Northern Illinois Huskies
Northern Illinois's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is DeAree Rogers, a WR projected for 141.4 points (overall rank #120 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Northern Illinois projects for 689.1 combined fantasy points — 92.2 points below the Mountain West median of 781.3, ranking #8 of 10 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 406.0 combined projected points from 14 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 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 Northern Illinois players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | Board Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeAree Rogers | WR | 141.4 | 12.10 |
| 2 | Telly Johnson Jr. | RB | 137.2 | 11.10 |
| 3 | Taron Dickens | QB | 80.6 | — |
| 4 | Northern Illinois Defense | DEF | 60.8 | — |
| 5 | Cam Thompson | WR | 59.3 | — |
| 6 | La'Don Bryant | WR | 57.0 | — |
| 7 | Elijah Porter | RB | 43.6 | — |
| 8 | Jalen Macon | QB | 42.3 | — |
| 9 | JJ Schlenhardt | K | 33.7 | — |
| 10 | Rickey Taylor Jr. | WR | 33.2 | — |
| 11 | George Dimopoulos | WR | 28.6 | — |
| 12 | Kelan McInerney | WR | 24.1 | — |
| 13 | Ryan Short | K | 15.2 | — |
| 14 | Zaire McKinney | WR | 14.6 | — |
| 15 | Jason Fowler | TE | 13.8 | — |
| 16 | Brady Davidson | QB | 12.2 | — |
| 17 | Ean Hamric | QB | 11.5 | — |
| 18 | Liam Russo | TE | 11.4 | — |
| 19 | Glen Weber | TE | 10.9 | — |
| 20 | Bryshawn Brown | QB | 9.6 | — |
| 21 | Asa Johnson | QB | 9.6 | — |
| 22 | Cole Latimer | QB | 9.6 | — |
| 23 | Joe Stein | TE | 9.4 | — |
| 24 | Tavaris Coles | WR | 8.4 | — |
| 25 | Kevin Holmes Jr. | WR | 8.4 | — |