Northwestern Wildcats
Northwestern's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Aidan Chiles, a QB projected for 276.0 points (overall rank #88 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Northwestern projects for 1158.6 combined fantasy points — 113.2 points above the Big Ten median of 1045.4, ranking #5 of 18 in the conference. Its deepest position group is running backs, worth 403.9 combined projected points from 8 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 Northwestern players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | Board Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aidan Chiles | QB | 276.0 | 9.08 |
| 2 | Griffin Wilde | WR | 165.6 | 5.06 |
| 3 | Joseph Himon II | RB | 158.1 | 11.01 |
| 4 | Caleb Komolafe | RB | 152.3 | 6.06 |
| 5 | Jackson Kleather | K | 96.7 | — |
| 6 | Alex Honig | TE | 73.2 | — |
| 7 | Drew Wagner | WR | 71.5 | — |
| 8 | Northwestern Defense | DEF | 64.5 | — |
| 9 | Luke Dehnicke | TE | 51.7 | — |
| 10 | Gavin Sawchuk | RB | 49.0 | — |
| 11 | Hayden Eligon II | WR | 37.7 | — |
| 12 | Nicco Marchiol | QB | 30.4 | — |
| 13 | Ricky Ahumaraeze | WR | 25.0 | — |
| 14 | Sean Morris II | RB | 15.8 | — |
| 15 | Gavin Frakes | QB | 11.2 | — |
| 16 | Henry Helms | K | 10.6 | — |
| 17 | Aidan Gray | QB | 10.6 | — |
| 18 | Ryan Boe | QB | 10.4 | — |
| 19 | Sean Winton | QB | 10.0 | — |
| 20 | Marcus Romain | RB | 9.7 | — |
| 21 | Noah Sur | K | 9.6 | — |
| 22 | Johnny O'Brien | QB | 9.3 | — |
| 23 | Frank Covey IV | WR | 8.5 | — |
| 24 | Camp Magee | WR | 8.1 | — |
| 25 | Robby Preckel | RB | 7.8 | — |