Northern Illinois Huskies
Northern Illinois's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Jalen Macon, a QB projected for 120.6 points (overall rank #2907 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Northern Illinois projects for 595.4 combined fantasy points — 115.9 points below the Mountain West median of 711.3, ranking #8 of 10 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 357.6 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 | Jalen Macon | QB | 120.6 | — |
| 2 | Telly Johnson Jr. | RB | 109.6 | — |
| 3 | DeAree Rogers | WR | 79.1 | — |
| 4 | Northern Illinois Defense | DEF | 60.8 | — |
| 5 | Cam Thompson | WR | 56.2 | — |
| 6 | Kelan McInerney | WR | 45.3 | — |
| 7 | Elijah Porter | RB | 33.4 | — |
| 8 | Taron Dickens | QB | 30.8 | — |
| 9 | Rickey Taylor Jr. | WR | 30.2 | — |
| 10 | Ryan Short | K | 29.4 | — |
| 11 | La'Don Bryant | WR | 27.8 | — |
| 12 | Brady Davidson | QB | 25.0 | — |
| 13 | Jaidaun Cranford | RB | 24.9 | — |
| 14 | Ean Hamric | QB | 22.2 | — |
| 15 | Glen Weber | TE | 22.2 | — |
| 16 | JJ Schlenhardt | K | 19.2 | — |
| 17 | Bryshawn Brown | QB | 18.6 | — |
| 18 | Asa Johnson | QB | 18.6 | — |
| 19 | Cole Latimer | QB | 18.6 | — |
| 20 | Tavaris Coles | WR | 16.2 | — |
| 21 | Kevin Holmes Jr. | WR | 16.2 | — |
| 22 | Da'sean Howard | RB | 15.6 | — |
| 23 | Reginald Craig | RB | 15.0 | — |
| 24 | Afy Ibekwe | WR | 13.8 | — |
| 25 | Zaire McKinney | WR | 13.8 | — |