Adam Levitan projects ownership for every NFL DFS player each week in the FantasyLabs Player Models. Gauging ownership is important when it comes to tournaments so you can try and gain leverage on the field. You don’t need a team of 1%-owned plays to win a tournament, but it’s also unlikely you’ll win a tournament with an abundance of highly-owned plays.
The goal of this article is to give a brief rundown of some of players we project to be the highest owned heading into the week, along with how they can affect roster construction.
Be sure to check the ownership projections throughout the week as breaking news can cause these to fluctuate.
Note: Ownership percentages as of Friday morning.
Quarterbacks
At the time of writing, we have seven quarterbacks projected for around 9-12% ownership for the main slate. With so many quarterbacks in good spots with similar prices and comparable projections, I wouldn’t expect any of them to have substantially higher ownership than the other in large-field guaranteed prize pools (GPPs).
Running Backs
I’d expect a lot to change in terms of running back ownership depending on the injury reports. There are some key injuries that will heavily affect these percentages, so it’s hard to put too much weight into them at the time of writing.
For starters, David Johnson (back) hasn’t practiced this week, but his Friday status will be more telling of how his back is recovering after it locked up on him late last week. If he’s out, Chase Edmonds would become one of the highest-owned players on the entire slate for $4,600 on DraftKings and $5,200 on FanDuel.
