Kentucky Wildcats
Kentucky's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is CJ Baxter, a RB projected for 182.0 points (overall rank #674 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Kentucky projects for 980.7 combined fantasy points — 105.9 points below the SEC median of 1086.6, ranking #12 of 16 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 394.0 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 Kentucky players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | Board Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CJ Baxter | RB | 182.0 | — |
| 2 | Kenny Minchey | QB | 171.5 | — |
| 3 | Kenny Darby | WR | 122.9 | — |
| 4 | Jason Patterson | RB | 105.8 | — |
| 5 | Willie Rodriguez | TE | 79.1 | — |
| 6 | Adam Zouagui | K | 76.9 | — |
| 7 | DJ Miller | WR | 67.4 | — |
| 8 | Henry Boyer | TE | 60.1 | — |
| 9 | Kentucky Defense | DEF | 58.4 | — |
| 10 | Nic Anderson | WR | 56.6 | — |
| 11 | Jovantae Barnes | RB | 52.7 | — |
| 12 | Mikkel Skinner | TE | 38.1 | — |
| 13 | Shane Carr | WR | 28.0 | — |
| 14 | Brock Coffman | WR | 23.0 | — |
| 15 | Prince Jean | WR | 20.8 | — |
| 16 | Ja'Kayden Ferguson | WR | 20.7 | — |
| 17 | Jacob Kauwe | K | 19.5 | — |
| 18 | Xavier Daisy | WR | 13.7 | — |
| 19 | Jordan Colbert | RB | 12.5 | — |
| 20 | Callum Wither | QB | 11.3 | — |
| 21 | Carson Cruver | QB | 8.6 | — |
| 22 | Brennen Ward | QB | 7.9 | — |
| 23 | Matthew Obermeier | K | 7.4 | — |
| 24 | Kendall Tambling | QB | 7.2 | — |
| 25 | Matt Ponatoski | QB | 7.0 | — |