Minnesota

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

$19.5M - $25.1M

#40 of 68 in our spend model

Portal net stars

19 in, 20 out

Top Model Price

$2.7M

Drake Lindsey

Roster strength (fantasy model)

#39 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 Minnesota 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	Drake Lindsey	QB	starter	$2.7M	$2.7M
2	Javon Tracy	WR	starter	$1M	$1M
3	Howie Johnson	DL	starter	$714K	$714K
4	Aaden Aytch	EDGE	starter	$714K	$714K
5	Jalen Smith	WR	starter	$635K	$635K
6	Andrew Trout	OT	starter	$623K	$623K
7	Darius Taylor	RB	starter	$615K	$615K
8	Xion Chapman	DL	starter	$521K	$521K
9	Jeremiah Benson	DL	starter	$502K	$502K
10	Andrew Marshall	LB	starter	$445K	$445K
11	Bennett Warren	OT	starter	$439K	$439K
12	Lucas Tielsch	OT	starter	$439K	$439K
13	Beckett Schreiber	OT	starter	$439K	$439K
14	Mekhai Smith	S	starter	$383K	$383K
15	Elisha West	CB	starter	$383K	$383K
16	Justin Hopkins	S	starter	$383K	$383K
17	Chance Payne	CB	starter	$383K	$383K
18	Noah Jennings	WR	starter	$370K	$370K
19	Brady Palmer	QB	rotation	$359K	$359K
20	Aydan West	CB	starter	$341K	$341K
21	Maverick Baranowski	LB	depth	$302K	$302K
22	Naquan Crowder	DL	rotation	$286K	$286K
23	Hudson Dunn	LB	starter	$274K	$274K
24	Angel Luciano	LB	starter	$274K	$274K
25	Drew Biber	TE	starter	$261K	$261K
26	George Rohl	TE	depth	$259K	$259K
27	Aluma Nkele	OL	starter	$241K	$241K
28	Owen Lansu	QB	depth	$219K	$219K
29	Ryan Estrada	RB	rotation	$218K	$218K
30	Perry Thompson	WR	rotation	$212K	$212K
31	Devon Williams	LB	rotation	$200K	$200K
32	TJ Bush Jr.	EDGE	rotation	$198K	$198K
33	Josiah Anyansi	EDGE	rotation	$198K	$198K
34	Michael Merdinger	QB	depth	$195K	$195K
35	Braiden Stevens	WR	rotation	$178K	$178K
36	Hayden Moore	WR	rotation	$177K	$177K
37	Sid Kaba	DL	rotation	$176K	$176K
38	Greg Johnson	OL	depth	$173K	$173K
39	John Nestor	DB	depth	$156K	$156K
40	Matt Kingsbury	LB	depth	$148K	$148K
41	Kerry Brown	DB	depth	$145K	$145K
42	Anthony Smith	DL	depth	$135K	$135K
43	Parker Knutson	CB	rotation	$127K	$127K
44	Trason Richardson	S	rotation	$127K	$127K
45	Jacob Simpson	TE	depth	$125K	$125K
46	Darius Green	DB	rotation	$124K	$124K
47	Sam Peters	TE	depth	$124K	$124K
48	Julian Johnson	TE	depth	$124K	$124K
49	Pierce Walsh	TE	depth	$123K	$123K
50	Aidan Gousby	DB	rotation	$122K	$122K
51	Kaden Helms	TE	rotation	$121K	$121K
52	Frank Bierman	TE	rotation	$119K	$119K
53	Jack DiSano	TE	depth	$118K	$118K
54	Max Shikenjanski	QB	depth	$113K	$113K
55	Dylan Wittke	QB	depth	$112K	$112K
56	Emmett Morehead	QB	depth	$101K	$101K
57	Ezekiel Bates	RB	rotation	$99K	$99K
58	Zion Steptoe	WR	depth	$96K	$96K
59	Brett Carroll	OL	rotation	$89K	$89K
60	Daniel Shipp	OL	rotation	$89K	$89K
61	Ashton Beers	OL	rotation	$84K	$84K
62	Emmanuel Karmo	LB	rotation	$80K	$80K
63	Karter Menz	DL	depth	$70K	$70K
64	Mason Carrier	LB	depth	$69K	$69K
65	Roman Voss	ATH	depth	$69K	$69K
66	Jai'Onte' McMillan	DB	depth	$63K	$63K
67	Ethan Stendel	LB	depth	$62K	$62K
68	Nate Cleveland	LB	depth	$62K	$62K
69	Jaron Thomas	RB	depth	$62K	$62K
70	Jerome Williams	OL	depth	$59K	$59K
71	Nathan Roy	OL	depth	$59K	$59K
72	Jaden Ball	OL	depth	$59K	$59K
73	Kaveon Lee	OL	depth	$59K	$59K
74	Nick Spence	OL	depth	$59K	$59K
75	Mark Handy	OL	depth	$59K	$59K
76	Jeff Roberson	LB	depth	$56K	$56K
77	Tony Nelson	OL	depth	$56K	$56K
78	Spencer Alvarez	OL	depth	$56K	$56K
79	Joey Gerlach	LB	depth	$56K	$56K
80	Derik LeCaptain	LB	rotation	$53K	$53K
81	Marcellus Marshall	OL	depth	$53K	$53K
82	Dylan Ray	OL	depth	$53K	$53K
83	Niko Castillo	ATH	depth	$49K	$49K
84	Alan Soukup	LS	starter	$47K	$47K
85	Daniel Jackson	PK	starter	$47K	$47K
86	Garrison Monroe	DB	depth	$46K	$46K
87	Zahir Rainer	DB	depth	$46K	$46K
88	Simon Seidl	DB	depth	$46K	$46K
89	Mike Gerald	DB	depth	$46K	$46K
90	Samuel Madu	DB	depth	$46K	$46K
91	Zack Harden	DB	depth	$46K	$46K
92	Naiim Parrish	DB	depth	$46K	$46K
93	Donielle Hayes	WR	depth	$45K	$45K
94	Bradley Martino	WR	depth	$45K	$45K
95	Jaxon Howard	DL	depth	$44K	$44K
96	Rhyland Kelly	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
97	Evan Redding	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
98	Rushawn Lawrence	DL	depth	$38K	$38K
99	Nate Becker	DL	depth	$37K	$37K
100	TJ Thomas Jr.	RB	depth	$32K	$32K
101	Lucas Finnessy	DL	depth	$30K	$30K
102	Jalen Logan-Redding	DL	depth	$30K	$30K
103	Johann Cardenas	RB	depth	$30K	$30K
104	Grant Washington	RB	depth	$30K	$30K
105	Xavier Ford	RB	depth	$30K	$30K
106	Mo Omonode	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
107	Brady Denaburg	PK	depth	$25K	$25K
108	Theorin Randle	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
109	A.J. Turner	RB	depth	$25K	$25K
110	Abu Tarawallie	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
111	Riley Sunram	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
112	Mo Saine	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
113	Sam Macy	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
114	Jaylin Hicks	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
115	Enoch Atewogbola	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
116	Adam Kissayi	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
117	Jay'Quan Stubbs	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
118	Colin Hansen	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
119	Rhett Hlavacka	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
120	Sam Henson	PK	depth	$25K	$25K
121	Luke Ryerse	P	depth	$25K	$25K
122	Tom Weston	P	depth	$25K	$25K
123	Jakob Lutz	LS	depth	$25K	$25K
124	Beckham Sunderland	K	rotation	$25K	$25K
125	Zachary Robbins	P	depth	$25K	$25K

Portal ledger

2026 transfer portal traffic for Minnesota: 19 in, 20 out, net star flow +6. Source: CollegeFootballData.

Player	Pos	Stars	Direction	From / To	Window
Perry Thompson	WR	4	IN	Auburn	winter
Xion Chapman	DL	4	IN	Florida International	winter
Michael Merdinger	QB	3	IN	Liberty	winter
Jaron Thomas	RB	3	IN	Purdue	winter
Bennett Warren	OT	3	IN	Tennessee	winter
Andrew Marshall	LB	3	IN	Eastern Michigan	winter
Naquan Crowder	DL	3	IN	Marshall	winter
Parker Knutson	CB	3	IN	Southwest Minnesota State	winter
Elisha West	CB	3	IN	Michigan State	winter
Aydan West	CB	3	IN	Michigan State	winter
Mekhai Smith	S	3	IN	Lehigh	winter
TJ Bush Jr.	EDGE	3	IN	California	winter
Kaden Helms	TE	3	IN	Oklahoma	winter
Noah Jennings	WR	3	IN	Cincinnati	winter
Zion Steptoe	WR	3	IN	Tulsa	winter
TJ Thomas Jr.	RB	3	IN	Elon	winter
Sid Kaba	DL	3	IN	Marshall	winter
Beckham Sunderland	K	-	IN	Michigan	winter
Zachary Robbins	P	-	IN	Utah State	winter
Cristian Driver	WR	4	OUT	In portal	winter
Koi Perich	S	4	OUT	Oregon	winter
Za'Quan Bryan	CB	3	OUT	South Florida	winter
Fame Ijeboi	RB	3	OUT	Purdue	winter
Tre Berry	RB	3	OUT	Tennessee State	winter
Steven Curtis	DL	3	OUT	North Texas	winter
Malachi Coleman	WR	3	OUT	Wisconsin	winter
Legend Lyons	WR	3	OUT	Montana	winter
Reese Tripp	IOL	3	OUT	Middle Tennessee	winter
Kahlee Tafai	OT	3	OUT	California	winter
Kenric Lanier II	WR	3	OUT	Missouri	winter
Brody Richter	P	3	OUT	New Mexico State	winter
Jackson Kollock	QB	3	OUT	UC Davis	winter
Caleb McGrath	P	2	OUT	North Dakota State	winter
Harrison Brun	S	2	OUT	South Dakota	winter
David Kemp	K	2	OUT	Kennesaw State	winter
Quentin Redding	WR	-	OUT	In portal	winter
Jaylen Bowden	CB	-	OUT	East Carolina	winter
Ethan Carrier	S	-	OUT	South Dakota	winter
Drew Wilson	LB	-	OUT	Lafayette	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)

$7M

Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate

Athletics revenue

$156.8M

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.

NIL Rankings, a Model Price for every P4 player → • Roster spend, all 68 programs → • College Fantasy 2026 rankings →