Utah Utes
Utah's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Devon Dampier, a QB projected for 296.9 points (overall rank #23 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Utah projects for 1366.8 combined fantasy points — 397.2 points above the Big 12 median of 969.6, ranking #1 of 16 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 546.2 combined projected points from 13 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 | 296.9 | 3.03 |
| 2 | Wayshawn Parker | RB | 220.1 | 2.08 |
| 3 | Byrd Ficklin | QB | 166.3 | — |
| 4 | Braden Pegan | WR | 142.3 | — |
| 5 | Utah Defense | DEF | 105.1 | 16.02 |
| 6 | Kyri Shoels | WR | 102.0 | — |
| 7 | Dillon Curtis | K | 96.2 | — |
| 8 | Larry Simmons | WR | 83.2 | — |
| 9 | Steve Chavez-Soto | RB | 78.8 | — |
| 10 | Hunter Andrews | TE | 75.9 | — |
| 11 | LaMarcus Bell | RB | 70.8 | — |
| 12 | Noah Bennee | TE | 49.6 | — |
| 13 | Daniel Bray | RB | 49.0 | — |
| 14 | Creed Whittemore | WR | 39.1 | — |
| 15 | Mana Carvalho | WR | 32.7 | — |
| 16 | Nate Johnson | RB | 32.5 | — |
| 17 | Tobias Merriweather | WR | 26.1 | — |
| 18 | Tanner Cragun | K | 22.2 | — |
| 19 | Ricky Johnson | WR | 20.0 | — |
| 20 | Michael Johnson | QB | 19.2 | — |
| 21 | Kane Archer | QB | 19.2 | — |
| 22 | Anthony Hernandez | RB | 18.6 | — |
| 23 | Daidren Zipperer | WR | 18.0 | — |
| 24 | Peyton Rice | WR | 17.4 | — |
| 25 | Matt Clark | WR | 16.8 | — |