UCLA Bruins
UCLA's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Wayne Knight, a RB projected for 280.3 points (overall rank #6 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, UCLA projects for 1059.0 combined fantasy points — 13.6 points above the Big Ten median of 1045.4, ranking #8 of 18 in the conference. Its deepest position group is running backs, worth 526.2 combined projected points from 6 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 UCLA players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | Board Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Knight | RB | 280.3 | 1.06 |
| 2 | Nico Iamaleava | QB | 176.8 | — |
| 3 | Anthony Woods | RB | 121.5 | — |
| 4 | Mateen Bhaghani | K | 88.0 | — |
| 5 | Semaj Morgan | WR | 86.2 | — |
| 6 | Jaivian Thomas | RB | 80.6 | — |
| 7 | Aidan Mizell | WR | 67.1 | — |
| 8 | Brian Rowe Jr. | WR | 57.1 | — |
| 9 | Leland Smith | WR | 51.8 | — |
| 10 | Landon Ellis | WR | 49.6 | — |
| 11 | Mikey Matthews | WR | 36.0 | — |
| 12 | Troy Leigber | RB | 34.3 | — |
| 13 | Ty Dieffenbach | QB | 30.2 | — |
| 14 | UCLA Defense | DEF | 26.9 | — |
| 15 | Brayden Loftin | TE | 25.7 | — |
| 16 | Noah Fox-Flores | TE | 19.4 | — |
| 17 | Josh Phifer | TE | 17.8 | — |
| 18 | Jackson Meehan | WR | 15.8 | — |
| 19 | Madden Iamaleava | QB | 14.0 | — |
| 20 | Jalen Saint Paul | WR | 12.7 | — |
| 21 | Shane Rosenthal | WR | 12.3 | — |
| 22 | Colton Gumino | QB | 10.0 | — |
| 23 | Mateo Orosco | K | 9.6 | — |
| 24 | DJ Bordeaux | QB | 9.0 | — |
| 25 | Jace Brown | WR | 7.5 | — |