Nebraska
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
$21.7M - $30.1M
#15 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-4
16 in, 19 out
Top Model Price
$2.7M
Anthony Colandrea
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#51 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 Nebraska 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 | Anthony Colandrea | QB | starter | $2.7M | $2.7M |
| 2 | Nyziah Hunter | WR | starter | $1.4M | $1.4M |
| 3 | Kwazi Gilmer | WR | starter | $1.4M | $1.4M |
| 4 | TJ Lateef | QB | rotation | $1M | $1M |
| 5 | Owen Chambliss | LB | starter | $886K | $886K |
| 6 | Anthony Jones | EDGE | starter | $809K | $809K |
| 7 | Brendan Black | IOL | starter | $695K | $695K |
| 8 | Claude Mpouma | OT | starter | $695K | $695K |
| 9 | Tree Babalade | OT | starter | $644K | $644K |
| 10 | Dwayne McDougle | S | starter | $608K | $608K |
| 11 | Danny Odem | CB | starter | $606K | $606K |
| 12 | Victor Evans III | CB | starter | $580K | $580K |
| 13 | Owen Stoudmire | DL | starter | $560K | $560K |
| 14 | Jahsear Whittington | DL | starter | $543K | $543K |
| 15 | Luke Lindenmeyer | TE | starter | $518K | $518K |
| 16 | Paul Mubenga | IOL | starter | $489K | $489K |
| 17 | Rex Waterman | OT | starter | $489K | $489K |
| 18 | Jasin Shiggs | S | starter | $427K | $427K |
| 19 | Dexter Foster | LB | starter | $414K | $414K |
| 20 | Daniel Kaelin | QB | depth | $390K | $390K |
| 21 | Nalin Scott | WR | starter | $377K | $377K |
| 22 | Ashton Murphy | DL | starter | $350K | $350K |
| 23 | Cameron Lenhardt | DL | rotation | $336K | $336K |
| 24 | Jase Reynolds | LB | starter | $306K | $306K |
| 25 | Javin Wright | LB | depth | $260K | $260K |
| 26 | Amare Sanders | DB | starter | $259K | $259K |
| 27 | Isaiah Mozee | RB | starter | $258K | $258K |
| 28 | Andrew Marshall | DB | rotation | $231K | $231K |
| 29 | DeShon Singleton | DB | depth | $208K | $208K |
| 30 | Vincent Shavers Jr. | LB | depth | $198K | $198K |
| 31 | Elijah Jeudy | DL | rotation | $196K | $196K |
| 32 | Carter Nelson | TE | rotation | $190K | $190K |
| 33 | Donovan Jones | DB | depth | $171K | $171K |
| 34 | Quinn Clark | WR | rotation | $165K | $165K |
| 35 | Rex Guthrie | DB | depth | $161K | $161K |
| 36 | Keelan Smith | WR | rotation | $154K | $154K |
| 37 | Janiran Bonner | WR | rotation | $151K | $151K |
| 38 | Danny King | TE | depth | $146K | $146K |
| 39 | Eric Ingwerson | TE | depth | $145K | $145K |
| 40 | Cayden Echternach | TE | depth | $145K | $145K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Nebraska: 16 in, 19 out, net star flow -4. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Black | IOL | 4 | IN | Iowa State | winter |
| Owen Chambliss | LB | 3 | IN | San Diego State | winter |
| Tree Babalade | OT | 3 | IN | South Carolina | winter |
| Will Hawthorne | LB | 3 | IN | Iowa State | winter |
| Anthony Colandrea | QB | 3 | IN | UNLV | winter |
| Dwayne McDougle | S | 3 | IN | San Diego State | winter |
| Dexter Foster | LB | 3 | IN | Oregon State | winter |
| Anthony Jones | EDGE | 3 | IN | UCLA | winter |
| Kwazi Gilmer | WR | 3 | IN | UCLA | winter |
| Victor Evans III | CB | 3 | IN | Florida International | winter |
| Jack Wills | LS | 3 | IN | Michigan State | winter |
| Daniel Kaelin | QB | 3 | IN | Virginia | winter |
| Jasin Shiggs | S | 3 | IN | Towson | winter |
| Jahsear Whittington | DL | 3 | IN | Pittsburgh | winter |
| Paul Mubenga | IOL | 3 | IN | LSU | winter |
| Owen Stoudmire | DL | 3 | IN | Boston College | winter |
| Dylan Raiola | QB | 4 | OUT | Oregon | winter |
| Keona Davis | DL | 4 | OUT | Miami | winter |
| Jamarion Parker | RB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Rahmir Stewart | S | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Brice Turner | WR | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Braylen Prude | S | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Jason Maciejczak | IOL | 3 | OUT | Wyoming | winter |
| Malcolm Hartzog | S | 3 | OUT | Arizona | winter |
| Caden VerMaas | S | 3 | OUT | Rice | winter |
| Willis McGahee IV | EDGE | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Houston Ka'aha'aina-Torres | IOL | 3 | OUT | Michigan | winter |
| Maverick Noonan | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Fresno State | winter |
| Tristan Alvano | K | 3 | OUT | South Dakota State | winter |
| Marcos Davila | QB | 3 | OUT | Abilene Christian | winter |
| Kenneth Williams | RB | 3 | OUT | Michigan State | winter |
| Brian Tapu | OT | 3 | OUT | San José State | winter |
| Roger Gradney | LB | 3 | OUT | Southern | winter |
| Preston Okafor | S | - | OUT | Fresno State | winter |
| Dylan Parrott | DL | - | 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)
$10.5M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$205.8M
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.