Northwestern Wildcats

Big Ten FBS Evanston, IL

Northwestern's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Griffin Wilde, a WR projected for 135.3 points (overall rank #59 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Northwestern projects for 796.1 combined fantasy points — 132.0 points below the Big Ten median of 928.1, ranking #15 of 18 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 597.6 combined projected points from 14 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 Northwestern players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.

#PlayerPosProj PtsADP
1Griffin WildeWR135.35.11
2Caleb KomolafeRB120.310.04
3Preston StoneQB78.2430.02
4Gavin FrakesQB78.0430.11
5Henry HelmsK64.825.02
6Marcus RomainQB64.8460.08
7Sean WintonQB64.8464.04
8Johnny O'BrienQB64.8455.01
9Joseph Himon IIRB63.9145.01
10Tate CraneWR61.2148.10
11Noah SurK58.831.11
12Hayden Eligon IIWR55.3194.09
13Sean Morris IIRB54.0218.10
14Ronny JohnsonRB52.8233.05
15Cam RussellWR50.4257.09
16Brennan SaxeWR50.4238.08
17Jaden McDuffieWR50.4243.01
18Keaton ReinkeWR50.4244.08
19Braden BlueittWR48.0299.06
20Dube EnongeneWR48.0299.07
21Chris PetrucciTE38.468.11
22Camp MageeTE36.076.04
23Patrick SchallerTE33.684.03
24Cam PorterRB32.6322.03
25Tyler KielmeyerTE32.4109.07

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