North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Billy Edwards Jr., a QB projected for 157.5 points (overall rank #1705 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, North Carolina projects for 818.3 combined fantasy points — 194.2 points below the ACC median of 1012.5, ranking #15 of 17 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 280.0 combined projected points from 13 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 North Carolina players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | Board Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Edwards Jr. | QB | 157.5 | — |
| 2 | Jordan Shipp | WR | 114.9 | — |
| 3 | Demon June | RB | 110.4 | — |
| 4 | Jelani Thurman | TE | 105.3 | 9.02 |
| 5 | Benjamin Hall | RB | 97.5 | — |
| 6 | North Carolina Defense | DEF | 76.6 | — |
| 7 | Shamar Easter | TE | 53.2 | — |
| 8 | C.J. Sadler | WR | 35.2 | — |
| 9 | Rece Verhoff | K | 34.2 | — |
| 10 | Aeron Burrell | K | 33.5 | — |
| 11 | Trech Kekahuna | WR | 26.4 | — |
| 12 | Jaden Jefferson | WR | 26.1 | — |
| 13 | Jaylen McGill | RB | 22.9 | — |
| 14 | Mason Humphrey | WR | 16.4 | — |
| 15 | Jaxxon Warren | TE | 15.4 | — |
| 16 | Miles O'Neill | QB | 13.6 | — |
| 17 | Travis Burgess | QB | 13.0 | — |
| 18 | JoJo Troupe | RB | 12.2 | — |
| 19 | DJ Mazzone | QB | 11.2 | — |
| 20 | Andres Miyares Jr. | QB | 11.2 | — |
| 21 | David Green | K | 10.9 | — |
| 22 | Crew Davis | RB | 10.7 | — |
| 23 | Zamaurious Robertson | WR | 9.0 | — |
| 24 | Dayton Sneed | WR | 8.8 | — |
| 25 | Madrid Tucker | WR | 8.8 | — |