Junior Sherrill, WR, Vanderbilt
Junior Sherrill is a cheap C2C production piece with legitimate devy appeal thanks to steady year-over-year target growth and a breakout into a featured SEC role, finishing his most productive season with 54 receptions, 784 yards, 7 TD’s, 14.1 YPC, and 11.7 Adot. At 5’10.5″ and roughly 200 pounds, Sherrill possesses a verified 92nd-percentile speed score, giving him a legitimate athletic foundation beyond mere scheme production. He also enters the season with nearly 200 vacated targets available in Vanderbilt’s offense, creating a clear path to another jump in volume.
On film, he wins as a movement-based vertical receiver who is deployed almost exclusively out wide, leaning on tempo, acceleration, and YAC ability to stress defenses. His release package is highlighted by an effective rocker step that helps him create early leverage and manipulate defenders in space. While he shows enough nuance to separate underneath and threaten vertically, his game is still driven more by athleticism and pacing than by advanced route-running craft, with a likely transition to a slot role at the next level, though he shows enough versatility to play both inside and outside.
The combination of ascending volume, stable efficiency (14.23 PPG in 2025), a large pool of vacated targets, and productive SEC usage makes Sherrill a valuable weekly college fantasy asset with legitimate upside to outperform his current cost. From a devy perspective, he carries modest NFL appeal as a potential Day 3 selection, but another season of increased market share and continued refinement as a route runner could significantly improve his draft stock.
Hilton, “Deuce” Alexander, WR, Ole Miss
Deuce Alexander operates as a movement Z/slot hybrid in a tempo-based spread system, with usage driven heavily by motion and stacked releases. He finished last season with 44 receptions for 684 yards and two touchdowns on 71 targets, while also adding 19 carries for 122 yards as a manufactured-touch piece, averaging 9.42 PPR points per game in a role that fluctuated with game script and rotation patterns. He posted strong efficiency metrics, including 15.5 YPC and 2.19 YPRR, reinforcing his ability to generate explosives within a structured role.
On film, Deuce wins primarily with burst, early separation, and vertical efficiency in a tempo-heavy spread attack, thriving on motion, stacked releases, seams, and overs where his acceleration creates instant leverage and explosive gains. He consistently flashes RAC ability and transition speed, turning short-to-intermediate targets into chunk plays while showing reliable hands and alignment versatility across the formation. However, his route refinement, physicality vs. press, and contested-catch profile remain limited, and he still struggles to sustain separation late in routes.
With 300+ vacated targets available in the passing game, Alexander has a clear runway for expanded usage. The Ole Miss “No. 1 jersey” legacy at receiver adds an additional cultural layer of expectation for alpha usage within the offense, reinforcing the opportunity for a featured role if he emerges as a top-two option.
Peter Clarke, TE, Temple
Peter Clarke is a developmental tight end prospect who functions primarily as an attached Y in Temple’s balanced offense, with a role built around in-line blocking, play-action usage, and short-area chain-moving targets rather than high-volume receiving production. Born in London and developed at the NFL Academy, he took an unconventional path to college football, finishing his academy career undefeated with 14 receptions for 371 yards and five touchdowns. He spent his first two years at Temple as a depth piece, totaling just five catches across 20 games in 2023–2024 while learning the position.
He broke out in 2025, catching 30 passes for 483 yards and 6 touchdowns on 42 targets with only one drop, while also adding over 200 yards after the catch and handling 263 run-blocking snaps, showcasing both reliability and functional value as an in-line blocker. At a projected 6’6″ and 265 lbs., he brings strong PFF grades in OFF 90.5 and RBLK 81.4 and enough movement ability to contribute as a situational seam and red-zone option. He also produced a stable fantasy baseline at roughly 11.4 PPR points per game, along with strong efficiency marks, including 16.1 YPR and a 9.9 aDOT, with his most impactful production coming when featured in the seam as a vertical stressor against zone coverage.
NFL draft buzz is quietly building around him as a potential top-five tight end in the class, thanks to his blocking foundation, dependable hands, rapid production jump, and the fact that he turned down multiple Power Five offers to remain at Temple, leaving substantial NIL money on the table. From a C2C perspective, he offers a usable streaming floor through efficient, low-error usage, while his devy ceiling depends on whether he can develop into a more consistent mismatch weapon and command greater target volume beyond schemed opportunities.
Jayden Maiva, QB, USC
Jayden Maiava is a long-levered, strong-armed QB operating in Lincoln Riley’s tempo spread, where his profile is built on arm talent, movement creation, quick release, deep ball touch, and vertical shot execution rather than advanced full-field processing or refined pocket rhythm.
At 6’4″, he brings enough functional mobility to extend plays and stress defenses outside structure, but his consistency remains uneven, with streaky ball placement, occasional mechanical drift under pressure, a tendency to lock onto receivers, and some hesitation when working through layered progressions beyond his first read. He is most effective in rhythm-based concepts, RPOs, quick game, and play-action shots, where his arm strength and quick release can attack leverage, while his deep ball touch allows him to layer vertical throws when in rhythm. Still, he needs growth in anticipation, post-snap decision speed, and coverage recognition to stabilize.
Despite the volatility, Maiava finished top 30 nationally in fantasy points per game, posted an 86.2 PFF grade that ranked 10th among Power Four quarterbacks, and recorded 27 big-time throws, tied for 10th in the FBS, highlighting the high-end playmaking ability that flashes on tape.
In C2C formats, Maiava offers legitimate upside in USC’s high-volume passing environment and is one of the few quarterbacks outside the top 24 who has a realistic path to averaging 25+ fantasy points per game. From a devy perspective, he remains a high-variance upside swing with a plausible Day 2 NFL draft ceiling if his processing and consistency take a meaningful step forward, giving him a pathway from volatile college producer to a developmental NFL starter candidate.
CJ Baxter, RB, Kentucky
CJ Baxter, in a Will Stein-led offense, is in a strong schematic landing spot for both C2C production and long-term devy value, because Stein’s spread system typically leans on inside zone, motion stress, and tempo to create clean run reads and consistent early-down efficiency.
For Baxter specifically, that structure fits his downhill, contact-balance style well; he doesn’t need heavy improvisation or elite lateral creation to be effective, since Stein’s design can manufacture crease runs, reduce negative plays, and create more predictable box counts through spacing and formation diversity. He also posted a 74.8 PFF rush grade as a true freshman and averaged 13.08 PPG in his early role, showing usable production and efficiency before injury derailed his momentum.
However, he didn’t do much upon returning to Texas after the LCL and PCL tears, which reinforces some uncertainty around explosiveness, workload trust, and immediate post-injury impact. The added involvement for RBs in checkdowns and designed touches still boosts his weekly floor, especially in PPR formats where he can accumulate steady reception volume without being a true route tree weapon.
From a devy lens, Baxter is more of a wild card after transferring and suffering major knee injuries, which clouds both durability and workload certainty long-term. Still, he remains a cheap acquisition with clear upside if he regains pre-injury explosiveness and role security, especially within a system that can streamline his touches and maximize efficiency.
