South Carolina
SEC · 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
$21.6M - $29.9M
#17 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
+19
25 in, 24 out
Top Model Price
$3M
LaNorris Sellers
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#63 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 South Carolina 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 | LaNorris Sellers | QB | starter | $3M | $3M |
| 2 | Nyck Harbor | WR | starter | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| 3 | Jacarrius Peak | OT | starter | $1M | $1M |
| 4 | Nitro Tuggle | WR | starter | $859K | $859K |
| 5 | Aiden Harris | DL | starter | $794K | $794K |
| 6 | Julian Walker | EDGE | starter | $794K | $794K |
| 7 | Noah Clark | DL | starter | $794K | $794K |
| 8 | Andrew Harris | EDGE | starter | $794K | $794K |
| 9 | Jayden Sellers | WR | starter | $792K | $792K |
| 10 | Landon Duckworth | QB | rotation | $715K | $715K |
| 11 | Darius Gray | IOL | starter | $693K | $693K |
| 12 | Zyon Guiles | IOL | starter | $693K | $693K |
| 13 | J'Zavien Currence | S | starter | $605K | $605K |
| 14 | Kosci Barnes | CB | starter | $605K | $605K |
| 15 | Armando Nieves | OT | starter | $488K | $488K |
| 16 | Anthony Baxter | IOL | starter | $488K | $488K |
| 17 | Quay'sheed Scott | CB | starter | $426K | $426K |
| 18 | Dylan Stewart | LB | depth | $376K | $376K |
| 19 | Tomiwa Durojaiye | DL | rotation | $339K | $339K |
| 20 | Brady Hunt | TE | starter | $335K | $335K |
| 21 | Keenan Britt | LB | starter | $305K | $305K |
| 22 | Jayden Gibson | WR | rotation | $303K | $303K |
| 23 | Donovan Murph | WR | rotation | $300K | $300K |
| 24 | Matt Fuller | RB | starter | $293K | $293K |
| 25 | DJ Black | WR | rotation | $277K | $277K |
| 26 | Tony Brown | DB | starter | $259K | $259K |
| 27 | Caleb Herring | EDGE | rotation | $252K | $252K |
| 28 | Buddy Mack III | DB | starter | $234K | $234K |
| 29 | Jordan Thomas | DL | rotation | $220K | $220K |
| 30 | Bryan Thomas Jr. | LB | rotation | $208K | $208K |
| 31 | Fred Johnson | LB | depth | $192K | $192K |
| 32 | Reno Roehm | TE | depth | $191K | $191K |
| 33 | AJ Holloway | LB | starter | $185K | $185K |
| 34 | Josh Smith | LB | starter | $185K | $185K |
| 35 | Drew Collins | EDGE | rotation | $182K | $182K |
| 36 | Jimmy Francis | QB | depth | $172K | $172K |
| 37 | Justin Okoronkwo | LB | depth | $171K | $171K |
| 38 | Cutter Woods | QB | depth | $170K | $170K |
| 39 | Dayne Arnett | IOL | rotation | $162K | $162K |
| 40 | Carter Miller | IOL | rotation | $162K | $162K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for South Carolina: 25 in, 24 out, net star flow +19. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacarrius Peak | OT | 4 | IN | NC State | winter |
| Tomiwa Durojaiye | DL | 4 | IN | Illinois | winter |
| Jayden Gibson | WR | 3 | IN | Oklahoma | winter |
| Jordan Thomas | DL | 3 | IN | Georgia | winter |
| Carter Miller | IOL | 3 | IN | UCF | winter |
| Hank Purvis | IOL | 3 | IN | Purdue | winter |
| Quay'sheed Scott | CB | 3 | IN | Kentucky | winter |
| Emmanuel Poku | IOL | 3 | IN | East Carolina | winter |
| Sam Dixon | RB | 3 | IN | Ohio State | winter |
| Nitro Tuggle | WR | 3 | IN | Purdue | winter |
| Dayne Arnett | IOL | 3 | IN | Ferris State | winter |
| Emmet Rhoades | LS | 3 | IN | Western Carolina | winter |
| Seth Smith | OT | 3 | IN | Northern Arizona | winter |
| Kelby Collins | DL | 3 | IN | Alabama | winter |
| Drew Collins | EDGE | 3 | IN | Arkansas State | winter |
| Jabree Coleman | RB | 3 | IN | Penn State | winter |
| Armando Nieves | OT | 3 | IN | New Mexico State | winter |
| Caleb Herring | EDGE | 3 | IN | Tennessee | winter |
| Lucian Anderson III | QB | 3 | IN | Bowling Green | winter |
| Christian Clark | RB | 3 | IN | Texas | winter |
| Max Drag | TE | 3 | IN | UCF | winter |
| Charly Mullaly | WR | 3 | IN | Holy Cross | winter |
| DJ Black | WR | 3 | IN | UCF | winter |
| Ebubedike Nnabugwu | IOL | 3 | IN | Missouri State | winter |
| Upton Bellenfant | K | - | IN | Texas Tech | winter |
| Vandrevius Jacobs | WR | 4 | OUT | Miami | winter |
| Josiah Thompson | OT | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Michael Smith | TE | 3 | OUT | Syracuse | winter |
| Jaron Willis | LB | 3 | OUT | Kansas | winter |
| Trovon Baugh | IOL | 3 | OUT | Texas A&M | winter |
| Tree Babalade | OT | 3 | OUT | Nebraska | winter |
| Nick Sharpe | IOL | 3 | OUT | Michigan State | winter |
| Cason Henry | OT | 3 | OUT | Louisville | winter |
| Boaz Stanley | IOL | 3 | OUT | Purdue | winter |
| Jaylen Brown | EDGE | 3 | OUT | LSU | winter |
| Brian Rowe Jr. | WR | 3 | OUT | UCLA | winter |
| Zavion Hardy | DL | 3 | OUT | Baylor | winter |
| Ryan Brubaker | IOL | 3 | OUT | Virginia | winter |
| Air Noland | QB | 3 | OUT | Memphis | winter |
| Desmond Umeozulu | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Alabama | winter |
| Jatavius Shivers | OT | 3 | OUT | Purdue | winter |
| Taeshawn Alston | EDGE | 3 | OUT | North Carolina Central | other |
| Rodney Newsom Jr. | IOL | 2 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Chase Kibble | DL | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Myles Norwood | CB | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Emazon Littlejohn | WR | - | OUT | Western Michigan | winter |
| Mac Walters | OT | - | OUT | App State | winter |
| Campbell Vandiver | OT | - | OUT | Montana | winter |
| Peyton Argent | K | - | OUT | South Alabama | other |
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)
$10.4M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$204.6M
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.