North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Gio Lopez, a QB projected for 135.0 points (overall rank #3947 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, North Carolina projects for 751.7 combined fantasy points — 88.7 points below the ACC median of 840.4, ranking #13 of 17 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 823.9 combined projected points from 21 rostered players.
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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 North Carolina players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | ADP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gio Lopez | QB | 135.0 | 329.11 |
| 2 | Jordan Shipp | WR | 87.4 | 113.07 |
| 3 | DJ Mazzone | QB | 72.0 | 437.03 |
| 4 | Andres Miyares Jr. | QB | 72.0 | 437.04 |
| 5 | Bryce Baker | QB | 67.2 | 440.04 |
| 6 | Travis Burgess | QB | 67.2 | 445.01 |
| 7 | Demon June | RB | 66.0 | 138.10 |
| 8 | Rece Verhoff | K | 64.2 | 26.10 |
| 9 | Mason Humphrey | WR | 61.2 | 148.11 |
| 10 | Kobe Paysour | WR | 59.5 | 159.09 |
| 11 | Guytano Bartolomeo | K | 58.8 | 35.02 |
| 12 | David Green | K | 58.8 | 31.08 |
| 13 | Dayton Sneed | WR | 56.4 | 182.12 |
| 14 | Trech Kekahuna | WR | 54.6 | 203.08 |
| 15 | Jo Jo Troupe | RB | 54.0 | 215.07 |
| 16 | Crew Davis | RB | 54.0 | 221.07 |
| 17 | Billy Edwards Jr. | QB | 53.2 | 466.11 |
| 18 | Jaylon Nichols | RB | 52.8 | 230.05 |
| 19 | Kenedy Uzoma | WR | 50.4 | 252.06 |
| 20 | Keeyun Chapman | WR | 50.4 | 241.04 |
| 21 | Carnell Warren | WR | 50.4 | 249.01 |
| 22 | Jason Robinson Jr. | WR | 48.0 | 288.08 |
| 23 | Adrian Wilson | WR | 48.0 | 262.09 |
| 24 | CJ Sadler | WR | 48.0 | 282.04 |
| 25 | Nyqir Helton | WR | 48.0 | 284.02 |