Are you one of those super-geeks in a deep, All-FBS player pool format that's looking to hit a home run on the free agent market? Well, the waiver wire isn't a friendly place these days. Be careful, for there's lots of potential fool's gold in them there hills! Still, as we near the mid-way point of the college fantasy football season, taking a risk here or there isn't a terrible thing to do.
Here's a list of potential Non-BCS waiver wire additions. For our BCS list,
click here.
SOLID OPTIONS
If these guys are still available in your league, and you need help at their position, add them now.
QB Logan Kilgore, Middle Tennessee
Kilgore has been on the waiver wire report for several weeks now and he may be hard to find as a free agent. If he is still hanging around in your league grab him up now. Over the past three games he has thrown the ball 40+ times and is averaging just above three touchdowns and one interception a game.
RB Pat Shed, UAB
Shed has been flying under the radar so far this fantasy season. Against a tough Mississippi State defense he was able to rack up 107 total yards but was held out of the endzone. With Conference USA opponents on the horizon you can expect to see his value rise dramatically and this is the time to snag him up before he starts to blow up.
RB Morgan Williams, Toledo
We talked about Williams last week on CFG TV as well as in our wire report. With the loss of running back Adonis Thomas due to a broken forearm, Williams has become the primary back in the Toledo offense. Against Eastern Michigan he ran the ball for 71 yards and one rushing score, while adding 55 yards through the air with another score. As long as Thomas remains out of action, Williams will be a solid fantasy back.
OTHER OPTIONS
If you have the roster room, these prospects are worth a look.
RB Raymond Maples & QB Trent Steelman, Army
Maples and Steelman had nice showings in their match-up with Miami, OH in week six. Maples ran the ball 19 times for 111 yards and a score while Steelman toted the rock 24 times for 99 yards and found the endzone twice. While these are very solid fantasy numbers, Army players are difficult to count on from week to week due to the nature of their option-based offense.
RB Brynn Harvey, UCF
Harvey was the work horse back for UCF a couple years ago before blowing out his knee. He's worked his way back into the lineup and last week saw the lion's share of the work. He carried the ball 30 times for 180 yards against Marshall. Latavius Murray only saw the ball 3 times, and Ronnie Weaver had 9 carries. Weaver and Murray are still capable RBs that could eat into Harvey's carries, but if you are in a deep league Harvey is worth a roll of the dice.
RB Darriet Perry & Kedrick Rhodes, Florida International
Rhodes has made our waiver list off and on throughout the season. In week six both Perry and Rhodes were able to put up good numbers. Rhodes ran the ball 22 times for 126 yards and one score, while Perry chipped in with a 20-85-2 statline against Akron. Both are worthy of consideration in deep leagues.
RB Tevin Drake, Western Michigan
Drake was outstanding against Bowling Green in week six, running for 112 yards and a score. Before you get excited about a running back breaking away from the pack at Western Michigan, look at the facts. In week six he only ran the ball 10 times, and his single game high for carries this season is 12 carries. Week six was the first time he reached the endzone, and this was the first time he has broke 100 yards. Before week six he was averaging only 40 yards rushing per game.
WR Ryan Balentine, Southern Miss
Balentine has been sneaky good over the past couple weeks, logging 7-114-2 and 4-112-1 statlines. He's on a bye this week, but then will face the heart of the favorable C-USA schedule. He has UAB and Memphis in the fantasy playoff weeks this year.
WR Geraldo Boldewijn, Boise State
Trying to guess who’s going to catch all those Boise State passes has had fantasy owners pulling their hair out this season. In his first game playing this season, Boldewijn caught three balls for 33 yards and two touchdowns. We are not naming him the next main target in this offense, but he showed that he can score and that Kellen Moore likes to look his way in the redzone. Boldewijn isn’t ready to crack your starting line-up yet, but he is worth stashing away and seeing what he can do next week.
WR Billy Ray Stutzmann & Jeremiah Ostrowski, Hawaii
Hawaii was on bye last week, but the news from the island was that Ostrowski is getting healthy and should be ready to play. Ostrowski caught 8 and 11 balls in the two games he played. It might take him a little while to get his timing back. Stutzman posted 14, 13 and 10 fantasy points in his last three games. The schedule is awesome with San Jose State, New Mexico State, Idaho and Utah State coming up next.
TE Jack Doyle, Western Kentucky
Doyle was a sleeper we had on our radar in the preseason. In week six he led all receivers with six catches for 100 yards. He has not reached the endzone this season, but the schedule is about to get much more manageable. If you’re in deep need for help at tight end Doyle could serve up some decent spot starts.
CUT ‘EM LOOSE
Throw them back into the player pool.
QB Taylor McHargue, Rice
McHargue has had a difficult time matching the preseason sleeper expectations that we had for him in the summer. His week six match-up with Memphis at home would be the telling story for him in the 2011 season. If he continues to struggle against the worst team in division I at home, then there’s little hope in placing him in your starting line-up later this season. Against Memphis he accounted for 214 total yards, one passing touchdown, and two interceptions. Not what you would expect from any quality fantasy quarterback against a poor Memphis defense.
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