Notre Dame
FBS Independents · 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
$25.9M - $39.9M
#4 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-20
7 in, 15 out
Top Model Price
$4.9M
CJ Carr
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#38 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 Notre Dame 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 | CJ Carr | QB | starter | $4.9M | $4.9M |
| 2 | Jordan Faison | WR | starter | $2.1M | $2.1M |
| 3 | Rodney Dunham | EDGE | starter | $1.5M | $1.5M |
| 4 | Francis Brewu | DL | starter | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| 5 | Khary Adams | CB | starter | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| 6 | Joey O'Brien | S | starter | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| 7 | Ebenezer Ewetade | EDGE | starter | $913K | $913K |
| 8 | Elijah Golden | DL | starter | $913K | $913K |
| 9 | Grayson McKeogh | OT | starter | $797K | $797K |
| 10 | Gregory Patrick | OT | starter | $797K | $797K |
| 11 | Tyler Merrill | IOL | starter | $797K | $797K |
| 12 | Ben Nichols | IOL | starter | $797K | $797K |
| 13 | Charlie Thom | OT | starter | $797K | $797K |
| 14 | Ian Premer | TE | starter | $760K | $760K |
| 15 | DJ McKinney | CB | starter | $746K | $746K |
| 16 | Noah Grubbs | QB | rotation | $711K | $711K |
| 17 | Ayden Pouncey | S | starter | $695K | $695K |
| 18 | Chaston Smith | CB | starter | $695K | $695K |
| 19 | Thomas Davis Jr. | LB | starter | $690K | $690K |
| 20 | Brayden Robinson | WR | starter | $665K | $665K |
| 21 | Drayk Bowen | LB | starter | $662K | $662K |
| 22 | Bubba Frazier | WR | starter | $661K | $661K |
| 23 | Aneyas Williams | RB | starter | $550K | $550K |
| 24 | Devin Fitzgerald | WR | rotation | $524K | $524K |
| 25 | Ty Washington | TE | depth | $523K | $523K |
| 26 | Kaydon Finley | WR | rotation | $520K | $520K |
| 27 | Quincy Porter | WR | rotation | $517K | $517K |
| 28 | Teddy Jarrard | QB | depth | $429K | $429K |
| 29 | Bryce Young | DL | rotation | $400K | $400K |
| 30 | Tiki Hola | DL | rotation | $359K | $359K |
| 31 | Anthonie Knapp | OL | rotation | $350K | $350K |
| 32 | Jakobe Clapper | LB | starter | $350K | $350K |
| 33 | Adon Shuler | S | rotation | $327K | $327K |
| 34 | Leonard Moore | CB | depth | $318K | $318K |
| 35 | Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa | LB | depth | $288K | $288K |
| 36 | Jonaz Walton | RB | rotation | $286K | $286K |
| 37 | Javian Osborne | RB | rotation | $282K | $282K |
| 38 | Preston Fryzel | TE | rotation | $282K | $282K |
| 39 | Tae Johnson | S | depth | $255K | $255K |
| 40 | Cooper Flanagan | TE | rotation | $221K | $221K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Notre Dame: 7 in, 15 out, net star flow -20. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ McKinney | CB | 4 | IN | Colorado | winter |
| Quincy Porter | WR | 4 | IN | Ohio State | winter |
| Keon Keeley | DL | 4 | IN | Alabama | winter |
| Jayden Sanders | CB | 4 | IN | Michigan | winter |
| Francis Brewu | DL | 4 | IN | Pittsburgh | winter |
| Mylan Graham | WR | 4 | IN | Ohio State | winter |
| Tionne Gray | DL | 4 | IN | Oregon | winter |
| Kenny Minchey | QB | 4 | OUT | Kentucky | winter |
| Ben Minich | S | 4 | OUT | Miami (OH) | winter |
| Armel Mukam | DL | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Chance Tucker | CB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Joshua Burnham | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Indiana | winter |
| Gi'Bran Payne | RB | 3 | OUT | Cincinnati | winter |
| JaDon Blair | S | 3 | OUT | Missouri | winter |
| Cree Thomas | CB | 3 | OUT | Colorado | winter |
| Karson Hobbs | CB | 3 | OUT | Florida State | winter |
| Bodie Kahoun | LB | 3 | OUT | Boston College | winter |
| Anthony Sacca | LB | 3 | OUT | UCLA | winter |
| KK Smith | WR | 3 | OUT | Michigan State | winter |
| Taebron Bennie-Powell | S | 3 | OUT | Boise State | winter |
| Preston Zinter | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Rice | winter |
| Scrap Richardson | WR | 3 | OUT | Auburn | 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)
$17.6M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$289.6M
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.