Rice Owls

American Athletic FBS Houston, TX

Rice's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Chase Jenkins, a QB projected for 111.1 points (overall rank #4764 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Rice projects for 687.7 combined fantasy points — 61.8 points below the American Athletic median of 749.5, ranking #10 of 14 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 515.3 combined projected points from 20 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 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 Rice players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.

#PlayerPosProj PtsADP
1Chase JenkinsQB111.1397.12
2Quinton JacksonRB91.380.07
3AJ PadgettQB78.0431.01
4Aaron TurnerWR68.9130.10
5Ayden WilhelmQB64.8456.07
6Max BalthazarWR58.8164.04
7Tommy BauchieroK58.829.08
8Trei KibblesRB52.8230.02
9Dionne SimsRB52.8232.11
10Owen CarterWR50.4257.07
11Larry DeBose IVWR48.0292.01
12Jackson RanucciWR48.0292.03
13Colin LeaheyWR48.0292.02
14Jai Jacobs-FordWR48.0279.12
15Preston JacksonWR48.0281.02
16Drayden DickmannWR45.1306.08
17Alex ScherleTE38.465.12
18DAndre Hardeman Jr.RB34.2320.05
19Will SwartzTE33.684.06
20Rhys PhillipsTE32.487.11
21Colten ColeTE32.4101.11
22Enock GotaK30.442.12
23Tyvonn ByarsRB22.8336.08
24Tyson ThompsonWR14.1350.08
25Braylen WalkerWR13.2352.08

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