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Mike Marteny's DraftKings daily fantasy college football lineup picks for the Saturday (12/20/25) slate. His CFB DFS lineup picks and DFS sleepers will help you win.
There are only three games on our college football Saturday, but every one of them is a big game. We're not worried about opt-outs here. All three games are college football playoff games. For all of the things the committees have done wrong, and the ruination of the regular season as a whole, the expanded playoff has done one thing (and only one thing) right. Give us playoff games at campus venues. We should start doing this with bowl games and second-round games!
We start in College Station with Miami visiting Texas A&M in a game where the strength of both teams has been questioned. The afternoon game gives us the rematch of Tulane and Mississippi in Oxford almost exactly three months later. See what I said about devaluing the regular season? We close out west with James Madison visiting the Zoo for what will hopefully be a memorable game.
In this article, I will provide you with my daily fantasy college football lineup picks for the DraftKings slate on 12/20/25, starting at noon Eastern. I’ll give multiple player suggestions for quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers, highlighting one option at each end of the salary scale. Good luck, RotoBallers!
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DraftKings CFB DFS Picks - Quarterbacks
Trinidad Chambliss, Mississippi ($8.2K)
Only 4️⃣Ole Miss QBs have ever thrown for 300+ and rushed for 100+ in the same game:
- Archie Manning (1969 vs. Alabama)⁰- Chad Kelly (2015 vs. Arkansas)⁰- Jordan Ta’amu (2018 vs. Arkansas)⁰- Trinidad Chambliss (2025 vs. Tulane)#HottyToddy pic.twitter.com/WPWzUNe1bP
— Ole Miss Football (@OleMissFB) September 24, 2025
That's what Chambliss did in his first meeting with Tulane. The Offensive Coordinator is the same, even if the head coach is no longer in Oxford. The 39.5 DraftKings points that Chambliss put up against Tulane were his highest total of the season.
We will likely get close to another ceiling game from Chambliss in this one. Tulane is playing better than they were in September on offense. Maybe not on defense. Chambliss has had time to rest up a little before the rematch. The only thing that may be different in this one is that Ole Miss could pull its players earlier if the game gets out of hand again.
If the game does get out of hand again, Chambliss will be a big reason why. He's very low risk and provides great upside. Chambliss can be used in any lineup.
Carson Beck, Miami (FL) ($7.2K)
I've got after Beck some for his decision-making this year, and I'll stand by it. However, he has been significantly better since the Stanford game. All anyone will remember about the SMU game is the horrible timing on the interception, but Beck was having his best game of the season until that point.
Beck has at least 20 DK points in every game since the SMU game. Of course, Syracuse, North Carolina State, and Virginia Tech aren't Murderer's Row, but he put up big numbers against a decent Pitt team as well. Can we trust him? For this price, I'll take the shot in at least one lineup.
Also consider these QBs
- Marcel Reed, Texas A&M ($7.9K)
- Alonza Barnett III, James Madison ($6.9K)
DraftKings CFB DFS Picks - Running Backs
Kewan Lacy, Mississippi ($7.8K)
Many are acting like Ole Miss can't do to Tulane what they did in September. Why not? This offense was just as good after the Tulane game as before, except for the LSU and Washington State games.
Lacy has at least 140 rushing yards in two of his last three games. He only went for 68 rushing yards against Tulane because Chambliss did so much damage, but Lacy scored twice in that game.
I think we'll see a little shift in philosophy in this instance. Ole Miss didn't know at the time that Chambliss would start for the rest of the season. They were fine with running him until he passed out. Now they know that they need him if they are going to win a title and send Lane Kiffin an empty ring box.
We should see more running from Lacy in this game. Chambliss will still take off and do some damage, but I would expect Lacy to be the guy who tops triple digits, not Chambliss.
Wayne Knight, James Madison ($6.1K)
The Dukes aren't going to change who they are, no matter what happens in this game. This is a running team. It will stay a running team, even if they get down early.
Knight struggled against Louisville, but part of it was how the game was called by the James Madison staff. He only carried the ball five times. Matthew Sluka got most of the carries in that loss to Louisville.
Knight has at least 15 touches in every game since the phasing of Sluka out of the offense. He often goes well above that. The volume will be there, but it's going to be tough sledding against Oregon.
Le'Veon Moss, Texas A&M ($5.2K)
Le’Veon Moss (8) takes a hand off during practice. pic.twitter.com/OgF3iFtW5J
— Aaron Raley (@AJRaley03) December 16, 2025
This is what A&M was hoping for. Moss has been practicing this week. His return in any capacity would be huge for the Aggies. I don't expect Moss to carry as much of the load as he did before his ankle injury, but he'll get plenty of work for this price.
Also consider these RBs
- Noah Whittington, Oregon ($7K)
- Mark Fletcher Jr., Miami (FL) ($5K)
- Reuben Owens II, Texas A&M ($4.8K)
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DraftKings CFB DFS Picks - Wide Receivers
Malachi Toney, Miami (FL) ($6.9K)
Toney has the highest upside of any player on this slate, including the quarterbacks. He has had three games with over 100 receiving yards in the last six games. Syracuse was the only lackluster game, and that was never in question.
Toney's floor is in the mid-teens. His ceiling is close to 40. It all depends on whether you think that Carson Beck can shake the road woes or not. Even if he doesn't, Toney will be heavily involved in the game.
KC Concepcion, Texas A&M ($6K)
Concepcion is one of the fastest players in college. Florida is the only team to hold him under double figures (9.5) in DK points this season. He topped 20 in five of the 12 games. His ceiling isn't that high, but the floor is as marvelous as Marvin Hagler.
Malik Benson, Oregon ($4.4K)
It's better late than never for Benson. With Dakorien Moore out, Benson has come up big for the Ducks in games against USC and Washington. He has 40.9 DK points in the last two games.
Oregon may not "need" him as much in this game, but I would bet that he's still heavily involved in the offense, even if Oregon decides to pass less than usual.
Ashton Bethel-Roman, Texas A&M ($4.1K)
Are we going to let one subpar game against Texas ruin all of our fun? Probably not. Bethel-Roman was cooking heading into the Texas game. He saved the season against South Carolina, and backed that up with two touchdowns on two receptions against Samford.
Therein lies the problem. Bethel-Roman is very touchdown-dependent. He's best left for large field GPPs, but there is a very real possibility that this is the highest-scoring game of the day.
Also consider these WRs:
- Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon ($6.2K)
- Harrison Wallace III, Mississippi ($5.2K)
- De'Zhaun Stribling, Mississippi ($4.9K)
- Cayden Lee, Mississippi ($4.5K)
DraftKings CFB Stacks
Mississippi vs. Tulane
This will be the popular stack because we've seen this movie before at the same theater three months ago. It was successful then, and it likely will be now.
Chambliss and Lacy are the easy picks, but I'm not sure I would use both. This is going to be a well-used stack. I think you need to get something different. I would run Chambliss with the three receivers (Stribling, Wallace, and Lee) and leave Lacy.
I will have one five-man with Chambliss, Lacy, and the receivers. I won't be alone in that thought, so be willing to use singular pieces with them instead of another stack.
Also consider these stacks:
- Texas A&M
- Miami (FL)
- Tulane (GPP only)
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