Iowa State

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

$17.6M - $20.6M

#65 of 68 in our spend model

Portal net stars

-23

48 in, 55 out

Top Model Price

$1.4M

Jaylen Raynor

Roster strength (fantasy model)

#67 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 State 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	Jaylen Raynor	QB	starter	$1.4M	$1.4M
2	Zane Flores	QB	rotation	$750K	$750K
3	Bryson Lamb	DL	starter	$667K	$667K
4	Braden Awls	S	starter	$632K	$632K
5	Omari Hayes	WR	starter	$510K	$510K
6	Evan Boyd	WR	starter	$508K	$508K
7	Caden Crawford	EDGE	starter	$426K	$426K
8	Ajibola Afuye	DL	starter	$426K	$426K
9	Jeffrey Roberts	WR	starter	$420K	$420K
10	Braden Smith	IOL	starter	$372K	$372K
11	Caden Maas	IOL	starter	$372K	$372K
12	Cade Myer	IOL	starter	$372K	$372K
13	Jake Taylor	OT	starter	$372K	$372K
14	Colin Amick	OT	starter	$372K	$372K
15	Brody Miller	S	starter	$325K	$325K
16	Damarius Russell	S	starter	$325K	$325K
17	Duhron Goodman	S	starter	$325K	$325K
18	Amiri Barnes	CB	starter	$325K	$325K
19	Isaac Terrell	EDGE	rotation	$318K	$318K
20	Donovan Fitzmaurice	DL	starter	$310K	$310K
21	Malcolm Jones	S	rotation	$271K	$271K
22	Carter Pabst	WR	rotation	$265K	$265K
23	Jordyn Bailey	WR	rotation	$263K	$263K
24	Montreze Smith Jr.	LB	starter	$233K	$233K
25	Barry Fries	LB	starter	$233K	$233K
26	Bradley Esser	LB	starter	$233K	$233K
27	Dominic Overby	WR	rotation	$231K	$231K
28	Luke Galer	TE	depth	$217K	$217K
29	Drew Byrd	TE	depth	$216K	$216K
30	Drake DeBaun	TE	depth	$215K	$215K
31	Tyler Moore	TE	starter	$214K	$214K
32	Jordan Vyborny	TE	depth	$214K	$214K
33	Salahadin Allah	RB	starter	$202K	$202K
34	Hudson Kurland	QB	depth	$176K	$176K
35	Jareb Ramos	DL	rotation	$168K	$168K
36	Jake Jones	DL	rotation	$168K	$168K
37	Tyler Fortenberry	TE	rotation	$161K	$161K
38	DeAndre Carter	IOL	rotation	$124K	$124K
39	Gavin Broscious	IOL	rotation	$124K	$124K
40	Derek Worden	OT	rotation	$124K	$124K
41	Eli Green	WR	depth	$121K	$121K
42	Jack Janikowski	EDGE	rotation	$120K	$120K
43	Micah Harper	S	rotation	$108K	$108K
44	Keyon Washington	CB	rotation	$108K	$108K
45	Cameron Pettaway	RB	rotation	$107K	$107K
46	Cash Hayden	TE	depth	$94K	$94K
47	Vince Benetti	TE	depth	$93K	$93K
48	Tripp Walsh	TE	depth	$93K	$93K
49	Keaton Roskop	TE	depth	$92K	$92K
50	Jack Bjorn	TE	depth	$88K	$88K
51	Cody Jackson	WR	depth	$86K	$86K
52	Major Cantrell	QB	depth	$84K	$84K
53	Connor Moberly	QB	depth	$83K	$83K
54	Wyatt Bohm	QB	depth	$83K	$83K
55	Sullivan Schlimgen	LB	rotation	$83K	$83K
56	Maasai King	OT	depth	$82K	$82K
57	Trevor Bindel	IOL	depth	$82K	$82K
58	Gavin Proudfoot	OT	depth	$82K	$82K
59	Kingston Fotualii	IOL	depth	$82K	$82K
60	Tristan Exline	LB	rotation	$81K	$81K
61	Aiden Flora	RB	rotation	$73K	$73K
62	Christian Greenlaw	TE	rotation	$73K	$73K
63	Will McLaughlin	LB	depth	$72K	$72K
64	Drew Surges	DB	depth	$68K	$68K
65	Carson Willich	LB	depth	$64K	$64K
66	Seth Johnson	CB	depth	$64K	$64K
67	Tyrone Cotton III	CB	depth	$64K	$64K
68	Trillion Sorrell	CB	depth	$64K	$64K
69	Tyrell Chatman	S	depth	$64K	$64K
70	Torrence Sanders	CB	depth	$64K	$64K
71	Jaheim Singletary	CB	rotation	$63K	$63K
72	Tamatoa McDonough	DL	depth	$60K	$60K
73	Rylan Barnes	LB	depth	$53K	$53K
74	Adlai Lounsbury	K	starter	$51K	$51K
75	Austin Barrett	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
76	Jayden Jackson	RB	depth	$50K	$50K
77	Dontrell Holt	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
78	Garret Rutledge	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
79	Carson Rhodes	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
80	Beau Goodwin	LB	rotation	$49K	$49K
81	Zachary Lovett	LB	depth	$48K	$48K
82	Gabriel Greenlee	OL	depth	$48K	$48K
83	Easton Eledge	OL	depth	$48K	$48K
84	Braden Simonsen	OL	depth	$48K	$48K
85	Makai Sat	OL	depth	$48K	$48K
86	Dylan Barrett	OL	depth	$45K	$45K
87	Tyler Maro	OL	depth	$45K	$45K
88	Jim Bonifas	OL	depth	$45K	$45K
89	Tyler Miller	OL	depth	$45K	$45K
90	James Neal III	OL	depth	$45K	$45K
91	Caden Matson	DB	depth	$44K	$44K
92	Kaprice Keith	ATH	depth	$41K	$41K
93	Jamal Polite Jr.	WR	depth	$41K	$41K
94	Landon Kalsbeck	ATH	depth	$41K	$41K
95	Beni Ngoyi	DB	depth	$39K	$39K
96	David Coffey	DB	depth	$39K	$39K
97	Wyatt Archer	DB	depth	$39K	$39K
98	Angelo Jackson	DB	depth	$39K	$39K
99	Connor Welsch	DB	depth	$39K	$39K
100	Ethan Stecker	DB	depth	$39K	$39K
101	Caleb Schmidt	LS	starter	$38K	$38K
102	Caden Kock	DB	depth	$37K	$37K
103	Eddie Lemos	DB	depth	$37K	$37K
104	Jace J. Gilbert	DL	depth	$37K	$37K
105	Jonathan Vande Walle	WR	depth	$34K	$34K
106	Carson Robbins	WR	depth	$34K	$34K
107	Sam Zelenovich	WR	depth	$34K	$34K
108	Malaki Ta'ase	EDGE	depth	$34K	$34K
109	Kaleb Bilal-Jones	DL	depth	$34K	$34K
110	Tyler Burnstein	EDGE	depth	$34K	$34K
111	Savion Barthelemy	DL	depth	$34K	$34K
112	Ty Claiborne	WR	depth	$32K	$32K
113	Arnold Barnes III	RB	depth	$27K	$27K
114	Myles Mendeszoon	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
115	Cannon Butler	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
116	Tyler Perkins	P	depth	$25K	$25K
117	Jace T. Gilbert	PK	depth	$25K	$25K
118	Vontroy Malone	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
119	Chet Andrews	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
120	Zaimir Hawk	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
121	Jack Limbaugh	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
122	AJ Petersen	RB	depth	$25K	$25K
123	Jacob Lyftogt	LS	depth	$25K	$25K
124	Kyle Konrardy	PK	depth	$25K	$25K
125	Ka'Mori Moore	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
126	Easton Miller	RB	depth	$25K	$25K
127	Trey Verdon	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
128	Ryver Peppers	RB	depth	$25K	$25K
129	Gavin Schieler	LS	depth	$25K	$25K
130	Jonah DuPont	P	depth	$25K	$25K
131	Chase Smith	PK	rotation	$25K	$25K
132	Max Baloun	DL	depth	$25K	$25K

Portal ledger

2026 transfer portal traffic for Iowa State: 48 in, 55 out, net star flow -23. Source: CollegeFootballData.

Player	Pos	Stars	Direction	From / To	Window
Tristan Exline	LB	3	IN	Texas-Permian Basin	winter
Jaylen Raynor	QB	3	IN	Arkansas State	winter
Gavin Proudfoot	OT	3	IN	Northern Iowa	winter
Maasai King	OT	3	IN	Akron	winter
Keyon Washington	CB	3	IN	Bowling Green	winter
Montreze Smith Jr.	LB	3	IN	Austin Peay	winter
Cody Jackson	WR	3	IN	Tarleton State	winter
DeAndre Carter	IOL	3	IN	Auburn	winter
Tyler Fortenberry	TE	3	IN	Arkansas State	winter
Trillion Sorrell	CB	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Donovan Fitzmaurice	DL	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Trevor Bindel	IOL	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Duhron Goodman	S	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Max Baloun	DL	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Damarius Russell	S	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Jake Taylor	OT	3	IN	Oklahoma	winter
Omari Hayes	WR	3	IN	Tulane	winter
Sullivan Schlimgen	LB	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Colin Amick	OT	3	IN	Montana	winter
Cade Myer	IOL	3	IN	Colorado School Of Mines	winter
Carter Pabst	WR	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Braden Awls	S	3	IN	Toledo	winter
Braden Smith	IOL	3	IN	Tarleton State	winter
Brody Miller	S	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Gavin Broscious	IOL	3	IN	Michigan State	winter
Caden Maas	IOL	3	IN	Sioux Falls	winter
Caden Crawford	EDGE	3	IN	South Dakota	winter
Bryson Lamb	DL	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Malaki Ta'ase	EDGE	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Jack Janikowski	EDGE	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Isaac Terrell	EDGE	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Evan Boyd	WR	3	IN	Michigan State	winter
Zane Flores	QB	3	IN	Oklahoma State	winter
Seth Johnson	CB	3	IN	Montana State	winter
Salahadin Allah	RB	3	IN	Oregon State	winter
Cameron Pettaway	RB	3	IN	Bowling Green	winter
Christian Greenlaw	TE	3	IN	Hampton	winter
Jordan Vyborny	TE	3	IN	Oklahoma State	winter
Jareb Ramos	DL	3	IN	Montana	winter
Tyrone Cotton III	CB	3	IN	Washington State	winter
Jaheim Singletary	CB	3	IN	Arkansas	winter
Micah Harper	S	3	IN	Montana	winter
Kaleb Bilal-Jones	DL	3	IN	Arizona	winter
Jordyn Bailey	WR	3	IN	TCU	winter
Malcolm Jones	S	3	IN	Jacksonville State	winter
Arnold Barnes III	RB	3	IN	Tulane	spring
Adlai Lounsbury	K	2	IN	Washington State	winter
Caleb Schmidt	LS	-	IN	Minot State	winter
Benjamin Brahmer	TE	4	OUT	Penn State	winter
Marcus Neal Jr.	S	4	OUT	Penn State	winter
Jontez Williams	CB	4	OUT	USC	winter
Rocco Becht	QB	4	OUT	Penn State	winter
Caleb Bacon	LB	4	OUT	Penn State	winter
Chase Sowell	WR	4	OUT	Penn State	winter
Brendan Black	IOL	4	OUT	Nebraska	winter
Sione Perkins	OT	3	OUT	In portal	winter
Daniel Jackson	WR	3	OUT	In portal	winter
Michael Parkes	WR	3	OUT	In portal	winter
Dyllan Malone	WR	3	OUT	In portal	winter
Mason Miller	LB	3	OUT	In portal	winter
Abu Sama III	RB	3	OUT	Wisconsin	winter
Carson Van Dinter	S	3	OUT	Wisconsin	winter
Will Tompkins	OT	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Gabe Burkle	TE	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Alex Manske	QB	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Brett Eskildsen	WR	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Carson Hansen	RB	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Cael Brezina	LB	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Kuol Kuol II	OT	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Karon Brookins	WR	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Kooper Ebel	LB	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Trevor Buhr	IOL	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Alijah Carnell	DL	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Tre Bell	CB	3	OUT	Michigan State	winter
Josh Patterson	S	3	OUT	Wake Forest	winter
Jamison Patton	S	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Hunter Sowell	S	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Ta'Shawn James	S	3	OUT	UCLA	winter
Zay Robinson	WR	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Dylan Lee	RB	3	OUT	UCLA	winter
Vaea Ikakoula	IOL	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
BJ Carter	DL	3	OUT	Marshall	winter
Will Hawthorne	LB	3	OUT	Nebraska	winter
Quentin Taylor Jr.	CB	3	OUT	Mississippi State	winter
Deylin Hasert	IOL	3	OUT	Georgia State	winter
Khijohnn Cummings-Coleman	S	3	OUT	Kansas	winter
Cooper Alexander	TE	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Kai Black	WR	3	OUT	Northern Iowa	winter
Markell Chapman	DL	3	OUT	Missouri State	winter
Jeremiah Cooper	S	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Xavier Townsend	WR	3	OUT	Purdue	winter
Charlie Woleben	EDGE	3	OUT	Missouri S&T	winter
Derek Jensen	OT	3	OUT	In portal	winter
Ikenna Ezeogu	DL	3	OUT	Penn State	winter
Samuel Same	EDGE	3	OUT	South Dakota	winter
Danny Inglis	LB	3	OUT	Youngstown State	winter
LaMarcus Hicks II	CB	3	OUT	Arkansas	winter
Carson Brown	WR	3	OUT	Hawai'i	winter
Cam Smith	S	3	OUT	Youngstown State	winter
Mason Ellens	CB	3	OUT	Miami (OH)	winter
John Klosterman	LB	-	OUT	In portal	winter
Drew Clausen	LS	-	OUT	Indiana	winter
Nick Reinicke	LB	-	OUT	Western Illinois	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)

$3.8M

Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate

Athletics revenue

$103.9M

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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