josh Hoover, wide receiver Eric McAlister was a key contributor for the TCU Horned Frogs last season.
In 11 games played in the 2024 NCAA season, TCU Horned Frogs wide receiver Eric McAlister tallied a rather impressive 39 receptions, 762 receiving yards and five receiving touchdowns.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 11 games that Eric McAlister played for the TCU Horned Frogs in 2024, McAlister averaged a respectable 12.6 Draftkings points a contest.
Flex plays I like to play well in this NCAA regular season contest (Draftkings price noted): Gio Lopez, Quarterback (North Carolina Tar Heels) $11,400: Davion Gause, Running Back (North Carolina Tar Heels) $9,600.
