California Golden Bears
California's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele, a QB projected for 163.9 points (overall rank #2439 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, California projects for 1026.0 combined fantasy points — 185.6 points above the ACC median of 840.4, ranking #2 of 17 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 674.0 combined projected points from 15 rostered players.
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Projected points and ADP are Saturday Night Showdown's own 2026 season-long projections and live draft-board averages, generated before Week 0 kicks off — not stats from games already played.
2026 Projected Fantasy Points
Top 25 California players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | ADP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele | QB | 163.9 | 204.03 |
| 2 | Kendrick Raphael | RB | 147.7 | 4.04 |
| 3 | Chase Hendricks | WR | 126.7 | 7.04 |
| 4 | Ian Strong | WR | 124.2 | 8.05 |
| 5 | Dorian Thomas | TE | 94.6 | 3.07 |
| 6 | Mason Mini | TE | 80.1 | 5.10 |
| 7 | Dominic Ingrassia | QB | 74.4 | 434.06 |
| 8 | EJ Caminong | QB | 72.0 | 436.05 |
| 9 | Belay Brummel | QB | 72.0 | 439.05 |
| 10 | Adam Mohammed | RB | 70.4 | 131.01 |
| 11 | Nainoa Lopes | QB | 67.2 | 440.10 |
| 12 | Alonzo Esparza | QB | 64.8 | 452.12 |
| 13 | Jackson Brousseau | QB | 64.7 | 465.11 |
| 14 | Ashten Emory | RB | 62.4 | 153.04 |
| 15 | Dean-Taylor Chapman | RB | 61.2 | 159.01 |
| 16 | Carter Vargas | RB | 60.0 | 167.02 |
| 17 | Erik Peters | K | 58.8 | 29.03 |
| 18 | Jayden Parker | RB | 57.6 | 190.01 |
| 19 | Trevor Rogers | WR | 55.2 | 196.08 |
| 20 | Daz James | WR | 55.2 | 199.10 |
| 21 | Myles Reber | WR | 54.0 | 214.02 |
| 22 | Victor Santino | RB | 54.0 | 216.06 |
| 23 | Chase Meyer | K | 53.9 | 39.05 |
| 24 | Meyer Swinney | WR | 50.4 | 242.06 |
| 25 | Kai Meza | WR | 48.0 | 265.08 |