Houston Cougars
Houston's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Conner Weigman, a QB projected for 320.6 points (overall rank #67 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Houston projects for 1284.8 combined fantasy points — 195.9 points above the Big 12 median of 1088.9, ranking #2 of 16 in the conference. Its deepest position group is quarterbacks, worth 406.6 combined projected points from 6 rostered players.
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Projected points and board slot are Saturday Night Showdown's own 2026 season-long projections and value-based draft board, generated before Week 0 kicks off — not stats from games already played, and not an average of real-world draft results.
2026 Projected Fantasy Points
Top 25 Houston players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | Board Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conner Weigman | QB | 320.6 | 7.07 |
| 2 | Patrick Overmyer | TE | 157.5 | 4.09 |
| 3 | Amare Thomas | WR | 151.5 | 13.01 |
| 4 | Makhi Hughes | RB | 137.4 | — |
| 5 | Re'Shaun Sanford II | RB | 128.1 | — |
| 6 | Koby Young | WR | 99.3 | — |
| 7 | Jonathan Dimas | K | 85.7 | — |
| 8 | Trent Walker | WR | 81.4 | — |
| 9 | Houston Defense | DEF | 79.0 | — |
| 10 | John Hebert | RB | 44.3 | — |
| 11 | Keisean Henderson | QB | 44.0 | — |
| 12 | DJ Butler | RB | 39.2 | — |
| 13 | Luke McGary | TE | 24.2 | — |
| 14 | Luke Carney | QB | 17.8 | — |
| 15 | Traville Frederick Jr. | TE | 15.9 | — |
| 16 | Nehemiah Warmate | RB | 14.6 | — |
| 17 | Zane Smith | RB | 13.4 | — |
| 18 | Stephon Johnson | WR | 12.0 | — |
| 19 | Zac Yoakam | K | 9.1 | — |
| 20 | Jake Sock | QB | 9.1 | — |
| 21 | Evan Noel | K | 8.4 | — |
| 22 | Canon Toon | QB | 7.7 | — |
| 23 | Ryan Smith | QB | 7.4 | — |
| 24 | Kaleb Thomas | TE | 7.3 | — |
| 25 | Samuel Padgitt | WR | 7.0 | — |