College Football Player Props: Picks for D.J. Crowther, Nyziah Hunter, Isaiah Mizell on Friday, Nov. 6

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Friday’s slate is jam-packed, and with South Florida traveling to East Carolina in an American Conference showdown, Nebraska visiting Illinois in a Big Ten battle, and TCU heading to No. 24 Arizona in a late-night Big 12 clash, there’s a great lineup of games to add to your betting card.

I’ve pinpointed three player props for Friday, including picks for South Florida’s D.J. Crowther, Nebraska’s Nyziah Hunter, and Arizona’s Isaiah Mizell.

With that said, let’s dive into my top three college football player props and NCAAF picks for Week 10 on Friday, Nov. 6.

College Football Player Props, Picks

• D.J. Crowther Anytime Touchdown Scorer (+115 · FanDuel)
• Nyziah Hunter Over 2.5 Receptions (-140 · bet365)
• Isaiah Mizell Under 89.5 Receiving Yards (-115 · bet365)

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Crowther is the center of South Florida’s scoring attack. The senior back has 578 rushing yards on 121 carries and seven rushing touchdowns, plus a receiving score against UTSA, and he has found the end zone in five of South Florida’s eight games.

That includes three touchdowns against Delaware State, a score in the win at Bowling Green, and a rushing and receiving touchdown in the loss at UTSA.

The Bulls rank near the bottom of the country in passing, and quarterback Michael Van Buren Jr. has just six touchdown passes this season, so South Florida’s touchdowns largely run through Crowther.

The matchup helps him get to the goal line. East Carolina faces one of the highest rushing volumes in the country, and the Pirates have allowed 10 rushing touchdowns against just one passing score. Opponents score on the ground against this defense because ECU’s pass coverage is strong.

East Carolina also has a 139.8-yard run defense that ranks 68th nationally, which is good but beatable for a 5-foot-11 back who gets 20 or more carries when the game is close.

The game script favors a back like Crowther. The total sits near 39.5, with East Carolina a small favorite, and projections have this as a first-to-20 game. South Florida’s defense is one of the best in the country on paper, with the second-best red-zone defense and two defensive touchdowns in the Kent State game, and that tends to produce short fields.

In a tight, low-scoring game, South Florida’s touchdowns will be hard to come by, and Crowther is the player the Bulls trust most near the goal line. At +115, he needs to score about 46.5% of the time, and he’s done so 62.5% of the time this season.

Pick: D.J. Crowther Anytime Touchdown Scorer (+115)

Hunter’s role has grown steadily as the season has gone on. After a slow start, he has caught at least three passes in each of Nebraska’s last three games, with five catches against Indiana, three at Oregon, and a season-high six against Washington last week.

He now has 22 catches for 173 yards on the year, and he’s the type of receiver who gets his production on short, high-percentage throws. Nearly all of his yards against Washington (35 of 39) came after the catch, which is exactly the kind of work that stacks receptions.

Illinois’s pass defense is vulnerable, which is the best reason to expect volume. The Illini rank 123rd in EPA per pass and allow 248 passing yards a game, the second-most in the Big Ten, even though they use a 3-3-5 with eight-man drops that takes away deep shots. That coverage invites underneath throws, and Nebraska coordinator Dana Holgorsen has pointed to quick throws like slants as the answer.

Quarterback Anthony Colandrea has struggled recently, with three interceptions against Washington, but the short passing game is the cleanest way to get him back on track.

Nebraska is a touchdown favorite on the road and likely to throw 30-plus times in a game with a total near 50. The game against Washington showed the offense will push the ball through the air when it needs to, as Colandrea attempted 44 passes.

With Kwazi Gilmer and Jacory Barney Jr. drawing most of the coverage attention, Hunter has been the beneficiary of quick, short targets, and he needs just three catches to cash this.

Pick: Nyziah Hunter Over 2.5 Receptions (+115)

The market has set this number off three monster games, and TCU is nothing like the defenses that produced them. Mizell has caught 34 passes for 675 yards and six touchdowns, but 499 of those yards came in his last three games against West Virginia, Iowa State, and Texas Tech.

Before that stretch, he had just 176 yards across five games, so he has cleared 89.5 in three of eight. Two of his best plays were a 71-yard touchdown on the second snap against Iowa State and a 94-yard score at Texas Tech, and he produced them against defenses ranked near the bottom of the country against the pass.

TCU is built to prevent exactly that kind of explosive play. The Horned Frogs allow just 14.1 points a game, which ranks ninth nationally, and rank in the top 15 in yards per play, completion percentage, and red-zone scoring. Their pass defense gives up about 175 yards a game and has allowed only four passing touchdowns all season, tied for the fewest in the country.

Coach Sonny Dykes has said Fifita’s ability to extend plays is what concerns him, which suggests TCU will focus on containing Mizell downfield.

The game script points to a low-scoring game. Arizona is favored by roughly nine points in a game with a total in the low-to-mid 40s, and both teams rank in the bottom half in pace. In Arizona’s last blowout, a 39-3 win over Iowa State, Fifita sat out the final minutes after the lead was secure.

A comfortable Arizona lead would limit Mizell’s targets in the second half, and a deep ball like the 71- and 94-yarders is the only realistic path to this number.

Pick: Isaiah Mizell Under 89.5 Receiving Yards (+125)