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2018 FANTASY RECAP AND 2019 FANTASY PROJECTION

Chris Carson was the #52 ranked fantasy player this season and the #14 RB. His value would have been even better if he had played as many games as other elite RBs. Based on average fantasy points he is the #11 RB. He trended up as the season went on. In his first 4 games he averaged 9.8 FPs. He improved to 10.6 in the next 5 games. In his final stretch of games he improved to 18 per game. Given his youth, he should be able to continue showing improvement next season. Based on a relatively low standard deviation, Carson can be considered a consistent fantasy player. He averaged 13 FPs, but on any given day his projected ceiling is as high as 24 fantasy points. Chris Carson (2019 Season Projection: 233 Rush, 1053 Yards, 8.2 TDs, 24 Rec, 164 Yards, 0.3 TDs) is projected to take a slight step downward in the upcoming fantasy season. His rank based on total projected fantasy points has him as the #19 player at his position.

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STATISTICAL IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST SEASON

He has demonstrated the solid year-to-year improvement that you look for in a younger player. His fantasy average improved by 59%.

PAST FANTASY PERFORMANCE (2017 TO 2018)

Chris Carson played in 14 games in 2018. He was the #14 ranked fantasy RB based on total fantasy points. He averaged 13 FP per game (#11 ranked based on average). He is stronger in certain categories which are bolded below.

DAILY FANTASY SEASON RECAP

He averaged 13.2 FD points and 15.1 DK points per game. We used his second highest game as his ceiling and second lowest as his floor. On DraftKings his floor was 2.4 and on FanDuel it was 2.4 fantasy points. When he was good, he was very good with a DraftKings ceiling of 26.6 and 23.6 on FanDuel. He has had an equal number of good (20% above average) and bad games (20% below) on FanDuel, and an equal number of good and bad games on DraftKings. We are only including games where they were in the daily fantasy slate and played.