Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Wake Forest's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Gio Lopez, a QB projected for 317.4 points (overall rank #123 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, Wake Forest projects for 1149.3 combined fantasy points — 136.8 points above the ACC median of 1012.5, ranking #5 of 17 in the conference. Its deepest position group is wide receivers, worth 585.0 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 | 317.4 | 13.03 |
| 2 | Carlos Hernandez | WR | 211.9 | 5.05 |
| 3 | Jack Foley | WR | 115.8 | — |
| 4 | Connor Calvert | K | 103.0 | — |
| 5 | Ty Clark III | RB | 91.5 | — |
| 6 | Deuce Lawrence | RB | 90.5 | — |
| 7 | Wake Forest Defense | DEF | 78.8 | — |
| 8 | Kam Shanks | WR | 57.7 | — |
| 9 | Antonio Meeks | WR | 49.2 | — |
| 10 | Kamrean Johnson | TE | 33.5 | — |
| 11 | Drayden Dickmann | WR | 30.0 | — |
| 12 | Jamar Searcy | RB | 28.3 | — |
| 13 | Steele Pizzella | QB | 27.9 | — |
| 14 | Will Loerzel | TE | 27.0 | — |
| 15 | Bryce Kania | WR | 26.8 | — |
| 16 | Wondame Davis Jr. | WR | 21.1 | — |
| 17 | Devin Goldston | WR | 20.4 | — |
| 18 | Landon Morris | TE | 15.8 | — |
| 19 | Matthew Lusardi | TE | 13.2 | — |
| 20 | KD Daniels | RB | 11.4 | — |
| 21 | Walker Bryson | WR | 11.4 | — |
| 22 | Ryan Henley | RB | 11.2 | — |
| 23 | Dominick Barry | TE | 9.6 | — |
| 24 | Billy Johnson | QB | 8.4 | — |
| 25 | Grant Lawless | QB | 7.4 | — |