Northwestern

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

$18.6M - $22.9M

#55 of 68 in our spend model

Portal net stars

+22

17 in, 8 out

Top Model Price

$2.6M

Aidan Chiles

Roster strength (fantasy model)

#40 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 Northwestern 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	Aidan Chiles	QB	starter	$2.6M	$2.6M
2	Griffin Wilde	WR	starter	$1.5M	$1.5M
3	Preston Stone	QB	rotation	$892K	$892K
4	Jaden McDuffie	WR	starter	$479K	$479K
5	Glory Stephen-Wangboje	DL	starter	$469K	$469K
6	Dominic Kirks	EDGE	starter	$469K	$469K
7	Calvin Lorek	DL	starter	$469K	$469K
8	Caleb Komolafe	RB	starter	$423K	$423K
9	Grant Seagren	OT	starter	$409K	$409K
10	Arkel Anugwom	OT	starter	$409K	$409K
11	David Anchondo	OT	starter	$409K	$409K
12	Owen Jakubczak	IOL	starter	$409K	$409K
13	Hayden Flavin	OT	starter	$409K	$409K
14	Jamaal Johnson	EDGE	starter	$361K	$361K
15	Nicco Marchiol	QB	depth	$358K	$358K
16	Montae Pate	CB	starter	$357K	$357K
17	Gabe Davis-Ray	S	starter	$357K	$357K
18	Jaden Vaughn	CB	starter	$357K	$357K
19	Kobie McKinzie	LB	starter	$349K	$349K
20	Drew Wagner	WR	starter	$344K	$344K
21	Aidan Hubbard	DL	rotation	$313K	$313K
22	Brenden Deasfernandes	CB	starter	$286K	$286K
23	Gavin Sawchuk	RB	rotation	$267K	$267K
24	Max Mohring	LB	starter	$256K	$256K
25	Amare Jordan	LB	starter	$256K	$256K
26	Robert Fitzgerald	DB	depth	$232K	$232K
27	Alex Honig	TE	depth	$219K	$219K
28	Alijah Jones	DB	starter	$213K	$213K
29	Braden Turner	DB	rotation	$195K	$195K
30	Alex Lines	TE	starter	$189K	$189K
31	Tre Hoskins	DL	rotation	$184K	$184K
32	Nick Costa	DL	rotation	$184K	$184K
33	Braydon Brus	LB	rotation	$182K	$182K
34	Keaton Reinke	WR	rotation	$169K	$169K
35	Mac Uihlein	LB	depth	$152K	$152K
36	Ricky Ahumaraeze	WR	rotation	$141K	$141K
37	Carson Grove	WR	rotation	$127K	$127K
38	Robby Preckel	TE	depth	$127K	$127K
39	Tyler Kielmeyer	TE	depth	$126K	$126K
40	Noah Laporte	TE	depth	$126K	$126K
41	Camp Magee	TE	depth	$125K	$125K
42	Patrick Schaller	TE	depth	$125K	$125K
43	Blake Van Buren	TE	depth	$119K	$119K
44	Chris Petrucci	TE	depth	$118K	$118K
45	Sean Winton	QB	depth	$115K	$115K
46	Ryan Boe	QB	depth	$114K	$114K
47	Marcus Romain	QB	depth	$114K	$114K
48	Braxton Strong	DL	rotation	$112K	$112K
49	Gavin Frakes	QB	depth	$108K	$108K
50	Johnny O'Brien	QB	depth	$108K	$108K
51	Lawson Albright	TE	rotation	$96K	$96K
52	Garner Wallace	DB	depth	$96K	$96K
53	Fred Davis II	DB	rotation	$93K	$93K
54	Luke Dehnicke	TE	rotation	$86K	$86K
55	Anthony Birsa	OL	rotation	$83K	$83K
56	Dennis Rahouski	OL	rotation	$83K	$83K
57	Deuce McGuire	OL	rotation	$79K	$79K
58	Daniel Anderson	RB	rotation	$76K	$76K
59	Damon Walters	DB	rotation	$72K	$72K
60	Cole Shivers	DB	rotation	$72K	$72K
61	Noah Sur	K	starter	$71K	$71K
62	Josh Fussell	DB	depth	$70K	$70K
63	Carmine Bastone	DL	depth	$67K	$67K
64	Michael Kilbane	DL	depth	$60K	$60K
65	Nigel Glover	LB	depth	$58K	$58K
66	Matthew Smith	LB	depth	$58K	$58K
67	Payton Roth	LB	depth	$58K	$58K
68	Josh Veldman	LB	depth	$58K	$58K
69	Lincoln Creager	LB	depth	$58K	$58K
70	Fred Davis Ii	DB	depth	$57K	$57K
71	Jon Jon Stevens Jr.	DB	depth	$56K	$56K
72	Jackson Kleather	K	starter	$56K	$56K
73	Miles Crutchley	LB	depth	$55K	$55K
74	Talan Chandler	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
75	Idrys Cotton	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
76	Ezomo Oratokhai	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
77	Trey Boyd	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
78	Michael O'Connell	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
79	Jace Borcherding	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
80	Yanni Karlaftis	LB	depth	$54K	$54K
81	Ore Adeyi	DB	depth	$52K	$52K
82	Jason Reynolds II	LB	rotation	$52K	$52K
83	Nathaniel Campbell	LB	depth	$52K	$52K
84	Jack Sadowsky V	LB	rotation	$52K	$52K
85	Xavior Gray	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
86	Martes Lewis	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
87	Jack Bailey	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
88	Jackson Carsello	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
89	Matt Keeler	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
90	Cam Russell	WR	depth	$45K	$45K
91	Brennan Saxe	WR	depth	$45K	$45K
92	Tom McGlinchey	ATH	depth	$45K	$45K
93	Chase Farrell	WR	depth	$44K	$44K
94	Braden Blueitt	WR	depth	$44K	$44K
95	Dube Enongene	WR	depth	$44K	$44K
96	Jalen Lewis	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
97	Sean Martin	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
98	Tito Williams Jr.	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
99	J.J. Lewis	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
100	Marquet Dorsey Jr.	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
101	Timi Oke	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
102	Terrion Curry-Hicks	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
103	Seth Valeri	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
104	Jack Oyola	DB	depth	$41K	$41K
105	Tate Crane	WR	depth	$40K	$40K
106	Najee Story	DL	depth	$31K	$31K
107	Brendan Flakes	DL	depth	$31K	$31K
108	Richie Hagarty	DL	depth	$30K	$30K
109	Ronny Johnson	RB	depth	$30K	$30K
110	Mar'Kel Porter	RB	depth	$30K	$30K
111	Sean Morris II	RB	depth	$30K	$30K
112	Frank Covey IV	WR	depth	$28K	$28K
113	Hayden Eligon II	WR	depth	$28K	$28K
114	Luke Akers	P	depth	$25K	$25K
115	Miguel Jackson	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
116	Liam Reardon	LS	depth	$25K	$25K
117	Joseph Himon II	RB	depth	$25K	$25K
118	Tyler Gant	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
119	Dylan Roberts	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
120	Albert Kunickis III	RB	depth	$25K	$25K
121	Callen Campbell	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
122	Troy Regovich	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
123	Mason Green	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
124	Henry Helms	PK	depth	$25K	$25K
125	Caden O'Rourke	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
126	Mason Mayne	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
127	Nikola Dugandzic	P	depth	$25K	$25K
128	Jonah Hayes	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
129	Tanner Jumpp	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
130	Jack Florentine	LS	depth	$25K	$25K
131	Jack Trautmann	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
132	Landon Lauter	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
133	Evan Boutorwick	LS	rotation	$25K	$25K

Portal ledger

2026 transfer portal traffic for Northwestern: 17 in, 8 out, net star flow +22. Source: CollegeFootballData.

Player	Pos	Stars	Direction	From / To	Window
Kobie McKinzie	LB	4	IN	Oklahoma	winter
Aidan Chiles	QB	4	IN	Michigan State	winter
David Anchondo	OT	3	IN	Saginaw Valley State	winter
Brenden Deasfernandes	CB	3	IN	Central Michigan	winter
Jamaal Johnson	EDGE	3	IN	UCF	winter
Grant Seagren	OT	3	IN	Oklahoma State	winter
Luke Dehnicke	TE	3	IN	Minnesota Duluth	winter
Alex Honig	TE	3	IN	UConn	winter
Arkel Anugwom	OT	3	IN	Alabama	winter
Montae Pate	CB	3	IN	Weber State	winter
Mar'Kel Porter	RB	3	IN	Bowling Green	winter
Gavin Sawchuk	RB	3	IN	Florida State	winter
Dominic Kirks	EDGE	3	IN	Ohio State	winter
Glory Stephen-Wangboje	DL	3	IN	Sacred Heart	winter
Nicco Marchiol	QB	3	IN	West Virginia	spring
Jackson Kleather	K	2	IN	Bowling Green	winter
Evan Boutorwick	LS	-	IN	Michigan	winter
Dillon Tatum	S	4	OUT	Miami (OH)	winter
Anto Saka	EDGE	4	OUT	Texas A&M	winter
Hunter Welcing	TE	4	OUT	Ohio State	winter
Hayden Wright	OT	3	OUT	Houston	winter
Nick Herzog	OT	3	OUT	In portal	winter
Jack Olsen	K	3	OUT	Miami	winter
Evan Smith	CB	3	OUT	Duke	winter
Dashun Reeder	RB	3	OUT	UConn	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)

$5.4M

Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate

Athletics revenue

$131.8M

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.

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