Top 10 DFS plays under 10% for Week 11

With teams on bye weeks and fewer games on the slate, DFS rostership becomes more and more concentrated. It is now more important than ever to find those contrarian plays.

Guys with low roster percentages are how to get contrarian on popular players or find leverage off them. For all our FTN Daily DFS rostership projections, head here.

One new feature in our brand-new NFL DFS Optimizer is that you can force the opto to include a set number of players below any roster projections you want. I highly recommend forcing at least one player at sub-10% roster percentage to differentiate yourself from the field. 

Here are my 10 under 10% for Week 11:

Dak Prescott, QB, Dallas Cowboys

DraftKings projected roster percentage: 6.5%
FanDuel projected roster percentage: 5.3%

While Dak Prescott will be missing one of his top weapons in Amari Cooper, the Cowboys have more than enough firepower against an abysmal Chiefs defense. With CeeDee Lamb and Michael Gallup both becoming chalky, Prescott is an easy way to be different and double up on those points. So far this year, the Chiefs are allowing 8.04 yards per attempt, the fifth worst in football. In other words, if Prescott gets the passing volume, he will shred this defense in the game with the highest total on the slate.

Jonathan Taylor, RB, Indianapolis Colts

DraftKings projected roster percentage: 6.2%
FanDuel projected roster percentage: 9.2%

The Bills defense has been excellent this season, but they have also had one of the easiest strengths of schedules in all of football. Derrick Henry carved them up for 143-and-3 on the ground, and Jonathan Taylor has been arguably the best back in football the last four weeks. Taylor is seeing increased volume with a season-high 21 carries last week and runs behind one of the most dominant lines in football. Playing studs with slate-breaking ceilings at low rostership, despite bad matchups, is something I am always drawn to. 

Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Dallas Cowboys

DraftKings projected roster percentage: 2.9%
FanDuel projected roster percentage: 3%

The field may be looking at Ezekiel Elliott’s snaps and seeing that he is playing less the last two weeks, but that is missing the context of back-to-back blowouts involving the Cowboys. This is the highest total of the slate and Elliott takes on a Chiefs defense that both gets carved up on the ground and through the air to running backs. He has as much touchdown equity as any player in this game and should not be a sub-5% player.

Mark Ingram, RB, New Orleans Saints

DraftKings projected roster percentage: 6.8%
FanDuel projected roster percentage: 3.7%