Louisville Cardinals
Louisville's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Lincoln Kienholz, a QB projected for 271.4 points (overall rank #1178 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Louisville projects for 1286.1 combined fantasy points — 273.6 points above the ACC median of 1012.5, ranking #2 of 17 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 454.4 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 Louisville players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | Board Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln Kienholz | QB | 271.4 | — |
| 2 | Isaac Brown | RB | 179.2 | 7.02 |
| 3 | Tre Richardson | WR | 159.9 | 13.04 |
| 4 | Lawayne McCoy | WR | 139.4 | — |
| 5 | Keyjuan Brown | RB | 113.9 | — |
| 6 | Louisville Defense | DEF | 96.6 | 16.09 |
| 7 | Jaleel Skinner | TE | 90.2 | — |
| 8 | Carson Hilbert | K | 82.0 | — |
| 9 | Marquise Davis | RB | 81.8 | — |
| 10 | TreyShun Hurry | WR | 71.7 | — |
| 11 | Braxton Jennings | RB | 57.5 | — |
| 12 | Davin Wydner | QB | 19.1 | — |
| 13 | Lekhy Thompkins | RB | 18.2 | — |
| 14 | Brody Foley | TE | 15.0 | — |
| 15 | Garth White | K | 14.9 | — |
| 16 | Justyn Reid | TE | 13.2 | — |
| 17 | Jackson Voth | WR | 11.2 | — |
| 18 | Kris Hughes | WR | 10.8 | — |
| 19 | Elizjah Lewis | WR | 10.6 | — |
| 20 | Briggs Cherry | QB | 10.2 | — |
| 21 | Ryan Zimmerman | QB | 8.9 | — |
| 22 | Mason Fields | QB | 7.7 | — |
| 23 | Bode Shoaps | K | 7.7 | — |
| 24 | Jakob Dixon | WR | 7.0 | — |
| 25 | Montavin Quisenberry | WR | 6.0 | — |