Rutgers

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

$20.1M - $26.6M

#35 of 68 in our spend model

Portal net stars

-5

15 in, 15 out

Top Model Price

$2M

KJ Duff

Roster strength (fantasy model)

#4 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 Rutgers 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	KJ Duff	WR	starter	$2M	$2M
2	Antwan Raymond	RB	starter	$1.3M	$1.3M
3	Dylan Lonergan	QB	starter	$1.3M	$1.3M
4	Rinaldo Callaway	EDGE	starter	$740K	$740K
5	Jared Smith	IOL	starter	$646K	$646K
6	Messiah Tilson	S	starter	$564K	$564K
7	Dyzier Carter	WR	starter	$542K	$542K
8	J'Dan Burnett	EDGE	starter	$521K	$521K
9	Jaedin Lee	DL	starter	$521K	$521K
10	Jermaine Polk	DL	starter	$521K	$521K
11	Ben Black	WR	starter	$471K	$471K
12	Everett Small	OT	starter	$455K	$455K
13	Cameron Greene	OT	starter	$455K	$455K
14	Xavier Williams	RB	rotation	$401K	$401K
15	Bradlee Jones	CB	starter	$397K	$397K
16	Mikey Munn	CB	starter	$397K	$397K
17	Brandon Murray	CB	starter	$397K	$397K
18	Malachi Davis	EDGE	rotation	$377K	$377K
19	AJ Surace	QB	rotation	$301K	$301K
20	Kevyn Humes	CB	starter	$292K	$292K
21	Sean Allison	LB	starter	$284K	$284K
22	Joey Kopec	LB	starter	$284K	$284K
23	Tanner Raymond	LB	starter	$284K	$284K
24	Kenny Jones	OL	starter	$277K	$277K
25	Clay Thevenin	RB	rotation	$271K	$271K
26	Bryan Felter	OL	starter	$250K	$250K
27	Cam Miller	DB	rotation	$225K	$225K
28	Rondo Porter	DL	rotation	$205K	$205K
29	Reece Beck	DL	rotation	$205K	$205K
30	Brady Owens	TE	starter	$197K	$197K
31	Dariel Djabome	LB	depth	$180K	$180K
32	Ryan Bayoumy	TE	depth	$171K	$171K
33	Liam Kilcomons	TE	depth	$170K	$170K
34	Jackson Gister	TE	depth	$169K	$169K
35	Jett Elad	DB	depth	$165K	$165K
36	Logan Blake	TE	depth	$160K	$160K
37	Rocco Rainone	QB	depth	$153K	$153K
38	Mike Higgins	TE	depth	$151K	$151K
39	Sean Ashenfelder	QB	depth	$151K	$151K
40	Kaj Sanders	DB	depth	$138K	$138K
41	Zahmir Dawud	CB	rotation	$132K	$132K
42	Sebastian Cruz	S	rotation	$132K	$132K
43	Ben Rosenblatt	WR	rotation	$131K	$131K
44	Dylan Braithwaite	WR	rotation	$130K	$130K
45	Dino Kaliakmanis	WR	rotation	$122K	$122K
46	Ty Morris	LB	rotation	$115K	$115K
47	DJ Allen	DL	rotation	$113K	$113K
48	Abram Wright	LB	rotation	$102K	$102K
49	Carter Kadow	OL	rotation	$92K	$92K
50	Chris Vigna	OL	rotation	$92K	$92K
51	Dantae Chin	OL	rotation	$83K	$83K
52	Bradley Weaver	DL	depth	$82K	$82K
53	Kameron Anthony	TE	rotation	$81K	$81K
54	Moses Walker	LB	depth	$76K	$76K
55	Ben Rothhaar	TE	rotation	$74K	$74K
56	Al-Shadee Salaam	DB	rotation	$73K	$73K
57	Kenny Fletcher Jr.	TE	depth	$73K	$73K
58	Wydeek Collier	ATH	depth	$72K	$72K
59	Michael Dukes	RB	depth	$67K	$67K
60	Kamar Archie	LB	depth	$64K	$64K
61	DJ McClary	LB	depth	$64K	$64K
62	Isaiah Deloatch	LB	depth	$64K	$64K
63	MJ Johnson	LB	depth	$64K	$64K
64	Liam Gilmore	LB	depth	$64K	$64K
65	Joe Nwachukwu	LB	depth	$64K	$64K
66	John Insinga	LB	depth	$64K	$64K
67	Raynor Andrews	OL	depth	$61K	$61K
68	Jayden Elijah	OL	depth	$61K	$61K
69	Joshua Blackston	OL	depth	$61K	$61K
70	Miron Gurman	OL	depth	$61K	$61K
71	Raymond Giacobbe	OL	depth	$61K	$61K
72	Joseph Lakatos	OL	depth	$61K	$61K
73	Jourdin Houston	WR	depth	$59K	$59K
74	Trent Osborn	WR	depth	$59K	$59K
75	Salomon Ealey	WR	depth	$59K	$59K
76	Nick Oliveira	OL	depth	$58K	$58K
77	Hank Zilinskas	OL	depth	$58K	$58K
78	Evan Ward	LB	depth	$58K	$58K
79	Moshood Giwa	OL	depth	$58K	$58K
80	Matthew Sales	LB	depth	$58K	$58K
81	Isaiah Cook	IOL	depth	$58K	$58K
82	Famah Toure	WR	depth	$56K	$56K
83	Austin Dean	LB	rotation	$55K	$55K
84	Gus Zilinskas	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
85	Tyler Needham	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
86	Kwabena Asamoah	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
87	Emir Stinette	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
88	Ryder Langsdale	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
89	Moses Gbagbe-Sowah	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
90	Terrence Salami	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
91	Justin Cesaire	OL	depth	$55K	$55K
92	RJ Wortman	ATH	depth	$50K	$50K
93	Dane Pizzaro	PK	starter	$48K	$48K
94	Jack Scullion	PK	starter	$48K	$48K
95	Isaiah Crumpler	DB	depth	$47K	$47K
96	Kevin Levy	DB	depth	$47K	$47K
97	Tariq Hayer	DB	depth	$47K	$47K
98	DK Gilley	DB	depth	$47K	$47K
99	Noah Shaw	DB	depth	$47K	$47K
100	Steven Murray	DB	depth	$47K	$47K
101	Cannon Marshall	DB	depth	$47K	$47K
102	Michael Clayton	DB	depth	$47K	$47K
103	Latrell Noel	DB	depth	$47K	$47K
104	Jesse Ofurie	DB	depth	$45K	$45K
105	Davoun Fuse	DB	depth	$45K	$45K
106	Sage Clawges	DB	depth	$45K	$45K
107	Shawn Purcell	DB	depth	$45K	$45K
108	Jordan Thompson	DL	depth	$43K	$43K
109	Michael Robinson II	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
110	Zilan Williams	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
111	Timmy Ward	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
112	Sebastian Jusma	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
113	Chris Joines	DB	depth	$43K	$43K
114	Edd Guerrier	RB	depth	$36K	$36K
115	Terrell Mitchell	RB	depth	$36K	$36K
116	Remi Rodriguez	RB	depth	$36K	$36K
117	Michael Thomas III	WR	depth	$31K	$31K
118	Vernon Allen III	WR	depth	$31K	$31K
119	Sah'nye Degraffenreidt	WR	depth	$31K	$31K
120	Keshon Griffin	DL	depth	$28K	$28K
121	Djibril Abdou Rahman	DL	depth	$28K	$28K
122	Sha'zir Sullivan	WR	depth	$28K	$28K
123	Zaire Angoy	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
124	Henry Hughes Jr.	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
125	Doug Blue-Eli	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
126	Michael O'Connor	LS	depth	$25K	$25K
127	Sean Cooper	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
128	Eric O'Neill	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
129	Oliver Billotte	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
130	Jai Patel	PK	rotation	$25K	$25K
131	Sammy El Hadidi	LS	depth	$25K	$25K
132	Ja'shon Benjamin	RB	depth	$25K	$25K
133	Monte Keener	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
134	Elijah King	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
135	Farell Gnago	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
136	Jyon Simon	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
137	Riley McCann	PK	depth	$25K	$25K
138	Raedyn Bruens	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
139	Wydeek Collier	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
140	Braxton Kyle	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
141	RJ Johnson Jr.	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
142	Canaan Edwards	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
143	Jakob Anderson	P	depth	$25K	$25K
144	Anthony Morales	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
145	Matthew Murri	LS	depth	$25K	$25K
146	Riley Wingate	DL	depth	$25K	$25K

Portal ledger

2026 transfer portal traffic for Rutgers: 15 in, 15 out, net star flow -5. Source: CollegeFootballData.

Player	Pos	Stars	Direction	From / To	Window
Zahmir Dawud	CB	3	IN	Villanova	winter
Malachi Davis	EDGE	3	IN	Toledo	winter
Dylan Lonergan	QB	3	IN	Boston College	winter
Kameron Anthony	TE	3	IN	Ball State	winter
Jaedin Lee	DL	3	IN	Maine	winter
Rondo Porter	DL	3	IN	App State	winter
Ty Morris	LB	3	IN	Rice	winter
Everett Small	OT	3	IN	Eastern Michigan	winter
Bradlee Jones	CB	3	IN	The Citadel	winter
Clay Thevenin	RB	3	IN	Louisiana Tech	winter
J'Dan Burnett	EDGE	3	IN	Tulsa	winter
Kevyn Humes	CB	3	IN	Maryland	winter
Mikey Munn	CB	3	IN	South Dakota	other
Sean Allison	LB	3	IN	Drake	other
Isaiah Cook	IOL	-	IN	Delaware State	winter
Talibi Kaba	LB	4	OUT	In portal	winter
Ian Strong	WR	4	OUT	California	winter
Bo Mascoe	CB	4	OUT	Texas	winter
Jordan Walker	EDGE	3	OUT	Georgia Tech	winter
Jacobie Henderson	CB	3	OUT	Virginia	winter
Sam Robinson	LB	3	OUT	South Florida	winter
John Stone	IOL	3	OUT	Temple	winter
Taj White	OT	3	OUT	Colorado	winter
Samuel Brown V	RB	3	OUT	Temple	winter
CJ Campbell Jr.	RB	3	OUT	Duke	winter
Darold DeNgohe	DL	3	OUT	UCLA	winter
Zach Aamland	OT	3	OUT	Temple	winter
Renick Dorilas	CB	3	OUT	UConn	winter
Djibril Rahman	EDGE	3	OUT	San Diego State	winter
Dane Pardridge	WR	2	OUT	Indiana State	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)

$8M

Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate

Athletics revenue

$171.7M

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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