Interactive Value Chart: DraftKings CFB
A lineup optimizer that accounts for player salaries and uses projections to maximize expected points.
by Maurile Tremblay, December 4 2015
Photo: Troy Taormina, USA TODAY Sports

This is an interactive value chart for DraftKings using projections by Devin Knotts. Projected points, projected value, and H-value are all displayed. Projected value is equal to projected points divided by salary (and then multiplied by 10,000). H-value is equal to projected points raised to the square root of three, divided by salary (and then multiplied by 2,000). H-value, a measure inspired by Dan Hindery, is often a better indicator of true value than points per dollar. Click on the column headings to sort by that column. (Projections are current as of 12/4/2015 at 4:19 pm (EST).
When you click on a player's name, the player is added to your lineup over at the right. Projected total points are displayed above your lineup. Click on a player in your lineup to remove him.
If you fill in a partial lineup with no more than six open spaces, you can have the remaining spaces filled in automatically by clicking on the green "Knotts". To exclude a player from consideration by this feature, click on the green "o" to the right of his name. (Click again to undo.)
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Name | | | Pos | Game | Salary | Pts | Val | H-Val |
Brandon Doughty |
o |
0 |
QB |
USMS@WKU |
8400 |
30.4 |
36.2 |
88.1 |
C.J. Beathard |
o |
0 |
QB |
MSU@IOWA |
5200 |
14.6 |
28.1 |
40.0 |
Chris Johnson |
o |
0 |
QB |
UT@BU |
6700 |
19.8 |
29.6 |
52.6 |
Cody Kessler |
o |
0 |
QB |
STAN@USC |
6500 |
17.3 |
26.6 |
42.9 |
Connor Cook |
o |
0 |
QB |
MSU@IOWA |
6300 |
18.5 |
29.4 |
49.7 |
Deshaun Watson |
o |
0 |
QB |
UNC@CLEM |
8600 |
33.8 |
39.3 |
103.4 |
Greg Ward Jr. |
o |
0 |
QB |
TEMP@HOU |
7900 |
28.7 |
36.3 |
84.8 |
Jake Coker |
o |
0 |
QB |
UF@ALA |
5200 |
12.9 |
24.8 |
32.3 |
Joe Hubener |
o |
0 |
QB |
WV@KSU |
5700 |
16.0 |
28.1 |
42.7 |
Karson Roberts |
o |
0 |
QB |
AF@SDSU |
5700 |
11.4 |
20.0 |
23.8 |
Kevin Hogan |
o |
0 |
QB |
STAN@USC |
6400 |
21.7 |
33.9 |
64.5 |
Marquise Williams |
o |
0 |
QB |
UNC@CLEM |
8300 |
22.4 |
27.0 |
52.6 |
Matt Johnson |
o |
0 |
QB |
BGSU@NIU |
8400 |
28.6 |
34.0 |
79.3 |
Nick Mullens |
o |
0 |
QB |
USMS@WKU |
7300 |
27.3 |
37.4 |
84.2 |
P.J. Walker |
o |
0 |
QB |
TEMP@HOU |
5900 |
14.8 |
25.1 |
36.1 |
Ryan Graham |
o |
0 |
QB |
BGSU@NIU |
5600 |
17.7 |
31.6 |
51.8 |
Skyler Howard |
o |
0 |
QB |
WV@KSU |
6300 |
20.4 |
32.4 |
58.9 |
Tyrone Swoopes |
o |
0 |
QB |
UT@BU |
5800 |
16.2 |
27.9 |
42.9 |
Anthony Wales |
o |
0 |
RB |
USMS@WKU |
6800 |
20.4 |
30.0 |
54.6 |
Bryan Driskell |
o |
0 |
RB |
AF@SDSU |
3000 |
5.3 |
17.7 |
12.0 |
Charles Jones |
o |
0 |
RB |
WV@KSU |
3800 |
13.3 |
35.0 |
46.5 |
Chase Price |
o |
0 |
RB |
AF@SDSU |
4900 |
8.8 |
18.0 |
17.6 |
Chris Warren III |
o |
0 |
RB |
UT@BU |
5300 |
20.2 |
38.1 |
68.8 |
Christian McCaffrey |
o |
0 |
RB |
STAN@USC |
8000 |
24.6 |
30.8 |
64.1 |
D'Andre Ferby |
o |
0 |
RB |
USMS@WKU |
4000 |
10.9 |
27.2 |
31.3 |
Derrick Henry |
o |
0 |
RB |
UF@ALA |
8500 |
23.5 |
27.6 |
55.8 |
Devin Chafin |
o |
0 |
RB |
UT@BU |
5600 |
20.7 |
37.0 |
67.9 |
Donnel Pumphrey |
o |
0 |
RB |
AF@SDSU |
8100 |
24.3 |
30.0 |
62.0 |
Elijah Hood |
o |
0 |
RB |
UNC@CLEM |
6900 |
15.7 |
22.8 |
34.2 |
Fred Coppet |
o |
0 |
RB |
BGSU@NIU |
3800 |
8.2 |
21.6 |
20.1 |
Gerald Holmes |
o |
0 |
RB |
MSU@IOWA |
4500 |
11.6 |
25.8 |
31.0 |
Ito Smith |
o |
0 |
RB |
USMS@WKU |
5300 |
25.4 |
47.9 |
102.3 |
Jacobi Owens |
o |
0 |
RB |
AF@SDSU |
4600 |
7.1 |
15.4 |
13.0 |
Jahad Thomas |
o |
0 |
RB |
TEMP@HOU |
7000 |
18.5 |
26.4 |
44.7 |
Joel Bouagnon |
o |
0 |
RB |
BGSU@NIU |
6600 |
17.3 |
26.2 |
42.3 |
Johnathan Gray |
o |
0 |
RB |
UT@BU |
4100 |
10.2 |
24.9 |
27.2 |
Jordan Canzeri |
o |
0 |
RB |
MSU@IOWA |
5900 |
18.6 |
31.5 |
53.6 |
Justin Davis |
o |
0 |
RB |
STAN@USC |
5100 |
9.5 |
18.6 |
19.4 |
Kelvin Taylor |
o |
0 |
RB |
UF@ALA |
5500 |
8.1 |
14.7 |
13.6 |
Kenneth Farrow |
o |
0 |
RB |
TEMP@HOU |
5500 |
14.2 |
25.8 |
36.0 |
LJ Scott |
o |
0 |
RB |
MSU@IOWA |
4000 |
7.9 |
19.8 |
17.9 |
Remound Wright |
o |
0 |
RB |
STAN@USC |
3600 |
10.9 |
30.3 |
34.8 |
Ronald Jones II |
o |
0 |
RB |
STAN@USC |
4600 |
11.6 |
25.2 |
30.3 |
Rushel Shell |
o |
0 |
RB |
WV@KSU |
5100 |
8.3 |
16.3 |
15.3 |
Shock Linwood |
o |
0 |
RB |
UT@BU |
5800 |
24.1 |
41.6 |
85.4 |
T.J. Logan |
o |
0 |
RB |
UNC@CLEM |
3700 |
6.9 |
18.6 |
15.3 |
Travis Greene |
o |
0 |
RB |
BGSU@NIU |
6900 |
13.9 |
20.1 |
27.7 |
Wayne Gallman |
o |
0 |
RB |
UNC@CLEM |
6200 |
18.5 |
29.8 |
50.5 |
Wendell Smallwood |
o |
0 |
RB |
WV@KSU |
5900 |
17.8 |
30.2 |
49.7 |
Aaron Burbridge |
o |
0 |
WR |
MSU@IOWA |
6500 |
15.5 |
23.8 |
35.5 |
Antwane Grant |
o |
0 |
WR |
USMS@WKU |
4800 |
9.2 |
19.2 |
19.5 |
ArDarius Stewart |
o |
0 |
WR |
UF@ALA |
4600 |
8.4 |
18.3 |
17.3 |
Artavis Scott |
o |
0 |
WR |
UNC@CLEM |
5500 |
15.7 |
28.5 |
42.9 |
Austin Hooper |
o |
0 |
WR |
STAN@USC |
3700 |
11.2 |
30.3 |
35.5 |
Bug Howard |
o |
0 |
WR |
UNC@CLEM |
3000 |
6.1 |
20.3 |
15.3 |
Calvin Ridley |
o |
0 |
WR |
UF@ALA |
5500 |
14.4 |
26.2 |
36.9 |
Casey Martin |
o |
0 |
WR |
USMS@WKU |
5400 |
19.5 |
36.1 |
63.5 |
Chance Allen |
o |
0 |
WR |
TEMP@HOU |
4200 |
9.2 |
21.9 |
22.2 |
Charone Peake |
o |
0 |
WR |
UNC@CLEM |
4000 |
7.5 |
18.8 |
16.4 |
Colin Thompson |
o |
0 |
WR |
TEMP@HOU |
3000 |
2.4 |
8.0 |
3.0 |
Corey Coleman |
o |
0 |
WR |
UT@BU |
6400 |
22.2 |
34.7 |
67.1 |
Daje Johnson |
o |
0 |
WR |
UT@BU |
4000 |
9.0 |
22.5 |
22.5 |
Darreus Rogers |
o |
0 |
WR |
STAN@USC |
3800 |
3.3 |
8.7 |
4.2 |
Demarcus Ayers |
o |
0 |
WR |
TEMP@HOU |
5900 |
15.4 |
26.1 |
38.6 |
Demarcus Robinson |
o |
0 |
WR |
UF@ALA |
3300 |
10.2 |
30.9 |
33.8 |
Deon Cain |
o |
0 |
WR |
UNC@CLEM |
4900 |
14.9 |
30.4 |
43.9 |
Desroy Maxwell |
o |
0 |
WR |
BGSU@NIU |
3000 |
3.9 |
13.0 |
7.0 |
Devon Cajuste |
o |
0 |
WR |
STAN@USC |
4000 |
8.1 |
20.2 |
18.7 |
Francis Owusu |
o |
0 |
WR |
STAN@USC |
3000 |
5.0 |
16.7 |
10.8 |
Garrett Brown |
o |
0 |
WR |
AF@SDSU |
3000 |
5.7 |
19.0 |
13.6 |
Garrett Griffin |
o |
0 |
WR |
AF@SDSU |
3100 |
4.8 |
15.5 |
9.8 |
Gehrig Dieter |
o |
0 |
WR |
BGSU@NIU |
6900 |
29.7 |
43.0 |
103.1 |
George Kittle |
o |
0 |
WR |
MSU@IOWA |
3000 |
9.9 |
33.0 |
35.4 |
Germone Hopper |
o |
0 |
WR |
UNC@CLEM |
3000 |
5.7 |
19.0 |
13.6 |
Henry Krieger Coble |
o |
0 |
WR |
MSU@IOWA |
3100 |
6.6 |
21.3 |
16.9 |
Jake McGee |
o |
0 |
WR |
UF@ALA |
3000 |
5.8 |
19.3 |
14.0 |
Jalen Robinette |
o |
0 |
WR |
AF@SDSU |
4000 |
5.5 |
13.8 |
9.6 |
Jared Dangerfield |
o |
0 |
WR |
USMS@WKU |
4800 |
13.7 |
28.5 |
38.8 |
Jay Lee |
o |
0 |
WR |
UT@BU |
4700 |
15.9 |
33.8 |
51.3 |
Jordan Leggett |
o |
0 |
WR |
UNC@CLEM |
3200 |
4.5 |
14.1 |
8.5 |
Jordan Thompson |
o |
0 |
WR |
WV@KSU |
3600 |
7.2 |
20.0 |
17.0 |
Josiah Price |
o |
0 |
WR |
MSU@IOWA |
3200 |
8.5 |
26.6 |
25.4 |
Jovon Durante |
o |
0 |
WR |
WV@KSU |
3000 |
6.7 |
22.3 |
18.0 |
JuJu Smith-Schuster |
o |
0 |
WR |
STAN@USC |
6400 |
21.0 |
32.8 |
61.0 |
Juwan Brescacin |
o |
0 |
WR |
BGSU@NIU |
4000 |
14.1 |
35.2 |
48.9 |
KD Cannon |
o |
0 |
WR |
UT@BU |
5200 |
22.3 |
42.9 |
83.2 |
Kenny Golladay |
o |
0 |
WR |
BGSU@NIU |
6400 |
18.0 |
28.1 |
46.7 |
Macgarrett Kings Jr. |
o |
0 |
WR |
MSU@IOWA |
4000 |
13.6 |
34.0 |
46.0 |
Mack Hollins |
o |
0 |
WR |
UNC@CLEM |
4500 |
5.7 |
12.7 |
9.1 |
Matt VandeBerg |
o |
0 |
WR |
MSU@IOWA |
4000 |
10.9 |
27.2 |
31.3 |
Mike Thomas |
o |
0 |
WR |
USMS@WKU |
5700 |
17.9 |
31.4 |
51.9 |
Nicholas Norris |
o |
0 |
WR |
USMS@WKU |
3300 |
15.0 |
45.5 |
66.0 |
O.J. Howard |
o |
0 |
WR |
UF@ALA |
3000 |
4.0 |
13.3 |
7.4 |
Quinshad Davis |
o |
0 |
WR |
UNC@CLEM |
4300 |
8.2 |
19.1 |
17.8 |
R.J. Shelton |
o |
0 |
WR |
MSU@IOWA |
3500 |
8.0 |
22.9 |
20.9 |
Ray-Ray McCloud |
o |
0 |
WR |
UNC@CLEM |
3000 |
8.5 |
28.3 |
27.1 |
Robbie Rhodes |
o |
0 |
WR |
BGSU@NIU |
3000 |
3.2 |
10.7 |
5.0 |
Robby Anderson |
o |
0 |
WR |
TEMP@HOU |
4500 |
12.9 |
28.7 |
37.3 |
Roger Lewis |
o |
0 |
WR |
BGSU@NIU |
6500 |
27.4 |
42.2 |
95.1 |
Ronnie Moore |
o |
0 |
WR |
BGSU@NIU |
4900 |
15.8 |
32.2 |
48.6 |
Ryan Burbrink |
o |
0 |
WR |
BGSU@NIU |
4100 |
11.8 |
28.8 |
35.1 |
Ryan Switzer |
o |
0 |
WR |
UNC@CLEM |
5000 |
10.0 |
20.0 |
21.6 |
Shelton Gibson |
o |
0 |
WR |
WV@KSU |
5000 |
9.1 |
18.2 |
18.3 |
Steven Dunbar |
o |
0 |
WR |
TEMP@HOU |
3000 |
4.6 |
15.3 |
9.4 |
Taywan Taylor |
o |
0 |
WR |
USMS@WKU |
5900 |
26.6 |
45.1 |
99.6 |
Tevaun Smith |
o |
0 |
WR |
MSU@IOWA |
3000 |
7.0 |
23.3 |
19.4 |
Tyler Higbee |
o |
0 |
WR |
USMS@WKU |
4700 |
22.0 |
46.8 |
90.0 |
Ventell Bryant |
o |
0 |
WR |
TEMP@HOU |
3500 |
6.8 |
19.4 |
15.8 |
Knotts |
0 |
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