TCU
Big 12 · 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
$19.5M - $25.1M
#41 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-5
12 in, 14 out
Top Model Price
$1.7M
Jordan Dwyer
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#31 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 TCU 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 | Jordan Dwyer | WR | starter | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| 2 | Ken Seals | QB | starter | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| 3 | Jacob Fields | S | starter | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| 4 | Jesse Ford | DL | starter | $713K | $713K |
| 5 | Carter Buck | EDGE | starter | $713K | $713K |
| 6 | Kalen Carroll | CB | starter | $685K | $685K |
| 7 | Vincent Johnson Jr. | OT | starter | $622K | $622K |
| 8 | Jason Bradford | S | starter | $543K | $543K |
| 9 | Cheta Ofili | EDGE | starter | $501K | $501K |
| 10 | Duncan McGhee | DL | starter | $501K | $501K |
| 11 | Jeremy Payne | RB | starter | $480K | $480K |
| 12 | Noah McKinney | IOL | starter | $438K | $438K |
| 13 | Jaheim Buchanon | IOL | starter | $438K | $438K |
| 14 | Jordan Burnett | IOL | starter | $438K | $438K |
| 15 | Jack Daulton | QB | rotation | $386K | $386K |
| 16 | Ed Small | WR | starter | $384K | $384K |
| 17 | Brock King | CB | starter | $382K | $382K |
| 18 | Major Everhart | WR | starter | $381K | $381K |
| 19 | Ansel Din-Mbuh | DT | rotation | $363K | $363K |
| 20 | Teon Parks | CB | starter | $270K | $270K |
| 21 | Chase Curtis | TE | starter | $256K | $256K |
| 22 | Ben Taylor-Whitfield | OL | starter | $253K | $253K |
| 23 | Michael Short | LB | starter | $242K | $242K |
| 24 | Jaden Craig | QB | depth | $239K | $239K |
| 25 | Austin Jordan | S | rotation | $229K | $229K |
| 26 | Jeremy Scott | WR | rotation | $227K | $227K |
| 27 | Jamel Johnson | S | depth | $213K | $213K |
| 28 | Koron Hayward | EDGE | rotation | $204K | $204K |
| 29 | Maddox Flynt | DL | rotation | $197K | $197K |
| 30 | James Scott | WR | rotation | $195K | $195K |
| 31 | Ayson Theus | WR | rotation | $194K | $194K |
| 32 | Mason Peterson | TE | depth | $184K | $184K |
| 33 | Lafayette Kaiuway | TE | depth | $183K | $183K |
| 34 | Anthony Williams | LB | starter | $166K | $166K |
| 35 | David Potter | QB | depth | $160K | $160K |
| 36 | Adam Schobel | QB | depth | $159K | $159K |
| 37 | Blake Baldwin | LB | starter | $151K | $151K |
| 38 | Jacob Porter | QB | depth | $150K | $150K |
| 39 | Kylin Jackson | S | depth | $146K | $146K |
| 40 | Trent Battle | RB | rotation | $135K | $135K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for TCU: 12 in, 14 out, net star flow -5. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah McKinney | IOL | 3 | IN | Oklahoma State | other |
| Jaden Craig | QB | 3 | IN | Harvard | winter |
| Jacob Fields | S | 3 | IN | Louisiana Tech | winter |
| Michael Short | LB | 3 | IN | Virginia Tech | winter |
| Landon Walker | RB | 3 | IN | Colorado School Of Mines | winter |
| Jeremy Scott | WR | 3 | IN | South Alabama | winter |
| Koron Hayward | EDGE | 3 | IN | Western Kentucky | winter |
| Jaheim Buchanon | IOL | 3 | IN | Florida International | winter |
| Cheta Ofili | EDGE | 3 | IN | Texas Tech | winter |
| Kalen Carroll | CB | 3 | IN | Central Michigan | winter |
| Teon Parks | CB | 3 | IN | Colorado | winter |
| John Hoyet Chance | P | - | IN | Louisiana Tech | winter |
| Ka'Morreun Pimpton | TE | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Josh Hoover | QB | 4 | OUT | Indiana | winter |
| Paul Oyewale | EDGE | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Gekyle Baker | WR | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Elijah Jackson | CB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Jonathan Bax | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Florida Atlantic | winter |
| Nate Palmer | RB | 3 | OUT | Wisconsin | winter |
| Cam Jamerson | CB | 3 | OUT | Boise State | winter |
| Jonah Martinez | CB | 3 | OUT | Southern Miss | winter |
| Rasheed Jackson | OT | 3 | OUT | Texas State | winter |
| Jordyn Bailey | WR | 3 | OUT | Iowa State | winter |
| Quinton Harris | OT | 3 | OUT | Colorado State | winter |
| Rohon Kazadi | S | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Derrick Carroll | RB | - | OUT | In portal | 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)
$6.9M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$156M
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.