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California

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Recruiting#17the 2027 class
Offense#4141 touchdowns in 2025
Defense#62by rating, of the 68
Money$23–32Mspend #34
Portal+$5.6M32 in / 36 out · #16
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Depth Chart

Offense · best 11 by role and valueTap a jersey for the profile, swap and compare in the live field →
10102020303040405050
WRSTRONG$1.1MHendricks
WRHENDRICKS$0.9MPerry
SLOTPERRY$0.6MGrayes
TEMINI$1.1MThomas
LTMCMORRIS$0.4MLewis
LGHASENHUETL$0.3MRuffins
CRUFFINS$0.3MRivera
RGRIVERA$0.3MSwinney
RTLEWIS$0.4MArop
QBSAGAPOLUTELE$1.8MBrousseau
RBEMORY$0.4MLeague
Defense · 3-3-5
10102020303040405050
DEWAYNE$1.0MCanady
NTJOHNSON$1.2MCanady
DECANADY$0.6MTelona
LBHAMPTON$0.7MMothudi
LBMOTHUDI$0.4MWilliams
LBWILLIAMS$0.4MBeadles
CBGROVES-KILLEBREW$1.1MHarris
CBHARRIS$0.8MYoung
NBLOPA$2.1MCrosby
SCROSBY$1.1MManutai
SMANUTAI$0.4MSanford

The chip is the model price. Best 11 by role and value from the 2026 roster and the NIL valuations.

The schedule

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SEP 6vs UCLAL 24-45
SEP 12@ SyracuseW 21-18
SEP 19vs WagnerW 49-7
SEP 26vs ClemsonL 10-24
OCT 3@ UNLVL 31-39
OCT 10vs VirginiaW 25-20
OCT 17vs Wake ForestL 7-41
OCT 24@ SMU
OCT 31@ NC State
NOV 14@ Virginia
NOV 21vs Stanford
NOV 28vs Pittsburgh
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This week

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Roster & NIL

Who is paid, who is worth it, and where the money sits.

$27Mmodel payroll across 70 priced players
Where the money sits
DB$7.5M
DL$4.9M
WR$4.0M
LB$3.5M
OL$2.6M
QB$2.4M
TE$1.7M
The top five
1
Kingston LopaS · Sophomore · 4-star · starter
68.5model$2.0M
2
Jaron-Keawe SagapoluteleQB · Sophomore · starter
76.4model$1.8M
3
Jericho JohnsonIDL · Sophomore · 4-star · starter
78.5model$1.2M
4
Ian StrongWR · Senior · 4-star · starter
76.4model$1.1M
5
Mason MiniTE · Junior · starter
72.8model$1.1M
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Player Movement

Who came through the portal, who left, and what each room looks like now.

Position rooms · by Model Score
OT80Lewis, Tafai
WR78Hendricks, Strong
TE78Thomas, Mini
IDL73Johnson, Williams
QB72Sagapolutele, Brousseau
OL67Swinney
RB66Mohammed, Emory
CB66Harris, Groves-Killebrew
LB66Tuitele, Williams
EDGE66Wayne
S63Lopa, Manutai
IOL59Ruffins, Rivera
DB58Hurst
Portal flow · 32 in, 36 out
In $11.7M
Kingston LopaS · from Oregon
$2.1M
Jericho JohnsonDL · from Oregon
$1.2M
Ian StrongWR · from Rutgers
$1.1M
Marquis Groves-KillebrewCB · from Arizona
$1.1M
28 more
Out $9.3M
TJ Bush Jr.EDGE · to Minnesota
$2.9M
Luke FerrelliLB · to Ole Miss
$1.5M
Tyson FordDL · to UCLA
$1.4M
Cade UluaveLB · to BYU
$0.9M
32 more
Net +$2.4M
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Draft

California on the 2027 board, our rank beside the consensus.

On the 2027 board · 5 California players
Kingston LopaS · No. 44 our board68.5modelconsensus 46 ↑
Ian StrongWR · No. 281 our board76.4modelconsensus 347 ↑
Chase HendricksWR · No. 367 our board80.2modelconsensus 394 ↑
Adam MohammedRB · No. 505 our board73.0modelconsensus 537 ↑
Frederick Williams IIIOT · No. 520 our boardconsensus 540 ↑
Moving on our board · since Oct 12
Risers
Nobody moved.
Fallers
Nobody moved.
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