Michigan
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
$23.1M - $33.5M
#10 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-45
17 in, 33 out
Top Model Price
$1.9M
Andrew Marsh
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#16 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 Michigan 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 | Andrew Marsh | WR | starter | $1.9M | $1.9M |
| 2 | Bryce Underwood | QB | starter | $1.8M | $1.8M |
| 3 | John Henry Daley | EDGE | starter | $1.4M | $1.4M |
| 4 | Carter Meadows | EDGE | starter | $1.4M | $1.4M |
| 5 | Donaven McCulley | WR | starter | $978K | $978K |
| 6 | Jordan Marshall | RB | starter | $950K | $950K |
| 7 | Alister Vallejo | DL | starter | $842K | $842K |
| 8 | McHale Blade | DL | starter | $842K | $842K |
| 9 | Malakai Lee | OT | starter | $735K | $735K |
| 10 | Marky Walbridge | OT | starter | $735K | $735K |
| 11 | Christian Pierce | LB | starter | $644K | $644K |
| 12 | Salesi Moa | CB | starter | $641K | $641K |
| 13 | Jamarion Vincent | CB | starter | $641K | $641K |
| 14 | Andre Clarke Jr. | CB | starter | $641K | $641K |
| 15 | Jordan Deck | S | starter | $641K | $641K |
| 16 | Brady Smigiel | QB | rotation | $615K | $615K |
| 17 | Smith Snowden | CB | starter | $609K | $609K |
| 18 | JJ Buchanan | WR | starter | $594K | $594K |
| 19 | Savion Hiter | RB | rotation | $557K | $557K |
| 20 | Houston Ka'aha'aina-Torres | IOL | starter | $517K | $517K |
| 21 | Travis Johnson | WR | rotation | $470K | $470K |
| 22 | Chris Bracy | S | rotation | $464K | $464K |
| 23 | Zack Marshall | TE | starter | $394K | $394K |
| 24 | Titan Davis | DL | rotation | $331K | $331K |
| 25 | Blake Frazier | OL | rotation | $323K | $323K |
| 26 | Aden Reeder | LB | starter | $323K | $323K |
| 27 | Avery Gach | OL | starter | $314K | $314K |
| 28 | Andrew Babalola | OL | starter | $314K | $314K |
| 29 | Tre Williams | DL | rotation | $304K | $304K |
| 30 | Colin Hurley | QB | depth | $255K | $255K |
| 31 | Aisea Moa | LB | starter | $244K | $244K |
| 32 | Jonah Leaea | DL | rotation | $233K | $233K |
| 33 | Ernest Hausmann | LB | depth | $208K | $208K |
| 34 | Jaylen Pile | WR | rotation | $207K | $207K |
| 35 | Hogan Hansen | TE | rotation | $204K | $204K |
| 36 | Rod Moore | DB | rotation | $188K | $188K |
| 37 | Deakon Tonielli | TE | rotation | $167K | $167K |
| 38 | Channing Goodwin | WR | rotation | $167K | $167K |
| 39 | Jyaire Hill | DB | depth | $150K | $150K |
| 40 | Jordan Young | DB | rotation | $147K | $147K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Michigan: 17 in, 33 out, net star flow -45. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henry Daley | EDGE | 4 | IN | Utah | winter |
| JJ Buchanan | WR | 4 | IN | Utah | winter |
| Salesi Moa | CB | 4 | IN | Utah | winter |
| Smith Snowden | CB | 4 | IN | Utah | winter |
| Trey Butkowski | K | 3 | IN | Pittsburgh | winter |
| Taylor Tatum | RB | 3 | IN | Oklahoma | winter |
| Jaime Ffrench Jr. | WR | 3 | IN | Texas | winter |
| Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi | QB | 3 | IN | Colorado State | winter |
| Jonah Leaea | DL | 3 | IN | Utah | winter |
| Max Alford | LB | 3 | IN | BYU | winter |
| Houston Ka'aha'aina-Torres | IOL | 3 | IN | Nebraska | winter |
| Chris Bracy | S | 3 | IN | Memphis | winter |
| Christian Pierce | LB | 3 | IN | Michigan | winter |
| Colin Hurley | QB | 3 | IN | LSU | winter |
| Nathaniel Staehling | LB | 3 | IN | North Dakota State | winter |
| Aisea Moa | LB | 3 | IN | Michigan State | winter |
| Cameron Brown | P | - | IN | UNLV | winter |
| Andrew Sprague | OT | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Jake Guarnera | IOL | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Jayden Sanders | CB | 4 | OUT | Notre Dame | winter |
| Ty Haywood | OT | 4 | OUT | Alabama | winter |
| Elijah Dotson | CB | 4 | OUT | Missouri | winter |
| Justice Haynes | RB | 4 | OUT | Georgia Tech | winter |
| Jake Garcia | QB | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Enow Etta | DL | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Zeke Berry | CB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Jaden Mangham | S | 3 | OUT | Purdue | winter |
| Connor Jones | OT | 3 | OUT | Georgia State | winter |
| Jasper Parker | RB | 3 | OUT | Arkansas | winter |
| Kaden Strayhorn | IOL | 3 | OUT | Alabama | winter |
| Cole Sullivan | LB | 3 | OUT | Oklahoma | winter |
| Semaj Morgan | WR | 3 | OUT | UCLA | winter |
| Davis Warren | QB | 3 | OUT | Stanford | winter |
| Mikey Keene | QB | 3 | OUT | Arizona State | winter |
| Ben Roebuck | IOL | 3 | OUT | Western Michigan | winter |
| Fredrick Moore | WR | 3 | OUT | Michigan State | winter |
| Brady Prieskorn | TE | 3 | OUT | Ole Miss | winter |
| Devon Baxter | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Virginia | winter |
| TJ Metcalf | S | 3 | OUT | Tennessee | winter |
| Christian Pierce | LB | 3 | OUT | Michigan | winter |
| Brandyn Hillman | S | 3 | OUT | Virginia | winter |
| Jaydon Hood | LB | 3 | OUT | Georgia State | winter |
| Anthony Simpson | WR | 3 | OUT | Toledo | winter |
| Tevis Metcalf | CB | 3 | OUT | Tennessee | winter |
| CJ Hester | RB | 3 | OUT | Stony Brook | winter |
| Jadyn Davis | QB | 3 | OUT | East Tennessee State | winter |
| Bryson Kuzdzal | RB | 2 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Beckham Sunderland | K | - | OUT | Minnesota | winter |
| Evan Boutorwick | LS | - | OUT | Northwestern | winter |
| Lawrence Hattar | IOL | - | 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)
$13M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$236.4M
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.