Michigan State
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
$19.7M - $25.5M
#38 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-53
28 in, 46 out
Top Model Price
$1.1M
Alessio Milivojevic
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#49 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 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 | Alessio Milivojevic | QB | starter | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| 2 | Collin Campbell | OT | starter | $630K | $630K |
| 3 | Eli Bickel | OT | starter | $630K | $630K |
| 4 | Dion Crawford | LB | starter | $573K | $573K |
| 5 | Kayd Coffman | QB | rotation | $544K | $544K |
| 6 | Ben Murawski | OT | starter | $513K | $513K |
| 7 | Cam Edwards | RB | starter | $513K | $513K |
| 8 | Samson Gash | WR | starter | $512K | $512K |
| 9 | Carlos Hazelwood | DL | starter | $507K | $507K |
| 10 | Cory House | EDGE | starter | $507K | $507K |
| 11 | Hudson Aultman | DL | starter | $507K | $507K |
| 12 | Eli Coenen | DL | starter | $459K | $459K |
| 13 | Robert Wright Jr. | OT | starter | $443K | $443K |
| 14 | Nick Sharpe | IOL | starter | $443K | $443K |
| 15 | Cam Stodghill | S | starter | $386K | $386K |
| 16 | Charles Brantley | CB | starter | $386K | $386K |
| 17 | Devin Vaught | S | starter | $386K | $386K |
| 18 | Eliyjah Caldwell-Hardy | S | starter | $386K | $386K |
| 19 | Jeremiah Favorite | CB | starter | $386K | $386K |
| 20 | KK Smith | WR | starter | $345K | $345K |
| 21 | Fredrick Moore | WR | starter | $329K | $329K |
| 22 | Jordan Hall | LB | depth | $328K | $328K |
| 23 | Joey Caudill | TE | starter | $301K | $301K |
| 24 | Caleb Wheatland | LB | starter | $277K | $277K |
| 25 | Adam Shaw | LB | starter | $277K | $277K |
| 26 | Cam Fancher | QB | depth | $220K | $220K |
| 27 | Trey Lisle | EDGE | rotation | $200K | $200K |
| 28 | Michael Richard | S | rotation | $200K | $200K |
| 29 | Keahnist Thompson | EDGE | rotation | $200K | $200K |
| 30 | Brandon Tullis | RB | rotation | $197K | $197K |
| 31 | Jaziun Patterson | RB | rotation | $190K | $190K |
| 32 | Kenny Soares Jr. | LB | rotation | $186K | $186K |
| 33 | Tre Bell | CB | rotation | $181K | $181K |
| 34 | Malcolm Bell | DB | depth | $161K | $161K |
| 35 | Anelu Lafaele | EDGE | rotation | $151K | $151K |
| 36 | Trent Fraley | IOL | rotation | $147K | $147K |
| 37 | Malik Spencer | DB | depth | $146K | $146K |
| 38 | Wayne Matthews III | LB | depth | $145K | $145K |
| 39 | Tyran Chappell | CB | rotation | $129K | $129K |
| 40 | TJ Umenyiora | CB | rotation | $129K | $129K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Michigan State: 28 in, 46 out, net star flow -53. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhys Dakin | P | 3 | IN | Iowa | winter |
| Ben Murawski | OT | 3 | IN | UConn | winter |
| Tyran Chappell | CB | 3 | IN | Houston Christian | winter |
| Devin Vaught | S | 3 | IN | Maine | winter |
| Tre Bell | CB | 3 | IN | Iowa State | winter |
| Caleb Wheatland | LB | 3 | IN | Auburn | winter |
| Michael Richard | S | 3 | IN | Louisiana Tech | winter |
| Cam Fancher | QB | 3 | IN | UCF | winter |
| Nick Sharpe | IOL | 3 | IN | South Carolina | winter |
| Cam Edwards | RB | 3 | IN | UConn | winter |
| Trent Fraley | IOL | 3 | IN | North Dakota State | winter |
| Charles Brantley | CB | 3 | IN | Miami | winter |
| Carson Gulker | TE | 3 | IN | Ferris State | winter |
| Robert Wright Jr. | OT | 3 | IN | Georgia Southern | winter |
| Trey Lisle | EDGE | 3 | IN | Southeast Missouri State | winter |
| Jaziun Patterson | RB | 3 | IN | Iowa | winter |
| Carlos Hazelwood | DL | 3 | IN | Toledo | winter |
| Keahnist Thompson | EDGE | 3 | IN | Weber State | winter |
| Fredrick Moore | WR | 3 | IN | Michigan | winter |
| Cam Stodghill | S | 3 | IN | Albany | winter |
| KK Smith | WR | 3 | IN | Notre Dame | winter |
| Dion Crawford | LB | 3 | IN | Buffalo | winter |
| Eli Coenen | DL | 3 | IN | Illinois | winter |
| Kenny Soares Jr. | LB | 3 | IN | NC State | winter |
| Kenneth Williams | RB | 3 | IN | Nebraska | winter |
| Liam Boyd | K | - | IN | Charlotte | winter |
| Nick Duzansky | LS | - | IN | Oregon | winter |
| Alex Weeks | P | - | IN | Northern Arizona | winter |
| Semaj Bridgeman | LB | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Nick Marsh | WR | 4 | OUT | Indiana | winter |
| Aidan Chiles | QB | 4 | OUT | Northwestern | winter |
| Alante Brown | WR | 4 | OUT | Memphis | winter |
| Ryland Jessee | QB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Charlton Luniewski | IOL | 3 | OUT | San Diego State | winter |
| Mercer Luniewski | OT | 3 | OUT | San Diego State | winter |
| Michael Masunas | TE | 3 | OUT | Texas | winter |
| Justin Bell | OT | 3 | OUT | Virginia Tech | winter |
| Elisha West | CB | 3 | OUT | Minnesota | winter |
| Aydan West | CB | 3 | OUT | Minnesota | winter |
| Alex VanSumeren | DL | 3 | OUT | USC | winter |
| David Santiago | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Kansas | winter |
| Gavin Broscious | IOL | 3 | OUT | Iowa State | winter |
| Stanton Ramil | OT | 3 | OUT | Auburn | winter |
| Kristian Phillips | IOL | 3 | OUT | Boston College | winter |
| Ade Willie | CB | 3 | OUT | North Carolina | winter |
| Martin Connington | K | 3 | OUT | Kansas | winter |
| Rustin Young | OT | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Evan Boyd | WR | 3 | OUT | Iowa State | winter |
| George Mullins | S | 3 | OUT | Delaware | winter |
| Ashton Lepo | OT | 3 | OUT | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Cole Dellinger | IOL | 3 | OUT | Eastern Michigan | winter |
| Jack Wills | LS | 3 | OUT | Nebraska | winter |
| Payton Stewart | OT | 3 | OUT | Colorado State | winter |
| Jeremiah Hughes | CB | 3 | OUT | Hawai'i | winter |
| Tyler Gillison | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Ohio | winter |
| Stone Chaney | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Memphis | winter |
| Jalen Thompson | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Arizona State | winter |
| Tracy Revels | S | 3 | OUT | UConn | winter |
| Justin Denson Jr. | S | 3 | OUT | Purdue | winter |
| Aisea Moa | LB | 3 | OUT | Michigan | winter |
| Chance Rucker | CB | 3 | OUT | Arizona State | winter |
| Armorion Smith | S | 3 | OUT | Toledo | winter |
| Marcellius Pulliam | LB | 3 | OUT | Coastal Carolina | winter |
| Makhi Frazier | RB | 3 | OUT | Ole Miss | winter |
| Wyatt Hook | TE | 3 | OUT | Akron | winter |
| Darius Snow | LB | 3 | OUT | Texas | spring |
| Cooper Terpstra | IOL | 2 | OUT | UCF | winter |
| Chrishon McCray | WR | 2 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Dyson Sims | ATH | 2 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Shawn Foster | WR | 2 | OUT | Central Michigan | winter |
| Armoni Rue | CB | 2 | OUT | UL Monroe | winter |
| Rashawn Rogers | OT | - | OUT | Ferris State | winter |
| Kaden Schickel | LS | - | OUT | Vanderbilt | winter |
| Rodney Bullard Jr. | WR | - | 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)
$7.3M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$160.7M
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.