The grand poobah of expert leagues kicked off Sunday Night – the live draft of the Fantasy College Football Invitational. This year, we combined our longest standing league and its name with a several other expert leagues in the industry to form the grand-daddy league. A whopping 20 owners comprised the field with each team selecting 20 players for a total of 400 players. Surprisingly, the draft moved swiftly and we were done in a little over 3 hours.
The starting lineup for the league consists of:
- 2 QB
- 2 RB
- 2 WR
- 1 TE
- 1 Flex (RB, WR, TE)
- 1 Defense
- 1 Kicker
My Fantasy College Blitz entry had the 20th pick in the draft (scroll WAY to the right), the lowest I have ever drafted in any league in any sport. My strategy going in was to get solid low risk running backs and wide receivers in the first 4 rounds. After that, I would load up on high upside guys at those two positions the rest of the way.
If a top quarter back didn’t fall to me at picks 20/21, I knew that by the time my next picks came up at 60/61, at least 15-20 QBs would be off the board. Therefore, I planned looking for value QBs later in the draft if that happened. The TE position is not very exciting so I planned on taking a few sleepers late. The defensive scoring is not strong enough to use anything more than a late pick and the same goes for kickers.
Pick 1.20
RB Kendall Hunter – Oklahoma St. (right, courtesy of SMI)
The Cowboys offense is going to put up a ton of points and Hunter is as a lock for Top 10 RB if he can stay healthy. Quickly adapting to his dual-purpose role.
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