New Mexico Lobos
New Mexico's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Jack Layne, a QB projected for 136.4 points (overall rank #3932 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, New Mexico projects for 774.9 combined fantasy points — 49.5 points above the Mountain West median of 725.4, ranking #3 of 10 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 748.4 combined projected points from 18 rostered players.
Yahoo Sports' 2026 college fantasy product covers only the Power-4 conferences plus Notre Dame — the Mountain West isn't in it. Saturday Night Showdown carries all 138 FBS programs, New Mexico included.
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 New Mexico players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | ADP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Layne | QB | 136.4 | 328.08 |
| 2 | D.J. McKinney | RB | 89.1 | 113.04 |
| 3 | Keagan Johnson | WR | 88.4 | 86.03 |
| 4 | Gabriel Motschenbacher | QB | 72.0 | 437.02 |
| 5 | Cole Welliver | QB | 67.2 | 440.01 |
| 6 | Grant Glasgow | K | 67.2 | 20.10 |
| 7 | Cade Mitchell | QB | 67.2 | 444.02 |
| 8 | Luke Drzewiecki | K | 63.8 | 26.11 |
| 9 | Ty Battle | RB | 62.4 | 152.05 |
| 10 | Rei Iwai | RB | 61.2 | 158.03 |
| 11 | Christian Munguia | K | 58.8 | 31.12 |
| 12 | Xavier Van | WR | 56.4 | 182.11 |
| 13 | Kader Diop | WR | 56.4 | 180.10 |
| 14 | KJ Cherry | WR | 55.2 | 198.01 |
| 15 | Evan Wysong | WR | 54.0 | 213.07 |
| 16 | Darrion Bowers | RB | 52.8 | 233.02 |
| 17 | Gabriel Wilson | RB | 52.8 | 232.04 |
| 18 | JT Jeter | WR | 50.4 | 257.06 |
| 19 | Dorian Patterson | WR | 50.4 | 247.03 |
| 20 | Miles Johnson | WR | 48.0 | 288.06 |
| 21 | Jered Rennick | WR | 48.0 | 279.08 |
| 22 | Massiah Mingo | WR | 48.0 | 274.08 |
| 23 | DJ Darling | WR | 48.0 | 275.01 |
| 24 | Jacob Maldonado | WR | 48.0 | 278.09 |
| 25 | Bailen George | WR | 48.0 | 280.10 |