Houston Cougars
Houston's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Conner Weigman, a QB projected for 271.4 points (overall rank #67 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Houston projects for 1134.0 combined fantasy points — 164.4 points above the Big 12 median of 969.6, ranking #4 of 16 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 498.2 combined projected points from 15 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 | 271.4 | 7.07 |
| 2 | Amare Thomas | WR | 192.5 | 3.10 |
| 3 | Makhi Hughes | RB | 171.4 | 7.03 |
| 4 | Re'Shaun Sanford II | RB | 115.4 | — |
| 5 | Patrick Overmyer | TE | 83.1 | 13.02 |
| 6 | Houston Defense | DEF | 79.0 | — |
| 7 | Trent Walker | WR | 67.2 | — |
| 8 | Jonathan Dimas | K | 64.6 | — |
| 9 | Stephon Johnson | WR | 47.0 | — |
| 10 | DJ Butler | RB | 42.4 | — |
| 11 | Koby Young | WR | 38.6 | — |
| 12 | Zac Yoakam | K | 32.3 | — |
| 13 | Keisean Henderson | QB | 28.2 | — |
| 14 | Harvey Broussard III | WR | 25.4 | — |
| 15 | Luke McGary | TE | 25.0 | — |
| 16 | Jake Sock | QB | 22.8 | — |
| 17 | Evan Noel | K | 21.0 | — |
| 18 | Canon Toon | QB | 19.2 | — |
| 19 | Ryan Smith | QB | 18.6 | — |
| 20 | Samuel Padgitt | WR | 17.4 | — |
| 21 | Nehemiah Warmate | RB | 17.4 | — |
| 22 | Jeffrey Strozier Jr. | WR | 17.4 | — |
| 23 | John Hebert | RB | 15.0 | — |
| 24 | Jack Newhouse | WR | 14.4 | — |
| 25 | Keavon Roberts | WR | 14.4 | — |