California
ACC · 2026 season. What the roster costs, what every player is worth by our Model Price, and who came and went in the portal. Estimates with the inputs public; reported deals labeled and sourced.
Est. roster spend
$20.2M - $26.7M
#34 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-6
32 in, 36 out
Top Model Price
$1.5M
Ian Strong
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#26 in P4
Skill-position value over replacement, summed
Spend is a band on purpose: collective money is not public, so anyone quoting an exact payroll is guessing. Roster strength covers skill positions only, from the same college fantasy model behind our 2026 rankings.
Roster with Model Prices
Every California player in our valuation set, priced by the model. Where a real deal has been credibly reported, that number shows instead with a source link and the word reported right on the badge.
| # | Player | Pos | Role | Price | Model Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Strong | WR | starter | $1.5M | $1.5M |
| 2 | Mason Mini | TE | starter | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| 3 | Chase Hendricks | WR | starter | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| 4 | Jackson Brousseau | QB | starter | $979K | $979K |
| 5 | Jericho Johnson | DL | starter | $743K | $743K |
| 6 | Daniel McMorris | OT | starter | $649K | $649K |
| 7 | Daniel Harris | CB | starter | $524K | $524K |
| 8 | Emmanuel Okoye | EDGE | starter | $523K | $523K |
| 9 | Ashun Shepphard | DL | starter | $523K | $523K |
| 10 | Frank Fanua | DL | starter | $523K | $523K |
| 11 | Ashton Rivera | IOL | starter | $456K | $456K |
| 12 | Jacob Arop | OT | starter | $456K | $456K |
| 13 | Jimothy Lewis Jr. | OT | starter | $456K | $456K |
| 14 | Esaiah Wong | OT | starter | $456K | $456K |
| 15 | Jordan King | WR | starter | $453K | $453K |
| 16 | Rico Walker | TE | depth | $420K | $420K |
| 17 | Michael Hurst | S | starter | $398K | $398K |
| 18 | Marquis Groves-Killebrew | CB | starter | $398K | $398K |
| 19 | Ernest Nunley | CB | starter | $398K | $398K |
| 20 | Dorian Thomas | TE | rotation | $375K | $375K |
| 21 | Adam Mohammed | RB | starter | $369K | $369K |
| 22 | Mark Hamper | WR | rotation | $330K | $330K |
| 23 | QuaRon Adams | WR | rotation | $295K | $295K |
| 24 | AJ Tuitele | LB | starter | $285K | $285K |
| 25 | Kamar Mothudi | LB | starter | $285K | $285K |
| 26 | Jonathan McKinley | LB | starter | $285K | $285K |
| 27 | Kingston Lopa | S | starter | $281K | $281K |
| 28 | Alonzo Esparza | QB | rotation | $264K | $264K |
| 29 | Luca Wolf | TE | depth | $259K | $259K |
| 30 | Taimane Purcell | TE | depth | $258K | $258K |
| 31 | Cooper Perry | WR | rotation | $248K | $248K |
| 32 | Victor Santino | RB | rotation | $221K | $221K |
| 33 | Joshua Pierce | EDGE | rotation | $214K | $214K |
| 34 | Jayden Williams | DL | rotation | $212K | $212K |
| 35 | Aiden Manutai | DB | rotation | $210K | $210K |
| 36 | Kingston Schirmer | DL | rotation | $206K | $206K |
| 37 | Brent Austin | DB | rotation | $164K | $164K |
| 38 | Cole Boscia | WR | depth | $157K | $157K |
| 39 | Mykeal Rabess | OT | rotation | $152K | $152K |
| 40 | Kahlee Tafai | OT | rotation | $152K | $152K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for California: 32 in, 36 out, net star flow -6. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Lopa | S | 4 | IN | Oregon | winter |
| Ian Strong | WR | 4 | IN | Rutgers | winter |
| Adam Mohammed | RB | 4 | IN | Washington | winter |
| Dorian Thomas | TE | 4 | IN | New Mexico | winter |
| Chase Hendricks | WR | 4 | IN | Ohio | winter |
| Jericho Johnson | DL | 4 | IN | Oregon | winter |
| Jacob Arop | OT | 3 | IN | South Dakota | winter |
| Carter Vargas | RB | 3 | IN | UC Davis | winter |
| Mykeal Rabess | OT | 3 | IN | Florida International | winter |
| Ashten Emory | RB | 3 | IN | UTEP | winter |
| Solomon Williams | EDGE | 3 | IN | Texas A&M | winter |
| Michael Hurst | S | 3 | IN | Northern Arizona | winter |
| Jimothy Lewis Jr. | OT | 3 | IN | Mississippi State | winter |
| Justin Beadles | EDGE | 3 | IN | Louisville | winter |
| Ashun Shepphard | DL | 3 | IN | Mississippi State | winter |
| Tristan Jernigan | LB | 3 | IN | Texas A&M | winter |
| Marquis Groves-Killebrew | CB | 3 | IN | Arizona | winter |
| Towns McGough | K | 3 | IN | Auburn | winter |
| Kahlee Tafai | OT | 3 | IN | Minnesota | winter |
| Ashton Rivera | IOL | 3 | IN | Kent State | winter |
| Daniel Harris | CB | 3 | IN | Georgia | winter |
| Jackson Brousseau | QB | 3 | IN | Colorado State | winter |
| AJ Tuitele | LB | 3 | IN | USC | winter |
| Emmanuel Okoye | EDGE | 3 | IN | Tennessee | winter |
| Jayden Williams | DL | 3 | IN | North Texas | winter |
| Cooper Perry | WR | 3 | IN | Oregon | winter |
| Ricky Fletcher | CB | 3 | IN | Ole Miss | winter |
| Joshua Pierce | EDGE | 3 | IN | North Texas | winter |
| Kamar Mothudi | LB | 3 | IN | Oregon | winter |
| Rico Walker | TE | 3 | IN | Purdue | winter |
| Angus Davies | P | - | IN | Tulsa | winter |
| David Bird | LS | - | IN | Alabama | other |
| Kendrick Raphael | RB | 4 | OUT | SMU | winter |
| Cade Uluave | LB | 4 | OUT | BYU | winter |
| Devin Brown | QB | 4 | OUT | Weber State | winter |
| Luke Ferrelli | LB | 4 | OUT | Ole Miss | winter |
| Ryan McCulloch | EDGE | 3 | OUT | UCLA | winter |
| Nate Burrell | DL | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Jordan Spasojevic-Moko | IOL | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| TJ Bush Jr. | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Minnesota | winter |
| Eze Osondu | LB | 3 | OUT | UTSA | winter |
| Braden Miller | OT | 3 | OUT | Duke | winter |
| Ike Okafor | DL | 3 | OUT | Washington State | winter |
| Curlee Thomas IV | EDGE | 3 | OUT | North Texas | winter |
| Nick Morrow | OT | 3 | OUT | Kansas | winter |
| Landon Morris | TE | 3 | OUT | Wake Forest | winter |
| Brandon High Jr. | RB | 3 | OUT | UTSA | winter |
| Buom Jock | LB | 3 | OUT | Wake Forest | winter |
| Cam Sidney | S | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Lajuan Owens | IOL | 3 | OUT | Central Arkansas | winter |
| Tyson Ford | DL | 3 | OUT | UCLA | winter |
| Dazmin James | WR | 3 | OUT | App State | winter |
| Jayden Dixon-Veal | WR | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Syris Corley | OT | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Aidan Keanaaina | DL | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| EJ Caminong | QB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Ben Marshall | TE | 3 | OUT | Austin Peay | winter |
| Leon Bell | OT | 3 | OUT | Colorado | winter |
| Jaiven Plummer | WR | 3 | OUT | Georgia Tech | winter |
| Harrison Taggart | LB | 3 | OUT | Utah State | winter |
| Kaden Cook | CB | 3 | OUT | Jacksonville State | winter |
| Abram Murray | K | 3 | OUT | UL Monroe | winter |
| Jacob Houseworth | TE | 3 | OUT | UC Davis | winter |
| Michael Kern | P | 3 | OUT | New Mexico | other |
| Rino Monteforte | LS | 2 | OUT | Kansas | winter |
| Brook Honore Jr. | P | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Daveion Harley | IOL | - | OUT | Florida International | winter |
| Chase Meyer | K | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
The money behind the program
Rev-share layer (est.)
$15.3M
School money shared with athletes under the House settlement cap, football's estimated slice
Third-party NIL layer (mid)
$8.1M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$173.1M
Total athletics revenue from the school's federal EADA filing, public record
How the numbers are built: revenue-share layer plus third-party NIL layer, calibrated against published benchmarks and our ledger of reported deals. Full methodology on the roster spend page and the NIL rankings page. What goes in is public; the exact weights are ours.