Cincinnati

Big 12 · 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

$18.1M - $21.8M

#61 of 68 in our spend model

Portal net stars

-8

22 in, 23 out

Top Model Price

$891K

Jeff Caldwell

Roster strength (fantasy model)

#66 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 Cincinnati 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	Jeff Caldwell	WR	starter	$891K	$891K
2	Brady Lichtenberg	QB	starter	$821K	$821K
3	Jasper Beeler	S	starter	$686K	$686K
4	Chidera Otutu	DL	starter	$660K	$660K
5	Lance Dawson	DL	starter	$640K	$640K
6	Jacob Finley	CB	starter	$619K	$619K
7	Filip Maciorowski	LB	starter	$455K	$455K
8	Darrius Simmons	DL	starter	$451K	$451K
9	Evan Weinberg	EDGE	starter	$451K	$451K
10	Cade Wolford	WR	starter	$418K	$418K
11	Solomon Mathis	OT	starter	$393K	$393K
12	Luke Collins	IOL	starter	$393K	$393K
13	Luke Grover	OT	starter	$393K	$393K
14	Nathan Zappitelli	IOL	starter	$393K	$393K
15	Austin Hoane	IOL	starter	$393K	$393K
16	Isaiah Johnson	WR	starter	$374K	$374K
17	Jamarion McKinney	CB	starter	$343K	$343K
18	Kameron Hurst	CB	starter	$343K	$343K
19	Brooks Goodman	QB	rotation	$291K	$291K
20	Kenny Worthy III	CB	starter	$279K	$279K
21	Adam Kirtley	LB	starter	$246K	$246K
22	JaVonnie Gibson	WR	rotation	$242K	$242K
23	Tawee Walker	RB	starter	$240K	$240K
24	Elijah Jones	WR	rotation	$222K	$222K
25	Jamari Johnson	S	depth	$179K	$179K
26	Josh Hough	DL	rotation	$177K	$177K
27	Thomas Johnson	EDGE	rotation	$177K	$177K
28	Jonathan Rulo	DL	rotation	$177K	$177K
29	Keegan Horn	EDGE	rotation	$177K	$177K
30	Jonathan Thompson	LB	depth	$169K	$169K
31	Evan Tengesdahl	OL	depth	$163K	$163K
32	Ty Goodwill	S	rotation	$163K	$163K
33	Jalen Williams	TE	starter	$149K	$149K
34	Dadrien Waller	WR	rotation	$137K	$137K
35	Damaine Wilson	LB	starter	$132K	$132K
36	Zylan Perry	RB	rotation	$132K	$132K
37	Cole Tabb	RB	rotation	$131K	$131K
38	Jack Dingle	LB	depth	$130K	$130K
39	Trevon Gola-Callard	S	depth	$127K	$127K
40	Antwan Peek Jr.	DB	depth	$115K	$115K
41	MJ Cannon	CB	rotation	$114K	$114K
42	Xavier Starks	S	rotation	$114K	$114K
43	JC French IV	QB	depth	$104K	$104K
44	Simeon Coleman	LB	depth	$96K	$96K
45	Montay Weedon	LB	depth	$94K	$94K
46	Brian Simms III	LB	depth	$93K	$93K
47	KK Meier	CB	rotation	$92K	$92K
48	Matthew McDoom	CB	depth	$91K	$91K
49	Larenzo Fenner	WR	depth	$90K	$90K
50	Malachi Henry	WR	depth	$90K	$90K
51	Heij Jackson	WR	depth	$90K	$90K
52	Patrick Bauer	LB	rotation	$86K	$86K
53	Jaxon Newton	LB	rotation	$86K	$86K
54	Lyviel Waters	TE	depth	$84K	$84K
55	Kellen Davis	TE	depth	$84K	$84K
56	Gavin Grover	TE	depth	$83K	$83K
57	Aiden Pastoriza	OL	rotation	$80K	$80K
58	Cray Paich	OL	rotation	$80K	$80K
59	Logan Wilson	CB	depth	$76K	$76K
60	Patrick Gurd	TE	depth	$75K	$75K
61	Deondre Buford	OL	rotation	$72K	$72K
62	Zebulin Kinsey	QB	depth	$72K	$72K
63	Samaj Jones	QB	depth	$71K	$71K
64	Will Kocher	QB	depth	$71K	$71K
65	Ka'Maurri Smith	TE	depth	$70K	$70K
66	Zion Johnson	RB	depth	$69K	$69K
67	Jalen Hunt	DL	depth	$67K	$67K
68	Xavier Williams	S	depth	$64K	$64K
69	Liam O'Brien	QB	depth	$60K	$60K
70	Ronan Casanova	LB	depth	$56K	$56K
71	Quinn Staten	LB	depth	$56K	$56K
72	Terrell Holcomb	LB	depth	$56K	$56K
73	Myles Harrison	LB	depth	$56K	$56K
74	George Leibold	LB	depth	$56K	$56K
75	DaMari Witherspoon	TE	rotation	$55K	$55K
76	Devyn Zahursky	TE	rotation	$54K	$54K
77	Jake Wheelock	OL	depth	$53K	$53K
78	Zac Clarke	OL	depth	$53K	$53K
79	Xavier Lozowicki	OL	depth	$53K	$53K
80	Grant Edgington	OL	depth	$53K	$53K
81	JP Schrieber	OL	depth	$53K	$53K
82	Marcus McGregor	OL	depth	$53K	$53K
83	Zach Taylor	OL	depth	$53K	$53K
84	Taran Tyo	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
85	Joe Cotton	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
86	Nolan Latulippe	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
87	Judea Milon	OL	depth	$48K	$48K
88	Ben Blevins	LB	rotation	$47K	$47K
89	Daniel James	CB	depth	$45K	$45K
90	Marquaze Parker	DL	depth	$42K	$42K
91	Willie Goodwyn	CB	depth	$41K	$41K
92	Marqavious Saboor	DB	depth	$41K	$41K
93	Stanley Clyne	CB	depth	$41K	$41K
94	Patrick Williams	CB	depth	$41K	$41K
95	CJ Crite	DB	depth	$41K	$41K
96	Zay Johnson	CB	depth	$41K	$41K
97	Drew Robinson	S	depth	$41K	$41K
98	CJ Jones	S	depth	$41K	$41K
99	Landen Schaefer	DB	depth	$41K	$41K
100	Eli Stein	LS	starter	$40K	$40K
101	Dino Beslagic	P	starter	$40K	$40K
102	Isaiah Rogers	DL	depth	$33K	$33K
103	Zane Kinsey	WR	depth	$29K	$29K
104	Giyahni Kontosis	WR	depth	$29K	$29K
105	Taizaun Burns	WR	depth	$29K	$29K
106	Nash Biglin	WR	depth	$29K	$29K
107	Kale Woodburn	WR	depth	$28K	$28K
108	Flynn Schiele	WR	depth	$28K	$28K
109	Gi'Bran Payne	RB	depth	$28K	$28K
110	Dontay Corleone	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
111	Rob Jackson	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
112	Drew Logan	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
113	CJ McCray	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
114	Harris Adams	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
115	Stephen Rusnak	PK	depth	$25K	$25K
116	Max Fletcher	P	rotation	$25K	$25K
117	Jaylon White-McClain	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
118	Cam Roetherford	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
119	Elijah Gunn	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
120	James Early	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
121	Nathan Nunn	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
122	Max Lemasters	PK	depth	$25K	$25K
123	CD McFee	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
124	Kamron Neal	DL	depth	$25K	$25K

Portal ledger

2026 transfer portal traffic for Cincinnati: 22 in, 23 out, net star flow -8. Source: CollegeFootballData.

Player	Pos	Stars	Direction	From / To	Window
Cade Wolford	WR	4	IN	Kent State	winter
MJ Cannon	CB	3	IN	Bowling Green	winter
Chidera Otutu	DL	3	IN	UTSA	winter
Gi'Bran Payne	RB	3	IN	Notre Dame	winter
Cole Tabb	RB	3	IN	Stanford	winter
Jasper Beeler	S	3	IN	Northern Illinois	winter
JC French IV	QB	3	IN	Georgia Southern	winter
Larenzo Fenner	WR	3	IN	South Dakota	winter
KK Meier	CB	3	IN	UTSA	winter
Filip Maciorowski	LB	3	IN	Northern Illinois	winter
Ty Goodwill	S	3	IN	South Alabama	winter
Jacob Finley	CB	3	IN	Northern Illinois	winter
Zylan Perry	RB	3	IN	Louisiana	winter
Damaine Wilson	LB	3	IN	Georgia State	winter
Josh Hough	DL	3	IN	PennWest California	winter
Thomas Johnson	EDGE	3	IN	North Carolina Central	winter
Patrick Bauer	LB	3	IN	Illinois State	winter
Malachi Henry	WR	3	IN	Central Arkansas	winter
JaVonnie Gibson	WR	3	IN	Oklahoma	winter
Kenny Worthy III	CB	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Flynn Schiele	WR	2	IN	Colorado School Of Mines	winter
Liam O'Brien	QB	-	IN	Pennsylvania	winter
Brendan Sorsby	QB	5	OUT	Texas Tech	winter
Christian Harrison	S	3	OUT	Arkansas	winter
Jiquan Sanks	S	3	OUT	Indiana	winter
Ethan Green	OT	3	OUT	South Florida	winter
Caleb Goodie	WR	3	OUT	Missouri	winter
Evan Pryor	RB	3	OUT	Florida	winter
Kamari Burns	DL	3	OUT	Kansas State	winter
Darrell Gipson	EDGE	3	OUT	Idaho	winter
Noah Jennings	WR	3	OUT	Minnesota	winter
Chance Williams	RB	3	OUT	Charlotte	winter
Dakarai Anderson	WR	3	OUT	Central Arkansas	winter
Ormanie Arnold	CB	3	OUT	New Mexico	winter
Tim Griffin	DL	3	OUT	Georgia Tech	winter
Keilan Smith	DL	3	OUT	Ball State	winter
Weston Simmons	LS	3	OUT	Memphis	winter
Jakorion Caffey	RB	3	OUT	Kent State	winter
Manny Covey	RB	3	OUT	Memphis	winter
Tayden Barnes	S	3	OUT	New Mexico State	winter
Lendric Barber	DL	3	OUT	Eastern Kentucky	winter
Barry Jackson Jr.	WR	3	OUT	Rice	winter
Cincear Lewis	LB	3	OUT	Ball State	other
Kye Stokes	S	3	OUT	Utah State	other
Mikah Coleman	EDGE	3	OUT	Miami (OH)	other

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)

$4.6M

Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate

Athletics revenue

$119.3M

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.

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