College Football Week 13 Player Prop Bets & Picks (2024)
Thirteen weeks of the college football season (including Week 0) are in the books, and there have been plenty of games and data to sift through when it comes to making our Week 13 player prop bets and picks.
To comprise our top college football player prop bets, we have dug deep into some of the weekend’s most intriguing games, including the top-5 Big Ten tilt between Indiana and Ohio State, and a juicy Big 12 battle between resurgent Colorado and upset-minded Kansas.
Read on for our top Week 13 player prop bets and picks.
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Saturday's Best College Football Player Prop Bets & Picks
Let’s dive into our top college football Week 13 player prop bet picks on Saturday’s slate of games.
(College football player prop bet odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook unless otherwise noted)
Jeremiah Smith (Ohio State) Under 77.5 receiving yards vs. Indiana (-114)
Curt Cignetti did not have a successful tenure at James Madison nor kick off his Indiana coaching career going 10-0 by consistently letting the other team's best weapon beat him.
Last week, Buckeyes freshman wide receiver Jeremiah Smith turned in his third 100-yard receiving game of the season, and has now led Ohio State in receiving yards in seven games. However, Indiana's defense entered last week's game against Michigan ranked 18th in Pass Success, fifth in Havoc, and 16th in PFF Coverage grade.
Smith has gone over this projected total in four of six home games, and one of his 100-yard games came against top-ranked Oregon. But Penn State made the necessary adjustments in holding Smith to 55 yards and 13.8 yards per reception (both his lowest over the last four weeks), and I expect the Hoosiers to employ a similar game plan.
Brock Vandagriff (Kentucky) Over 0.5 passing touchdowns vs. Texas (-125)
It is not often one sees a college quarterback's passing touchdowns O/U set as low as 0.5. But that is the respect that oddsmakers have for a Longhorns defense that entered last week ranked 14th in Havoc, and followed that up with six sacks and nine tackles for loss against Arkansas.
Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops is going to try and maintain a ground-and-pound approach as long as he can, as the Wildcats have ranked inside the top 25 of FBS teams in Rush Rate and Rush Success Rate for most of the year.
While quarterback Brock Vandagriff has attempted 19 or fewer passes in three consecutive games, he has still managed at least one passing touchdown in five of his previous six games.
The Wildcats will likely need at least one passing touchdown to cover the spread, but this wager is also more likely to cash if this game gets out of hand, as game script would force Kentucky to pass more often.
Devin Neal (Kansas) Under 96.5 rushing yards vs. Colorado (-114)
Devin Neal ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 926 rushing yards, and has gone over 100 yards rushing six times this year.
Neal also has been held to 71 or fewer rushing yards in four of the last six games, and the Jayhawks did some offensive line reshuffling because of injuries last week.
Neal faces a Colorado defense that prior to holding Utah to 31 rushing yards had ranked 39th in run-defense grade this season, a vast improvement from its No. 122 ranking last year.
Coach Prime has the ability to stack the box with a secondary that also ranked 23rd in coverage grade, led by Heisman hopeful Travis Hunter. With the Buffaloes cornerbacks playing on an island, I expect Neal to go under this projected total this weekend.
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