Illinois Fighting Illini
Illinois's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Katin Houser, a QB projected for 236.3 points (overall rank #763 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Illinois projects for 996.5 combined fantasy points — 9.7 points below the Big Ten median of 1006.2, ranking #10 of 18 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 579.7 combined projected points from 16 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 Illinois players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | Board Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katin Houser | QB | 236.3 | — |
| 2 | Collin Dixon | WR | 148.7 | — |
| 3 | Ca'Lil Valentine | RB | 109.2 | — |
| 4 | Kaden Feagin | TE | 87.0 | 8.06 |
| 5 | Hudson Clement | WR | 84.4 | — |
| 6 | Illinois Defense | DEF | 83.8 | — |
| 7 | Jayshon Platt | WR | 75.6 | — |
| 8 | Aidan Laughery | RB | 65.6 | — |
| 9 | Alex Perry | WR | 57.3 | — |
| 10 | Ty Robinson | WR | 48.6 | — |
| 11 | Ethan Moczulski | K | 29.8 | — |
| 12 | Brayden Trimble | WR | 27.1 | — |
| 13 | Jacob Eberhart | WR | 23.4 | — |
| 14 | Lucas Osada | K | 21.6 | — |
| 15 | Carson Boyd | QB | 20.4 | — |
| 16 | Murphy Clement | RB | 18.6 | — |
| 17 | Michael Clayton II | QB | 18.6 | — |
| 18 | Dane Eisenmenger | QB | 18.6 | — |
| 19 | Corey Rashad | RB | 18.0 | — |
| 20 | Cedric Wyche II | RB | 16.8 | — |
| 21 | John Forster | RB | 16.8 | — |
| 22 | Eddie Kasper | WR | 16.8 | — |
| 23 | Javari Barnett | RB | 15.6 | — |
| 24 | Jershaun Newton | WR | 15.0 | — |
| 25 | Nelsyn Wheeler | RB | 15.0 | — |