Rice Owls
Rice's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Quinton Jackson, a RB projected for 159.1 points (overall rank #106 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Rice projects for 669.7 combined fantasy points — 126.4 points below the American Athletic median of 796.1, ranking #14 of 14 in the conference. Its deepest position group is running backs, worth 366.5 combined projected points from 6 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 | Quinton Jackson | RB | 159.1 | 11.06 |
| 2 | Jacurri Brown | QB | 127.7 | — |
| 3 | DAndre Hardeman Jr. | RB | 84.3 | — |
| 4 | Tyvonn Byars | RB | 61.4 | — |
| 5 | Gael Ochoa | QB | 61.4 | — |
| 6 | Enock Gota | K | 57.0 | — |
| 7 | Max Mosey | WR | 31.4 | — |
| 8 | Rice Defense | DEF | 29.6 | — |
| 9 | Braylen Walker | WR | 29.5 | — |
| 10 | Patrick Crayton Jr. | QB | 28.3 | — |
| 11 | Ben Grice | WR | 25.8 | — |
| 12 | Carson Morgan | RB | 24.3 | — |
| 13 | Justin Powell | RB | 23.0 | — |
| 14 | Tommy Bauchiero | K | 19.2 | — |
| 15 | Ayden Wilhelm | QB | 18.0 | — |
| 16 | Jake Renda | WR | 16.8 | — |
| 17 | Payton Matthews | WR | 15.8 | — |
| 18 | Davis Lane | WR | 15.5 | — |
| 19 | Owen Carter | WR | 15.0 | — |
| 20 | Larry DeBose IV | WR | 15.0 | — |
| 21 | Jackson Ranucci | WR | 15.0 | — |
| 22 | Dionne Sims | RB | 14.4 | — |
| 23 | Will Swartz | TE | 13.2 | — |
| 24 | Colin Leahey | WR | 13.2 | — |
| 25 | Jai Jacobs-Ford | WR | 13.2 | — |