Northern Illinois Huskies

Mountain West FBS DeKalb, IL

Northern Illinois's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Telly Johnson Jr., a RB projected for 79.1 points (overall rank #1456 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Northern Illinois projects for 647.3 combined fantasy points — 78.1 points below the Mountain West median of 725.4, ranking #8 of 10 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 523.0 combined projected points from 16 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, Northern Illinois 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 Northern Illinois players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.

#PlayerPosProj PtsADP
1Telly Johnson Jr.RB79.1122.04
2Jackson ProctorQB75.6432.09
3DeAree RogersWR72.6126.11
4Bryshawn BrownQB67.2444.01
5Austin BullockK64.826.03
6Dane HatfieldQB64.8460.06
7JJ SchlenhardtK58.833.11
8Andrew BondWR56.4184.05
9Reginald CraigRB54.0224.11
10Da'sean HowardRB54.0221.08
11Jaiduan CranfordRB52.8232.12
12Jalen MaconQB51.0467.04
13Zaire McKinneyWR50.4247.09
14Jamari McIvoryWR48.0289.05
15Thomas McCoyWR48.0281.11
16Afy IbekweWR48.0281.10
17Keagan Ruane-MartinoWR48.0281.12
18CJ HarkinsWR48.0278.03
19Jermaine GreenWR48.0278.04
20Josh HolstQB42.7467.11
21Joe SteinTE33.683.04
22Casey PopishTE32.4100.01
23Liam RussoTE32.4100.02
24Caleb HaackTE32.499.12
25Tyler KlanerTE32.497.06

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