Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Wake Forest's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Gio Lopez, a QB projected for 241.8 points (overall rank #737 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Wake Forest projects for 1027.2 combined fantasy points — 105.7 points above the ACC median of 921.5, ranking #5 of 17 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 601.0 combined projected points from 17 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 Wake Forest players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | Board Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gio Lopez | QB | 241.8 | — |
| 2 | Carlos Hernandez | WR | 161.8 | 10.05 |
| 3 | Connor Calvert | K | 102.1 | — |
| 4 | Ty Clark III | RB | 91.7 | — |
| 5 | Wondame Davis Jr. | WR | 81.8 | — |
| 6 | Kam Shanks | WR | 80.0 | — |
| 7 | Wake Forest Defense | DEF | 78.8 | — |
| 8 | Antonio Meeks | WR | 75.8 | — |
| 9 | Deuce Lawrence | RB | 60.1 | — |
| 10 | Landon Morris | TE | 53.3 | — |
| 11 | KD Daniels | RB | 29.5 | — |
| 12 | Kamrean Johnson | TE | 29.5 | — |
| 13 | Bryce Kania | WR | 28.2 | — |
| 14 | Drayden Dickmann | WR | 26.6 | — |
| 15 | Steele Pizzella | QB | 26.4 | — |
| 16 | Hugh O'Brien | WR | 23.8 | — |
| 17 | Billy Johnson | QB | 21.0 | — |
| 18 | Grant Lawless | QB | 18.6 | — |
| 19 | Gannon Jones | QB | 18.0 | — |
| 20 | Sawyer Seidl | RB | 17.4 | — |
| 21 | Ryan Henley | RB | 16.8 | — |
| 22 | Kyndall McCaleb | RB | 15.6 | — |
| 23 | Chase Tyler | WR | 14.3 | — |
| 24 | Braxton Winston III | WR | 13.8 | — |
| 25 | Jack Foley | WR | 13.8 | — |