Iowa
Big Ten · 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
$20.5M - $27.4M
#30 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
+17
15 in, 8 out
Top Model Price
$1.5M
Mark Gronowski
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#34 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 Iowa 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 | Mark Gronowski | QB | starter | $1.5M | $1.5M |
| 2 | Tyler Brown | S | starter | $987K | $987K |
| 3 | Kamari Moulton | RB | starter | $699K | $699K |
| 4 | Carson Nielsen | OT | starter | $659K | $659K |
| 5 | Gene Riordan | IOL | starter | $659K | $659K |
| 6 | Hudson Parliament | IOL | starter | $659K | $659K |
| 7 | Darion Jones | CB | starter | $575K | $575K |
| 8 | Kahmari Brown | EDGE | starter | $531K | $531K |
| 9 | Emmanuel Olagbaju | DL | starter | $531K | $531K |
| 10 | Brice Stevenson | DL | starter | $531K | $531K |
| 11 | DJ Vonnahme | TE | starter | $528K | $528K |
| 12 | Tradon Bessinger | QB | rotation | $482K | $482K |
| 13 | Owen Linder | OT | starter | $464K | $464K |
| 14 | Colin Whitters | IOL | starter | $464K | $464K |
| 15 | Lance Ingold | EDGE | starter | $423K | $423K |
| 16 | Julian Manson | LB | starter | $412K | $412K |
| 17 | Kasen Thomas | LB | starter | $412K | $412K |
| 18 | Zach Ortwerth | TE | depth | $410K | $410K |
| 19 | Anthony Hawkins | S | starter | $404K | $404K |
| 20 | Cody Haddad | S | starter | $404K | $404K |
| 21 | Xavier Styles | S | starter | $404K | $404K |
| 22 | Xavier Williams | RB | rotation | $394K | $394K |
| 23 | Seth Anderson | WR | starter | $377K | $377K |
| 24 | Sam Phillips | WR | starter | $362K | $362K |
| 25 | Brody Schaffer | WR | starter | $351K | $351K |
| 26 | Billy Weivoda | LB | starter | $290K | $290K |
| 27 | Aaron Graves | DL | rotation | $277K | $277K |
| 28 | Zach Lutmer | DB | depth | $251K | $251K |
| 29 | Hayden Large | TE | depth | $238K | $238K |
| 30 | Luke Brewer | TE | rotation | $227K | $227K |
| 31 | Trevor Lauck | OL | depth | $226K | $226K |
| 32 | Kade Pieper | OL | depth | $226K | $226K |
| 33 | Lance Beeghley | WR | rotation | $177K | $177K |
| 34 | Evan James | WR | rotation | $176K | $176K |
| 35 | Tony Diaz | WR | rotation | $175K | $175K |
| 36 | Bryce Hawthorne | DL | rotation | $174K | $174K |
| 37 | Addison Ostrenga | TE | rotation | $169K | $169K |
| 38 | Xavier Nwankpa | DB | depth | $154K | $154K |
| 39 | Trent Wilson | IOL | rotation | $154K | $154K |
| 40 | Deshaun Lee | DB | rotation | $145K | $145K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Iowa: 15 in, 8 out, net star flow +17. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Hawkins | S | 3 | IN | Villanova | winter |
| Brice Stevenson | DL | 3 | IN | Holy Cross | winter |
| Kahmari Brown | EDGE | 3 | IN | Elon | winter |
| Trent Wilson | IOL | 3 | IN | James Madison | winter |
| Lance Ingold | EDGE | 3 | IN | Northern Illinois | winter |
| Tyler Brown | S | 3 | IN | James Madison | winter |
| Tony Diaz | WR | 3 | IN | Texas-Rio Grande Valley | winter |
| Evan James | WR | 3 | IN | Furman | winter |
| L.J. Phillips Jr. | RB | 3 | IN | South Dakota | winter |
| Xavier Styles | S | 3 | IN | Robert Morris | winter |
| Cody Haddad | S | 3 | IN | Ohio State | winter |
| Emmanuel Olagbaju | DL | 3 | IN | North Dakota | winter |
| Lance Beeghley | WR | 3 | IN | SMU | winter |
| Eli Ozick | K | - | IN | North Dakota State | winter |
| Tanner Philpott | P | - | IN | Simpson College | winter |
| Brian Allen | EDGE | 4 | OUT | Vanderbilt | winter |
| Jackson Stratton | QB | 3 | OUT | In portal | other |
| Rhys Dakin | P | 3 | OUT | Michigan State | winter |
| Jaziun Patterson | RB | 3 | OUT | Michigan State | winter |
| Koen Entringer | S | 3 | OUT | Louisville | winter |
| TJ Washington Jr. | RB | 3 | OUT | New Mexico State | winter |
| CJ Bell Jr. | CB | 3 | OUT | UConn | winter |
| Kael Kolarik | S | - | OUT | South Dakota | 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)
$8.6M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$180M
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.