Utah Utes
Utah's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Devon Dampier, a QB projected for 300.6 points (overall rank #21 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Utah projects for 1326.0 combined fantasy points — 237.1 points above the Big 12 median of 1088.9, ranking #1 of 16 in the conference. Its deepest position group is running backs, worth 481.9 combined projected points from 8 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 Utah players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | Board Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devon Dampier | QB | 300.6 | 3.01 |
| 2 | Wayshawn Parker | RB | 300.0 | 1.04 |
| 3 | Braden Pegan | WR | 164.0 | 8.06 |
| 4 | Byrd Ficklin | QB | 105.7 | — |
| 5 | Utah Defense | DEF | 105.1 | 16.01 |
| 6 | Dillon Curtis | K | 88.5 | — |
| 7 | Noah Bennee | TE | 82.4 | — |
| 8 | Daniel Bray | RB | 67.4 | — |
| 9 | Ricky Johnson | WR | 62.7 | — |
| 10 | Creed Whittemore | WR | 49.6 | — |
| 11 | Larry Simmons | WR | 45.0 | — |
| 12 | Hunter Andrews | TE | 40.0 | — |
| 13 | Steve Chavez-Soto | RB | 39.0 | — |
| 14 | LaMarcus Bell | RB | 38.1 | — |
| 15 | Kyri Shoels | WR | 37.2 | — |
| 16 | Semi Taulanga | TE | 21.7 | — |
| 17 | Mana Carvalho | WR | 18.5 | — |
| 18 | Nate Johnson | RB | 10.3 | — |
| 19 | Michael Johnson | QB | 10.0 | — |
| 20 | Kane Archer | QB | 10.0 | — |
| 21 | Anthony Hernandez | RB | 9.6 | — |
| 22 | Tobias Merriweather | WR | 9.3 | — |
| 23 | Tanner Cragun | K | 9.2 | — |
| 24 | Peyton Rice | WR | 9.0 | — |
| 25 | Mateaki Helu | RB | 8.8 | — |