Louisville
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
$19.5M - $25.1M
#42 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-7
33 in, 39 out
Top Model Price
$1.2M
Tre Richardson
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#23 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 Louisville 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 | Tre Richardson | WR | starter | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| 2 | Lincoln Kienholz | QB | starter | $1M | $1M |
| 3 | Koen Entringer | S | starter | $814K | $814K |
| 4 | Keyjuan Brown | RB | starter | $789K | $789K |
| 5 | Brody Foley | TE | starter | $745K | $745K |
| 6 | Jarvis Strickland | OT | starter | $622K | $622K |
| 7 | Demeco Kennedy | DL | starter | $611K | $611K |
| 8 | Jaydin Broadnax | CB | starter | $542K | $542K |
| 9 | Jacob Smith | EDGE | starter | $501K | $501K |
| 10 | Daylen Russell | DL | starter | $501K | $501K |
| 11 | Julius Miles | WR | starter | $500K | $500K |
| 12 | Briggs Cherry | QB | rotation | $486K | $486K |
| 13 | Lawayne McCoy | WR | starter | $447K | $447K |
| 14 | Anwar O'neal | OT | starter | $438K | $438K |
| 15 | Cason Henry | OT | starter | $438K | $438K |
| 16 | Bryten Close | OT | starter | $438K | $438K |
| 17 | Benjamin Corhei | OT | starter | $438K | $438K |
| 18 | Jerod Smith II | DL | starter | $432K | $432K |
| 19 | Justyn Reid | TE | depth | $382K | $382K |
| 20 | DJ Waller Jr. | CB | starter | $382K | $382K |
| 21 | Brycen Scott | CB | starter | $382K | $382K |
| 22 | TJ Quinn | LB | depth | $322K | $322K |
| 23 | Jaleel Skinner | TE | rotation | $320K | $320K |
| 24 | Kaleb Beasley | S | starter | $303K | $303K |
| 25 | Tyler Thompson | EDGE | rotation | $278K | $278K |
| 26 | Ben Perry | LB | starter | $274K | $274K |
| 27 | Brady Ballart | LB | starter | $274K | $274K |
| 28 | Jon Adams | LB | starter | $274K | $274K |
| 29 | Davin Wydner | QB | depth | $212K | $212K |
| 30 | JoJo Evans Jr. | DB | depth | $204K | $204K |
| 31 | Tommy Ziesmer | DL | rotation | $197K | $197K |
| 32 | Joshua Donald | DL | rotation | $197K | $197K |
| 33 | Sam Dawson | DL | rotation | $197K | $197K |
| 34 | Jacob Stewart | TE | rotation | $178K | $178K |
| 35 | Gavin Waddell | WR | rotation | $174K | $174K |
| 36 | Jackson Voth | WR | rotation | $173K | $173K |
| 37 | Elizjah Lewis | WR | rotation | $172K | $172K |
| 38 | Evan Wibberley | IOL | rotation | $146K | $146K |
| 39 | Eryx Daugherty | IOL | rotation | $146K | $146K |
| 40 | Johnnie Brown III | IOL | rotation | $146K | $146K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Louisville: 33 in, 39 out, net star flow -7. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brody Foley | TE | 4 | IN | Tulsa | winter |
| Tre Richardson | WR | 4 | IN | Vanderbilt | winter |
| Lawayne McCoy | WR | 4 | IN | Florida State | winter |
| DJ Waller Jr. | CB | 3 | IN | Kentucky | winter |
| Lincoln Kienholz | QB | 3 | IN | Ohio State | winter |
| Marquise Davis | RB | 3 | IN | Missouri | winter |
| Daylen Russell | DL | 3 | IN | Miami | winter |
| Eryx Daugherty | IOL | 3 | IN | Boston College | winter |
| Anwar O'neal | OT | 3 | IN | Delaware | winter |
| Demeco Kennedy | DL | 3 | IN | Purdue | winter |
| Jerod Smith II | DL | 3 | IN | Kentucky | winter |
| Jacob Smith | EDGE | 3 | IN | Kentucky | winter |
| Johnnie Brown III | IOL | 3 | IN | Georgia Southern | winter |
| Justyn Reid | TE | 3 | IN | Tulane | winter |
| Cason Henry | OT | 3 | IN | South Carolina | winter |
| Montavin Quisenberry | WR | 3 | IN | Kentucky | winter |
| Ben Perry | LB | 3 | IN | UCLA | winter |
| Tyler Thompson | EDGE | 3 | IN | North Carolina | winter |
| Santana Wilson | CB | 3 | IN | Texas | winter |
| Koen Entringer | S | 3 | IN | Iowa | winter |
| Ryan Manis | LS | 3 | IN | Liberty | winter |
| Jackson Voth | WR | 3 | IN | Drake | winter |
| Tommy Ziesmer | DL | 3 | IN | Eastern Kentucky | winter |
| Davin Wydner | QB | 3 | IN | West Georgia | winter |
| TJ Banks | S | 3 | IN | Ole Miss | winter |
| Jakob Dixon | WR | 3 | IN | Eastern Kentucky | winter |
| Kaleb Beasley | S | 3 | IN | Tennessee | winter |
| Evan Wibberley | IOL | 3 | IN | Kentucky | winter |
| Joshua Donald | DL | 3 | IN | Houston | winter |
| Brycen Scott | CB | 3 | IN | Elon | winter |
| Elizjah Lewis | WR | 3 | IN | Pace | winter |
| Jacob Baker | P | - | IN | Eastern Kentucky | winter |
| Garth White | K | - | IN | Rhode Island | spring |
| Isaac Brown | RB | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Davon Mitchell | TE | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| AJ Green | EDGE | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Jordan Church | IOL | 4 | OUT | Texas Tech | winter |
| Micah Carter | EDGE | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Fred Johnson | IOL | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Antonio Watts | LB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Nate Kurisky | TE | 3 | OUT | Duke | winter |
| Bobby Golden | WR | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Jerry Lawson | DL | 3 | OUT | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Maurice Davis | EDGE | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Ransom McDermott | OT | 3 | OUT | Temple | winter |
| Brady Allen | QB | 3 | OUT | Indiana State | winter |
| Rae'mon Mosby | CB | 3 | OUT | East Carolina | winter |
| Deuce Adams | QB | 3 | OUT | Wisconsin | winter |
| Grant Houser | TE | 3 | OUT | Colorado State | winter |
| Blake Ruffin | S | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Justin Beadles | EDGE | 3 | OUT | California | winter |
| Duke Watson | RB | 3 | OUT | UCF | winter |
| Corey Gordon Jr. | S | 3 | OUT | Kansas | winter |
| Carter Guillaume | IOL | 3 | OUT | Oregon State | winter |
| Shaun Boykins Jr. | RB | 3 | OUT | Delaware State | winter |
| Brock Coffman | WR | 3 | OUT | Kentucky | winter |
| Xavier Porter | DL | 3 | OUT | East Tennessee State | winter |
| CJ May | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Missouri | winter |
| Antonio Meeks | WR | 3 | OUT | Wake Forest | winter |
| Jamarice Wilder | RB | 3 | OUT | Southern Miss | winter |
| Justin Agu | CB | 3 | OUT | Tulane | winter |
| Kendrick Gilbert | DL | 3 | OUT | Ball State | winter |
| Mason Mims | QB | 3 | OUT | East Tennessee State | winter |
| Daeh McCullough | S | 3 | OUT | Western Michigan | winter |
| Eli Adams | WR | 3 | OUT | Wisconsin | winter |
| Selah Brown | DL | 3 | OUT | Bowling Green | winter |
| James Glover-Tyson | OT | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Kris Hughes | WR | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
| TreyShun Hurry | WR | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Chris Jones Jr. | DL | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Cooper Ranvier | K | - | OUT | Tennessee | winter |
| Carter Schwartz | P | - | OUT | Arizona | other |
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)
$6.9M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$155.9M
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.