Rice Owls
Rice's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Jacurri Brown, a QB projected for 170.6 points (overall rank #2907 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Rice projects for 589.3 combined fantasy points — 288.4 points below the American Athletic median of 877.7, ranking #14 of 14 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 281.3 combined projected points from 18 rostered players.
Yahoo Sports' 2026 college fantasy product covers only the Power-4 conferences plus Notre Dame — the American Athletic isn't in it. Saturday Night Showdown carries all 138 FBS programs, Rice 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 Rice players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | Board Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacurri Brown | QB | 170.6 | — |
| 2 | Tyvonn Byars | RB | 74.7 | — |
| 3 | Quinton Jackson | RB | 57.4 | — |
| 4 | D'Andre Hardeman Jr. | RB | 52.6 | — |
| 5 | Ben Grice | WR | 49.8 | — |
| 6 | Jordan Clark | WR | 46.2 | — |
| 7 | Max Mosey | WR | 37.9 | — |
| 8 | Barry Jackson Jr. | WR | 35.0 | — |
| 9 | Enock Gota | K | 33.1 | — |
| 10 | Gael Ochoa | QB | 32.0 | — |
| 11 | Rice Defense | DEF | 29.6 | — |
| 12 | Tommy Bauchiero | K | 28.8 | — |
| 13 | Braylen Walker | WR | 20.4 | — |
| 14 | Payton Matthews | WR | 15.7 | — |
| 15 | Carson Morgan | RB | 15.2 | — |
| 16 | Colin Leahey | WR | 14.7 | — |
| 17 | Chris Bruce | WR | 10.2 | — |
| 18 | Patrick Crayton Jr. | QB | 8.2 | — |
| 19 | Ayden Wilhelm | QB | 7.2 | — |
| 20 | Jake Renda | WR | 6.7 | — |
| 21 | Justin Powell | RB | 6.5 | — |
| 22 | Owen Carter | WR | 6.0 | — |
| 23 | Larry DeBose IV | WR | 6.0 | — |
| 24 | Jackson Ranucci | WR | 6.0 | — |
| 25 | Dionne Sims | RB | 5.8 | — |