Kansas 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
#66 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-25
26 in, 33 out
Top Model Price
$2M
Avery Johnson
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#28 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 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 | Avery Johnson | QB | starter | $2M | $2M |
| 2 | Jaron Tibbs | WR | starter | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| 3 | Wendell Gregory | EDGE | starter | $700K | $700K |
| 4 | Joshua Manning | WR | starter | $666K | $666K |
| 5 | Mekhi Mason | LB | starter | $625K | $625K |
| 6 | Jerand Bradley | WR | starter | $595K | $595K |
| 7 | Garrett Oakley | TE | starter | $543K | $543K |
| 8 | Joe Jackson | RB | starter | $478K | $478K |
| 9 | De'Arieun Hicks | DL | starter | $425K | $425K |
| 10 | Adrian Bekibele | DL | starter | $425K | $425K |
| 11 | Chase Duarte | IOL | starter | $371K | $371K |
| 12 | Keiton Jones | IOL | starter | $371K | $371K |
| 13 | Tyler Johnson | OT | starter | $371K | $371K |
| 14 | Delvin Morris | IOL | starter | $371K | $371K |
| 15 | Charlie Adams | OT | starter | $371K | $371K |
| 16 | Jacobi Oliphant Jr. | LB | starter | $364K | $364K |
| 17 | Elijah Hill | EDGE | rotation | $325K | $325K |
| 18 | Ja'Son Prevard | CB | starter | $323K | $323K |
| 19 | Adrian Maddox | S | starter | $323K | $323K |
| 20 | Garrick Dixon | CB | starter | $323K | $323K |
| 21 | Josiah Vilmael | CB | starter | $323K | $323K |
| 22 | Austin Ramsey | DL | starter | $294K | $294K |
| 23 | Brandon White | WR | rotation | $279K | $279K |
| 24 | Blake Barnett | QB | rotation | $233K | $233K |
| 25 | Kaleb Patterson | CB | starter | $227K | $227K |
| 26 | Desmond Purnell | LB | depth | $214K | $214K |
| 27 | Linkon Cure | TE | depth | $207K | $207K |
| 28 | Adonis Moise | WR | rotation | $198K | $198K |
| 29 | Kingston Hall | DL | rotation | $167K | $167K |
| 30 | Asa Newsom | LB | starter | $163K | $163K |
| 31 | Will Swanson | TE | rotation | $160K | $160K |
| 32 | Jayden Bryant | EDGE | rotation | $156K | $156K |
| 33 | Zashon Rich | CB | depth | $146K | $146K |
| 34 | Izaiah Williams | WR | rotation | $143K | $143K |
| 35 | Koy Beasley | S | rotation | $139K | $139K |
| 36 | Gunner Maldonado | S | rotation | $130K | $130K |
| 37 | Tanner Morley | IOL | rotation | $123K | $123K |
| 38 | Lamarcus Barber | IOL | rotation | $123K | $123K |
| 39 | Kamari Burns | DL | rotation | $104K | $104K |
| 40 | Jay Harris | RB | rotation | $103K | $103K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Kansas State: 26 in, 33 out, net star flow -25. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Gregory | EDGE | 4 | IN | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Izaiah Williams | WR | 3 | IN | Texas A&M | winter |
| Keiton Jones | IOL | 3 | IN | Missouri | winter |
| Koy Beasley | S | 3 | IN | Miami (OH) | winter |
| Kaleb Patterson | CB | 3 | IN | Illinois | winter |
| Rodney Fields Jr. | RB | 3 | IN | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Jacobi Oliphant Jr. | LB | 3 | IN | Oklahoma State | winter |
| De'Arieun Hicks | DL | 3 | IN | Gardner-Webb | winter |
| Mekhi Mason | LB | 3 | IN | Louisiana Tech | winter |
| Austin Ramsey | DL | 3 | IN | Kentucky | winter |
| Charlie Adams | OT | 3 | IN | Cal Poly | winter |
| Joshua Manning | WR | 3 | IN | Missouri | winter |
| Jayden Bryant | EDGE | 3 | IN | Coastal Carolina | winter |
| Kamari Burns | DL | 3 | IN | Cincinnati | winter |
| Ja'Son Prevard | CB | 3 | IN | Virginia | winter |
| Tanner Morley | IOL | 3 | IN | Colorado State | winter |
| Delvin Morris | IOL | 3 | IN | Akron | winter |
| Adrian Maddox | S | 3 | IN | Georgia | winter |
| Jay Harris | RB | 3 | IN | Oregon | winter |
| Elijah Hill | EDGE | 3 | IN | Kennesaw State | winter |
| Chase Duarte | IOL | 3 | IN | San Diego State | winter |
| Brandon White | WR | 3 | IN | Hawai'i | winter |
| Tyler Johnson | OT | 3 | IN | Auburn | winter |
| Makari Bodiford | RB | 3 | IN | Memphis | winter |
| Dylan Davidson | P | - | IN | Emporia State University | winter |
| Robert Hammond III | K | - | IN | Toledo | winter |
| Tobi Osunsanmi | EDGE | 4 | OUT | Indiana | winter |
| Jayce Brown | WR | 4 | OUT | LSU | winter |
| Jayshawn Ross | EDGE | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| JB Price | RB | 3 | OUT | In portal | other |
| Andrew Metzger | TE | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Donovan McIntosh | CB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Amos Talalele | IOL | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Qua Moss | S | 3 | OUT | Tennessee | winter |
| Austin Romaine | LB | 3 | OUT | Texas Tech | winter |
| Kanijal Thomas | CB | 3 | OUT | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Chiddi Obiazor | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Indiana | winter |
| Ryan Davis | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Baylor | winter |
| Devin Vass | IOL | 3 | OUT | West Virginia | winter |
| Jayden Rowe | CB | 3 | OUT | Baylor | winter |
| Will Kemna | OT | 3 | OUT | Missouri | winter |
| Callen Barta | WR | 3 | OUT | Emporia State University | winter |
| Colby McCalister | S | 3 | OUT | Baylor | winter |
| Brayden Loftin | TE | 3 | OUT | UCLA | winter |
| Amarion Fortenberry | CB | 3 | OUT | South Florida | winter |
| Daniel Cobbs | S | 3 | OUT | Baylor | winter |
| Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder | DL | 3 | OUT | SMU | winter |
| Jake Clifton | LB | 3 | OUT | BYU | winter |
| DeVon Rice | RB | 3 | OUT | Hawai'i | winter |
| Maguire Richman | LB | 3 | OUT | Northwest Missouri St | winter |
| Jacques Spradley-Demps | WR | 3 | OUT | Kilgore College | winter |
| Kaedin Massey | OT | 3 | OUT | James Madison | winter |
| Terrence Enos Jr. | OT | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Asher Tomaszewski | DL | 3 | OUT | Adams | winter |
| Dylan Edwards | RB | 3 | OUT | Kansas | winter |
| Antonio Martin Jr. | RB | 3 | OUT | Middle Tennessee | winter |
| Jemyri Davis | WR | 3 | OUT | Memphis | winter |
| Truman Griffith | EDGE | 2 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Ralph Ortiz | LB | - | 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)
$3.7M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$103M
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.