Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Wake Forest's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Robby Ashford, a QB projected for 139.2 points (overall rank #3884 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Wake Forest projects for 777.7 combined fantasy points — 62.7 points below the ACC median of 840.4, ranking #12 of 17 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 798.6 combined projected points from 18 rostered players.
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Projected points and ADP are Saturday Night Showdown's own 2026 season-long projections and live draft-board averages, generated before Week 0 kicks off — not stats from games already played.
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 | ADP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robby Ashford | QB | 139.2 | 324.08 |
| 2 | Carlos Hernandez | WR | 88.2 | 86.06 |
| 3 | Chris Barnes | WR | 88.0 | 86.09 |
| 4 | Connor Calvert | K | 75.9 | 16.06 |
| 5 | Billy Johnson | QB | 72.0 | 437.12 |
| 6 | Grant Lawless | QB | 67.2 | 445.08 |
| 7 | Elijiah Oehlke | QB | 64.8 | 463.01 |
| 8 | Gannon Jones | QB | 64.8 | 454.08 |
| 9 | David Egbe | RB | 60.0 | 168.12 |
| 10 | Drew Pickett | RB | 57.6 | 189.11 |
| 11 | Reginald Vick Jr. | WR | 57.6 | 176.09 |
| 12 | Wesley Stroebel | WR | 56.4 | 181.10 |
| 13 | Ben Grice | WR | 54.0 | 211.07 |
| 14 | Ryan Henley | RB | 54.0 | 227.02 |
| 15 | Kalil Townes | RB | 54.0 | 228.11 |
| 16 | Christian Lawrence | RB | 52.8 | 232.02 |
| 17 | Bryce Kania | WR | 50.4 | 256.12 |
| 18 | Jack Foley | WR | 50.4 | 256.11 |
| 19 | Devin Goldston | WR | 50.4 | 244.10 |
| 20 | Micah Mays Jr. | WR | 49.8 | 260.04 |
| 21 | Deshawn Purdie | QB | 49.6 | 467.07 |
| 22 | Hugh O'Brien | WR | 48.0 | 299.02 |
| 23 | Austin Rinello | WR | 48.0 | 297.05 |
| 24 | Kobe Adeleke-Hokes | WR | 48.0 | 273.08 |
| 25 | Elijah Otieno | WR | 48.0 | 276.10 |