Illinois Fighting Illini

Big Ten FBS Champaign, IL

Illinois's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Katin Houser, a QB projected for 212.7 points (overall rank #538 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Illinois projects for 938.2 combined fantasy points — 10.1 points above the Big Ten median of 928.1, ranking #8 of 18 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 900.4 combined projected points from 18 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 Illinois players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.

#PlayerPosProj PtsADP
1Katin HouserQB212.745.10
2Alex PerryWR124.18.06
3Kaden FeaginTE92.63.11
4Jayshon PlattWR87.7112.12
5Collin DixonWR81.1118.07
6Hudson ClementWR76.0123.08
7Michael Clayton IIQB67.2441.11
8Dane EisenmengerQB67.2449.02
9Trey PettyQB64.8464.12
10Lucas OsadaK64.825.09
11Carson BoydQB64.8463.06
12Jershaun NewtonQB64.8463.07
13Ca'Lil ValentineRB64.2144.02
14Murphy ClementRB62.4153.06
15Corey RashadRB61.2158.10
16Petey OlaleyeRB60.0169.04
17Eddie KasperWR58.8163.02
18Cedric Wyche IIRB54.0229.06
19Aaron BallRB54.0228.10
20John ForsterRB54.0227.07
21Javari BarnettRB54.0217.10
22Nelsyn WheelerRB54.0219.07
23Kenyon AlstonWR50.4241.09
24Davon GrantWR50.4257.02
25Tysean GriffinWR48.0302.07

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