Pittsburgh
ACC · 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
$19.3M - $24.6M
#46 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-15
16 in, 21 out
Top Model Price
$1.4M
Mason Heintschel
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#30 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 Pittsburgh 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 | Mason Heintschel | QB | starter | $1.4M | $1.4M |
| 2 | Cataurus Hicks | WR | starter | $655K | $655K |
| 3 | Nicholas Howard | OT | starter | $615K | $615K |
| 4 | Jeremiah Warren | DL | starter | $495K | $495K |
| 5 | Lincoln Hoke | DL | starter | $495K | $495K |
| 6 | Keylen Davis | IOL | starter | $433K | $433K |
| 7 | Netinho Olivieri | OT | starter | $433K | $433K |
| 8 | Michael Van Der Oord | OT | starter | $433K | $433K |
| 9 | John Curran | IOL | starter | $433K | $433K |
| 10 | Censere Lee | WR | starter | $411K | $411K |
| 11 | Reston Lehman | LB | starter | $384K | $384K |
| 12 | Raion Strader | CB | starter | $377K | $377K |
| 13 | Kanye Thompson | CB | starter | $377K | $377K |
| 14 | Kentrail Mcrae Jr. | CB | starter | $377K | $377K |
| 15 | Isaac Patterson | S | starter | $377K | $377K |
| 16 | Bryce Yates | WR | starter | $370K | $370K |
| 17 | Angelo Renda | QB | rotation | $368K | $368K |
| 18 | Blaine Spires | DL | rotation | $318K | $318K |
| 19 | Ben Kauffman | DL | starter | $301K | $301K |
| 20 | DeMarco Ward | LB | starter | $299K | $299K |
| 21 | Allen Bryant | DB | starter | $283K | $283K |
| 22 | Alex Sanford Jr. | LB | starter | $281K | $281K |
| 23 | Wyatt Villarreal | TE | depth | $270K | $270K |
| 24 | Eliyt Nairne | DL | starter | $268K | $268K |
| 25 | Damon Ferguson | RB | starter | $259K | $259K |
| 26 | Jake Overman | TE | starter | $235K | $235K |
| 27 | Holden Geriner | QB | depth | $231K | $231K |
| 28 | Deuce Spann | WR | rotation | $218K | $218K |
| 29 | Cruce Brookins | DB | rotation | $203K | $203K |
| 30 | Braylan Lovelace | LB | rotation | $190K | $190K |
| 31 | Javon McIntyre | DB | rotation | $188K | $188K |
| 32 | Bryan Hamilton | WR | rotation | $183K | $183K |
| 33 | Demetrice McCray | WR | rotation | $182K | $182K |
| 34 | Truitt Brown | TE | depth | $150K | $150K |
| 35 | Max Hunt | TE | depth | $148K | $148K |
| 36 | Adam Howanitz | TE | depth | $147K | $147K |
| 37 | Josh Altsman | TE | depth | $139K | $139K |
| 38 | Beau Jackson | QB | depth | $139K | $139K |
| 39 | David Lynch | QB | depth | $138K | $138K |
| 40 | Cameron Lindsey | LB | depth | $125K | $125K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Pittsburgh: 16 in, 21 out, net star flow -15. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netinho Olivieri | OT | 3 | IN | Pennsylvania | winter |
| Malik Knight | WR | 3 | IN | Western Carolina | winter |
| Raion Strader | CB | 3 | IN | Auburn | winter |
| Kanye Thompson | CB | 3 | IN | Slippery Rock | winter |
| Keylen Davis | IOL | 3 | IN | Akron | winter |
| Carson Kent | TE | 3 | IN | Oklahoma | winter |
| La'Vell Wright | RB | 3 | IN | Western Kentucky | winter |
| Jeremiah Warren | DL | 3 | IN | Illinois | winter |
| DeMarco Ward | LB | 3 | IN | Memphis | winter |
| Elijah Lagg | TE | 3 | IN | UAB | winter |
| Eliyt Nairne | DL | 3 | IN | Tulane | winter |
| Alex Sanford Jr. | LB | 3 | IN | Purdue | winter |
| Samuel Hunsaker | K | 3 | IN | Northern Arizona | winter |
| Holden Geriner | QB | 3 | IN | Texas State | winter |
| Gabe Russo | P | 2 | IN | Idaho State | winter |
| Justin Schmidt | LS | 2 | IN | Purdue | winter |
| Shawn Lee Jr. | CB | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Derrick Davis Jr. | RB | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Rasheem Biles | LB | 4 | OUT | Texas | winter |
| Francis Brewu | DL | 4 | OUT | Notre Dame | winter |
| Malachi Thomas | TE | 3 | OUT | LSU | winter |
| Lyndon Cooper | IOL | 3 | OUT | Vanderbilt | winter |
| Kenny Johnson | WR | 3 | OUT | Texas Tech | winter |
| Trey Butkowski | K | 3 | OUT | Michigan | winter |
| Jesse Anderson | S | 3 | OUT | Kentucky | winter |
| Maverick Gracio | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Ball State | winter |
| Juelz Goff | RB | 3 | OUT | Boise State | winter |
| Henry Searcy | LS | 3 | OUT | Charlotte | winter |
| Jahsear Whittington | DL | 3 | OUT | Nebraska | winter |
| Tai Ray | OT | 3 | OUT | Western Kentucky | winter |
| Eli Holstein | QB | 3 | OUT | Virginia | winter |
| Davion Pritchard | CB | 3 | OUT | Kent State | winter |
| Jackson Brown | IOL | 3 | OUT | UNLV | winter |
| Caleb Holmes | IOL | 3 | OUT | Jacksonville State | winter |
| Zion Fowler-El | WR | 3 | OUT | Wagner | winter |
| Cole Gonzales | QB | - | OUT | Charlotte | winter |
| Sam Carpenter | K | - | OUT | Sam Houston | 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)
$6.6M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$151.3M
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.