West Virginia Mountaineers
West Virginia's top projected fantasy scorer for the 2026 season is Michael Hawkins Jr., a QB projected for 341.5 points (overall rank #698 among every FBS draftable player on the board). Across its top 10 board-ranked players, West Virginia projects for 1068.2 combined fantasy points — 20.7 points below the Big 12 median of 1088.9, ranking #9 of 16 in the conference. Its deepest position group is quarterbacks, worth 428.5 combined projected points from 7 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 West Virginia players on the Saturday Night Showdown draft board, ranked by projected fantasy points.
| # | Player | Pos | Proj Pts | Board Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Hawkins Jr. | QB | 341.5 | — |
| 2 | Cam Cook | RB | 239.8 | 2.08 |
| 3 | DJ Epps | WR | 132.2 | — |
| 4 | Jack Cassidy | K | 75.3 | — |
| 5 | Amari Latimer | RB | 63.5 | — |
| 6 | West Virginia Defense | DEF | 53.5 | — |
| 7 | Prince Strachan | WR | 49.0 | — |
| 8 | Jaden Bray | WR | 39.8 | — |
| 9 | Scotty Fox Jr. | QB | 38.7 | — |
| 10 | John Neider | WR | 34.9 | — |
| 11 | Cyrus Traugh | WR | 31.6 | — |
| 12 | Ryan Ward | TE | 26.3 | — |
| 13 | Kedrick Triplett | WR | 21.7 | — |
| 14 | Jyron Hughley | QB | 20.9 | — |
| 15 | Martavious Boswell | RB | 12.6 | — |
| 16 | Chris Talley | RB | 12.6 | — |
| 17 | Lawrence Autry | RB | 11.2 | — |
| 18 | Nate Flower | K | 11.0 | — |
| 19 | Josh Sapp | TE | 9.0 | — |
| 20 | Max Anderson | QB | 8.9 | — |
| 21 | Darius Morant | RB | 7.5 | — |
| 22 | Wyatt Walker Brown | QB | 7.2 | — |
| 23 | Peter Notaro | K | 7.0 | — |
| 24 | John Johnson III | QB | 7.0 | — |
| 25 | TaRon Francis | WR | 6.4 | — |