Duke
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
$20.6M - $27.6M
#28 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
+2
19 in, 17 out
Top Model Price
$1.5M
Aaron Hall
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#21 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 Duke 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 | Aaron Hall | DT | starter | $1.5M | $1.5M |
| 2 | Walker Eget | QB | starter | $1.4M | $1.4M |
| 3 | Javen Nicholas | WR | starter | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| 4 | Jeremiah Hasley | TE | starter | $973K | $973K |
| 5 | Nate Sheppard | RB | starter | $787K | $787K |
| 6 | Patrick Smith-Young | S | starter | $765K | $765K |
| 7 | Sean Stover | IOL | starter | $661K | $661K |
| 8 | Nick Del Grande | OT | starter | $612K | $612K |
| 9 | Andrel Anthony | WR | starter | $559K | $559K |
| 10 | Owen Wafle | DL | starter | $533K | $533K |
| 11 | Dakota Quinonez | DL | starter | $533K | $533K |
| 12 | Braden Miller | OT | starter | $465K | $465K |
| 13 | Dylan Flowers | CB | starter | $426K | $426K |
| 14 | Evan Smith | CB | starter | $406K | $406K |
| 15 | Kyon Loud | CB | starter | $406K | $406K |
| 16 | Caleb Weaver | S | rotation | $402K | $402K |
| 17 | Jayden Moore | WR | starter | $384K | $384K |
| 18 | Che Ojarikre | S | starter | $382K | $382K |
| 19 | Ari Patu | QB | rotation | $359K | $359K |
| 20 | DaShawn Stone | S | rotation | $337K | $337K |
| 21 | Luke Mergott | LB | depth | $327K | $327K |
| 22 | Kobe Smith | DE | starter | $321K | $321K |
| 23 | Jon Morris | LB | starter | $291K | $291K |
| 24 | Colsen Gatten | LB | starter | $291K | $291K |
| 25 | Bradley Smith | OL | starter | $283K | $283K |
| 26 | Bruno Fina | OL | starter | $256K | $256K |
| 27 | Blaine Hipa | QB | depth | $218K | $218K |
| 28 | Jaiden Francois | LB | depth | $192K | $192K |
| 29 | Nate Kurisky | TE | rotation | $188K | $188K |
| 30 | Asher Wasserman | LB | starter | $177K | $177K |
| 31 | Jonah Burton | WR | rotation | $165K | $165K |
| 32 | Jared Richardson | WR | rotation | $164K | $164K |
| 33 | Jake Taylor | TE | rotation | $157K | $157K |
| 34 | Kendall Johnson | LB | depth | $142K | $142K |
| 35 | Tre Freeman | LB | depth | $138K | $138K |
| 36 | Bryce Davis | DE | rotation | $138K | $138K |
| 37 | Andrew Pellicciotta | S | rotation | $128K | $128K |
| 38 | David Anderson | DT | rotation | $127K | $127K |
| 39 | Bariate Kara | DT | rotation | $127K | $127K |
| 40 | Jaylen Carl | DE | rotation | $127K | $127K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Duke: 19 in, 17 out, net star flow +2. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Flowers | CB | 3 | IN | Western Kentucky | winter |
| Nate Kurisky | TE | 3 | IN | Louisville | winter |
| Kyon Loud | CB | 3 | IN | Montana | winter |
| Jared Richardson | WR | 3 | IN | Pennsylvania | winter |
| Nick Del Grande | OT | 3 | IN | Coastal Carolina | winter |
| Owen Wafle | DL | 3 | IN | Penn State | winter |
| Ari Patu | QB | 3 | IN | North Alabama | winter |
| Patrick Smith-Young | S | 3 | IN | North Texas | winter |
| CJ Campbell Jr. | RB | 3 | IN | Rutgers | winter |
| Braden Miller | OT | 3 | IN | California | winter |
| Jon Morris | LB | 3 | IN | UConn | winter |
| Javen Nicholas | WR | 3 | IN | Charlotte | winter |
| Dakota Quinonez | DL | 3 | IN | Dartmouth | winter |
| Che Ojarikre | S | 3 | IN | Stanford | winter |
| Wilhelm Daal II | RB | 3 | IN | Yale | winter |
| Evan Smith | CB | 3 | IN | Northwestern | winter |
| Walker Eget | QB | 3 | IN | San José State | winter |
| Jonah Burton | WR | 3 | IN | Idaho State | spring |
| Blaine Hipa | QB | 3 | IN | Princeton | spring |
| Que'Sean Brown | WR | 4 | OUT | Virginia Tech | winter |
| Terry Moore | S | 4 | OUT | Ohio State | winter |
| Darian Mensah | QB | 4 | OUT | Miami | winter |
| Cooper Barkate | WR | 4 | OUT | Miami | winter |
| Kenzy Paul | S | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Chase Tyler | WR | 3 | OUT | Wake Forest | winter |
| Terry Simmons | DL | 3 | OUT | South Florida | winter |
| Desmond Aladuge | DL | 3 | OUT | UConn | winter |
| Peyton Jones | RB | 3 | OUT | Liberty | winter |
| Vance Bolyard | TE | 3 | OUT | Tulane | winter |
| Kyren Condoll | CB | 3 | OUT | Rice | winter |
| Vontae Floyd | CB | 3 | OUT | Florida International | winter |
| Ma'Khi Jones | S | 3 | OUT | Florida State | winter |
| Henry Belin IV | QB | 3 | OUT | Missouri State | winter |
| Maliki Wright | S | 3 | OUT | Kennesaw State | winter |
| Jack Small | OT | 3 | OUT | Delaware | winter |
| Moussa Kane | CB | 3 | OUT | UConn | 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)
$8.7M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$181.6M
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.