Clemson

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

$20.8M - $28M

#25 of 68 in our spend model

Portal net stars

-12

11 in, 15 out

Top Model Price

$1.6M

Christopher Vizzina

Roster strength (fantasy model)

#35 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 Clemson 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	Christopher Vizzina	QB	starter	$1.6M	$1.6M
2	Corey Myrick	S	starter	$1.2M	$1.2M
3	Jerome Carter III	S	starter	$937K	$937K
4	Leo Delaney	IOL	starter	$668K	$668K
5	Chancellor Barclay	IOL	starter	$668K	$668K
6	Adam Guthrie	OT	starter	$668K	$668K
7	Grant Wise	IOL	starter	$668K	$668K
8	Carter Scruggs	IOL	starter	$668K	$668K
9	Kentavion Anderson	S	starter	$582K	$582K
10	CJ Wesley	EDGE	starter	$538K	$538K
11	Kourtney Kelly	DL	starter	$538K	$538K
12	London Merritt	EDGE	starter	$529K	$529K
13	Connor Salmin	WR	starter	$510K	$510K
14	Gordon Sellars	WR	starter	$507K	$507K
15	Naeem Burroughs	WR	starter	$503K	$503K
16	Devarrick Woods	DL	starter	$489K	$489K
17	Christian Bentancur	TE	starter	$442K	$442K
18	Brayden Reilly	LB	starter	$417K	$417K
19	Donovan Starr	CB	starter	$410K	$410K
20	Tyler Brown	WR	rotation	$357K	$357K
21	Brock Bradley	QB	rotation	$355K	$355K
22	Cole Turner	WR	rotation	$348K	$348K
23	Sammy Brown	LB	depth	$338K	$338K
24	Tristan Smith	WR	rotation	$304K	$304K
25	Ashton Hampton	CB	rotation	$302K	$302K
26	Elliot Washington II	CB	starter	$278K	$278K
27	Gideon Davidson	RB	starter	$275K	$275K
28	Tait Reynolds	QB	depth	$218K	$218K
29	Michael Foster	EDGE	rotation	$212K	$212K
30	C.J. Kubah-Taylor	LB	starter	$179K	$179K
31	Billy Wilkes	LB	starter	$179K	$179K
32	Markus Strong	DL	rotation	$170K	$170K
33	Ronan Hanafin	DB	depth	$165K	$165K
34	Jay Haynes	RB	rotation	$138K	$138K
35	Marcell Gipson	CB	rotation	$136K	$136K
36	Amare Adams	DT	rotation	$129K	$129K
37	Aidan Hydrick	DT	rotation	$129K	$129K
38	David Eziomume	RB	rotation	$126K	$126K
39	Branden Strozier	CB	rotation	$115K	$115K
40	Logan Brooking	TE	depth	$101K	$101K
41	Kobe McCloud	LB	depth	$99K	$99K
42	Bryant Wesco Jr.	WR	depth	$98K	$98K
43	Jeremiah Alexander	LB	depth	$96K	$96K
44	Brayden Jacobs	OL	rotation	$95K	$95K
45	Bryce Smith	OL	rotation	$95K	$95K
46	Ian Schieffelin	TE	depth	$91K	$91K
47	Will Heldt	DE	depth	$91K	$91K
48	Chapman Pendergrass	OL	rotation	$90K	$90K
49	Chris Denson	QB	depth	$88K	$88K
50	Corian Gipson	CB	rotation	$83K	$83K
51	Trent Pearman	QB	depth	$83K	$83K
52	Hunter Helms	QB	depth	$82K	$82K
53	Olsen Patt-Henry	TE	depth	$79K	$79K
54	Misun Kelley	DB	depth	$68K	$68K
55	Charlie Johnson	TE	rotation	$67K	$67K
56	Logan Anderson	LB	depth	$66K	$66K
57	Joseph Roberto II	LB	depth	$66K	$66K
58	Ian Reed	OL	depth	$63K	$63K
59	Mason Wade	OL	depth	$63K	$63K
60	Griffin Batt	LB	depth	$63K	$63K
61	Ronan O'Connell	OL	depth	$63K	$63K
62	Tucker Kattus	OL	depth	$63K	$63K
63	Elyjah Thurmon	OL	depth	$63K	$63K
64	Easton Ware	OL	depth	$63K	$63K
65	Watson Young	OL	depth	$63K	$63K
66	Gavin Blanchard	OL	depth	$63K	$63K
67	Hayes Galloway	OL	depth	$63K	$63K
68	Seth Corontzes	OL	depth	$63K	$63K
69	Drew Woodaz	LB	rotation	$62K	$62K
70	Dominic Staten	LB	rotation	$62K	$62K
71	Banks Pope	TE	rotation	$60K	$60K
72	Collin Sadler	OL	depth	$60K	$60K
73	Harris Sewell	OL	depth	$60K	$60K
74	Fletcher Cothran	LB	rotation	$60K	$60K
75	Dominic Cardone	OL	depth	$60K	$60K
76	Jarvis Green	RB	depth	$58K	$58K
77	Walker Parks	OL	depth	$57K	$57K
78	Tristan Leigh	OL	depth	$57K	$57K
79	Ryan Linthicum	C	depth	$57K	$57K
80	Dietrick Pennington	OL	depth	$57K	$57K
81	Jaylen Brown-Wallace	WR	depth	$52K	$52K
82	Shavar Young Jr.	ATH	depth	$52K	$52K
83	Brodey Conn	LS	starter	$50K	$50K
84	Charlie Reed	PK	starter	$50K	$50K
85	Kylen Webb	S	depth	$49K	$49K
86	Noah Dixon	S	depth	$49K	$49K
87	Jakarrion Kenan	S	depth	$49K	$49K
88	Joe Wilkinson	S	depth	$49K	$49K
89	Tyler Conner	DB	depth	$49K	$49K
90	Jeadyn Lukus	CB	depth	$48K	$48K
91	Kylon Griffin	S	depth	$47K	$47K
92	Peter Nearn	S	depth	$47K	$47K
93	Myles Oliver	CB	depth	$47K	$47K
94	Michael Mankaka	CB	depth	$47K	$47K
95	Tyler Venables	S	depth	$44K	$44K
96	Sam Earle	WR	depth	$36K	$36K
97	Avery Wieting	WR	depth	$36K	$36K
98	Ethan Stokes	WR	depth	$36K	$36K
99	Tristan Martinez	WR	depth	$35K	$35K
100	Juju Preston	WR	depth	$35K	$35K
101	Clark Sanderson	WR	depth	$35K	$35K
102	Chase Byrd	WR	depth	$35K	$35K
103	Jack Purkerson	WR	depth	$34K	$34K
104	Luke Stubbs	WR	depth	$34K	$34K
105	Chris Johnson Jr.	RB	depth	$34K	$34K
106	Zach Jackson	WR	depth	$33K	$33K
107	Clay Swinney	WR	depth	$33K	$33K
108	T.J. Moore	WR	depth	$32K	$32K
109	Champ Thompson	DT	depth	$29K	$29K
110	Cade Denhoff	DE	depth	$28K	$28K
111	Vic Burley	DT	depth	$26K	$26K
112	Hevin Brown-Shuler	DT	depth	$26K	$26K
113	Darien Mayo	DE	depth	$26K	$26K
114	Ari Watford	DE	depth	$26K	$26K
115	Patrick Swygert	DT	depth	$26K	$26K
116	Makhi Williams Lee	DT	depth	$26K	$26K
117	Zaire Patterson	DE	depth	$25K	$25K
118	Quinn Castner	PK	depth	$25K	$25K
119	Jahiem Lawson	DE	depth	$25K	$25K
120	Holden Caspersen	LS	rotation	$25K	$25K
121	Armon Mason	DE	depth	$25K	$25K
122	Philip Florenzo	LS	depth	$25K	$25K
123	Robert Gunn III	PK	depth	$25K	$25K
124	Jack Smith	P	depth	$25K	$25K
125	Levi Matthews	DE	depth	$25K	$25K
126	Will McCune	P	depth	$25K	$25K
127	Nolan Hauser	PK	depth	$25K	$25K
128	Peyton Streko	RB	depth	$25K	$25K
129	Max Wilson	RB	depth	$25K	$25K

Portal ledger

2026 transfer portal traffic for Clemson: 11 in, 15 out, net star flow -12. Source: CollegeFootballData.

Player	Pos	Stars	Direction	From / To	Window
Elliot Washington II	CB	3	IN	Penn State	winter
Jerome Carter III	S	3	IN	Old Dominion	winter
Donovan Starr	CB	3	IN	Auburn	winter
Corey Myrick	S	3	IN	Southern Miss	winter
Kourtney Kelly	DL	3	IN	West Georgia	winter
Markus Strong	DL	3	IN	Oklahoma	winter
London Merritt	EDGE	3	IN	Colorado	winter
CJ Wesley	EDGE	3	IN	Howard	winter
Chris Johnson Jr.	RB	3	IN	SMU	winter
Devarrick Woods	DL	3	IN	Texas State	winter
Jaylen Brown-Wallace	WR	3	IN	Wingate	winter
Stephiylan Green	DL	4	OUT	LSU	winter
Marquise Henderson	RB	4	OUT	Samford	winter
Caden Story	DL	4	OUT	In portal	winter
Khalil Barnes	S	3	OUT	Georgia	winter
Shelton Lewis	CB	3	OUT	Arkansas	winter
Rowan Byrne	IOL	3	OUT	North Carolina	winter
Josh Sapp	TE	3	OUT	West Virginia	winter
Ricardo Jones	S	3	OUT	Vanderbilt	winter
Rob Billings IV	S	3	OUT	Jacksonville State	winter
Parker Fulghum	WR	3	OUT	UL Monroe	winter
Jamal Anderson	LB	3	OUT	SMU	winter
Dee Crayton	LB	3	OUT	UNLV	winter
Markus Dixon	EDGE	3	OUT	Oregon	winter
Keith Adams Jr.	RB	3	OUT	Georgia State	winter
Cade Trotter	QB	-	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)

$9.1M

Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate

Athletics revenue

$186.1M

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.

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