Kansas
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
$20.2M - $26.8M
#32 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
+17
31 in, 26 out
Top Model Price
$1.2M
Cole Ballard
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#59 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 Kansas 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 | Cole Ballard | QB | starter | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| 2 | Eamon Smalls | DL | starter | $1M | $1M |
| 3 | Cam Pickett | WR | starter | $870K | $870K |
| 4 | Chase Jenkins | QB | rotation | $867K | $867K |
| 5 | Corey Gordon Jr. | S | starter | $680K | $680K |
| 6 | Kaden Snyder | OT | starter | $649K | $649K |
| 7 | Nik McMillan | WR | starter | $617K | $617K |
| 8 | Jibriel Conde | DL | starter | $523K | $523K |
| 9 | Hunter Higgins | EDGE | starter | $523K | $523K |
| 10 | Jibreel Al-Amin | LB | starter | $514K | $514K |
| 11 | Nahzae Cox | WR | starter | $473K | $473K |
| 12 | Brandon Solis | OT | starter | $457K | $457K |
| 13 | Connor Stroh | IOL | starter | $457K | $457K |
| 14 | Kasen Carpenter | IOL | starter | $457K | $457K |
| 15 | Malachi Mills | OT | starter | $457K | $457K |
| 16 | David Santiago | EDGE | starter | $441K | $441K |
| 17 | Dylan Edwards | RB | rotation | $438K | $438K |
| 18 | Yasin Willis | RB | starter | $414K | $414K |
| 19 | Christian Pritchett | S | starter | $399K | $399K |
| 20 | Elijah Cannon | CB | starter | $399K | $399K |
| 21 | Khijohnn Cummings-Coleman | S | starter | $399K | $399K |
| 22 | Jaden Harris | S | starter | $399K | $399K |
| 23 | DeShawn Hanika | TE | starter | $309K | $309K |
| 24 | Levi Wentz | WR | rotation | $304K | $304K |
| 25 | Jaron Willis | LB | starter | $286K | $286K |
| 26 | Tre'Von McAlpine | DL | rotation | $267K | $267K |
| 27 | Jailen Butler | TE | depth | $267K | $267K |
| 28 | Keaton Kubecka | WR | rotation | $246K | $246K |
| 29 | Austin Alexander | DB | rotation | $224K | $224K |
| 30 | Daveon Crouch | LB | starter | $219K | $219K |
| 31 | Jaylen Mason | QB | depth | $218K | $218K |
| 32 | Kevin Oatis | DL | rotation | $206K | $206K |
| 33 | Corbin Glasco | WR | rotation | $176K | $176K |
| 34 | Jalen Todd | DB | depth | $170K | $170K |
| 35 | Bangally Kamara | LB | depth | $163K | $163K |
| 36 | Alex Bray | DE | rotation | $161K | $161K |
| 37 | Carson Bruhn | TE | rotation | $153K | $153K |
| 38 | Nick Morrow | OT | rotation | $152K | $152K |
| 39 | Trezelle Jenkins Jr. | IOL | rotation | $152K | $152K |
| 40 | Lennie Brown | CB | rotation | $133K | $133K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Kansas: 31 in, 26 out, net star flow +17. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jibriel Conde | DL | 3 | IN | Grand Valley State University | winter |
| Eamon Smalls | DL | 3 | IN | UAB | winter |
| Connor Stroh | IOL | 3 | IN | Texas | winter |
| Landyn Watson | LB | 3 | IN | Kentucky | winter |
| Jalen Dupree | RB | 3 | IN | Colorado State | winter |
| Quincy Davis | LB | 3 | IN | New Mexico State | winter |
| Jaron Willis | LB | 3 | IN | South Carolina | winter |
| Jaden Harris | S | 3 | IN | Georgia | winter |
| Tre'Von McAlpine | DL | 3 | IN | Tulane | winter |
| David Santiago | EDGE | 3 | IN | Michigan State | winter |
| Yasin Willis | RB | 3 | IN | Syracuse | winter |
| Christian Pritchett | S | 3 | IN | Georgia Tech | winter |
| Nik McMillan | WR | 3 | IN | Buffalo | winter |
| Roman Pearson | CB | 3 | IN | Ball State | winter |
| Trezelle Jenkins Jr. | IOL | 3 | IN | Wayne State | winter |
| Daveon Crouch | LB | 3 | IN | Boston College | winter |
| Khijohnn Cummings-Coleman | S | 3 | IN | Iowa State | winter |
| Elijah Cannon | CB | 3 | IN | Mississippi State | winter |
| Martin Connington | K | 3 | IN | Michigan State | winter |
| Nick Morrow | OT | 3 | IN | California | winter |
| Jibreel Al-Amin | LB | 3 | IN | Marshall | winter |
| Jailen Butler | TE | 3 | IN | Old Dominion | winter |
| Carter Moses | TE | 3 | IN | Albany | winter |
| Kasen Carpenter | IOL | 3 | IN | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Corey Gordon Jr. | S | 3 | IN | Louisville | winter |
| Nahzae Cox | WR | 3 | IN | Middle Tennessee | winter |
| Kevin Oatis | DL | 3 | IN | Arkansas | winter |
| Dylan Edwards | RB | 3 | IN | Kansas State | winter |
| Chase Jenkins | QB | 3 | IN | Rice | winter |
| Brandon Solis | OT | 3 | IN | Missouri | other |
| Rino Monteforte | LS | 2 | IN | California | winter |
| Jacoby Davis | CB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Trey Lathan | LB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Jameel Croft Jr. | CB | 3 | OUT | Charlotte | winter |
| Jon Jon Kamara | LB | 3 | OUT | Wisconsin | winter |
| Kene Anene | IOL | 3 | OUT | North Dakota State | winter |
| Logan Brantley | LB | 3 | OUT | Boise State | winter |
| Aundre Gibson | CB | 3 | OUT | Northern Arizona | winter |
| Tyler Mercer | IOL | 3 | OUT | Oklahoma State | winter |
| JaCorey Stewart | LB | 3 | OUT | Florida International | winter |
| Jaden Hamm | TE | 3 | OUT | Arkansas State | winter |
| Laquan Robinson | S | 3 | OUT | Southern Miss | winter |
| Harry Stewart III | RB | 3 | OUT | Boise State | winter |
| Jalen Dye | S | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Lyrik Rawls | S | 3 | OUT | Arizona State | winter |
| Greydon Grimes | OT | 3 | OUT | App State | winter |
| Joseph Sipp Jr. | LB | 3 | OUT | Florida Atlantic | winter |
| David McComb | QB | 3 | OUT | Miami (OH) | winter |
| Carter Lavrusky | OT | 3 | OUT | Northern Arizona | winter |
| Bryce Cohoon | WR | 3 | OUT | South Dakota | winter |
| Caleb Redd | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Eastern Kentucky | winter |
| Dylan Brooks | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Missouri State | winter |
| Johnny Thompson Jr. | RB | 3 | OUT | Ball State | winter |
| Damani Maxson | S | 3 | OUT | Prairie View A&M | winter |
| Jaidyn Doss | WR | 3 | OUT | Northwest Missouri St | other |
| Dean Miller | EDGE | 3 | OUT | UCF | other |
| Devin Dye | S | - | 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)
$8.2M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$173.7M
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.