USC
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
$23M - $33.2M
#13 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-37
9 in, 22 out
Top Model Price
$3.4M
Jayden Maiava
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#37 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 USC 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 | Jayden Maiava | QB | starter | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| 2 | Tanook Hines | WR | starter | $1.4M | $1.4M |
| 3 | Terrell Anderson | WR | starter | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| 4 | Luke Wafle | EDGE | starter | $838K | $838K |
| 5 | Jaimeon Winfield | DL | starter | $838K | $838K |
| 6 | Shaun Scott | EDGE | starter | $838K | $838K |
| 7 | Braeden Jones | DL | starter | $838K | $838K |
| 8 | Jonas Williams | QB | rotation | $815K | $815K |
| 9 | Keenyi Pepe | OT | starter | $732K | $732K |
| 10 | Vlad Dyakonov | OT | starter | $732K | $732K |
| 11 | Esun Tafa | IOL | starter | $732K | $732K |
| 12 | Breck Kolojay | IOL | starter | $732K | $732K |
| 13 | Mark Bowman | TE | starter | $726K | $726K |
| 14 | King Miller | RB | starter | $720K | $720K |
| 15 | Elbert Hill | CB | starter | $638K | $638K |
| 16 | Brandon Lockhart | CB | starter | $638K | $638K |
| 17 | Peyton Dyer | CB | starter | $638K | $638K |
| 18 | Jay Fair | WR | starter | $632K | $632K |
| 19 | Luc Weaver | WR | rotation | $629K | $629K |
| 20 | Trent Mosley | WR | rotation | $614K | $614K |
| 21 | Ethan Feaster | WR | rotation | $599K | $599K |
| 22 | Waymond Jordan | RB | rotation | $524K | $524K |
| 23 | Jontez Williams | CB | starter | $520K | $520K |
| 24 | Chase Deniz | OT | starter | $515K | $515K |
| 25 | Talanoa Ili | LB | starter | $457K | $457K |
| 26 | Carrington Pierce | CB | starter | $449K | $449K |
| 27 | Deven Bryant | LB | starter | $408K | $408K |
| 28 | Tomuhini Topui | DL | rotation | $330K | $330K |
| 29 | Simote Katoanga | DL | rotation | $330K | $330K |
| 30 | GianCarlo Rufo | LB | starter | $322K | $322K |
| 31 | Deshonne Redeaux | RB | rotation | $291K | $291K |
| 32 | Bishop Fitzgerald | S | rotation | $253K | $253K |
| 33 | Fisher Melton | TE | depth | $245K | $245K |
| 34 | Taniela Tupou | TE | depth | $243K | $243K |
| 35 | Walter Matthews | TE | depth | $242K | $242K |
| 36 | Jake Johnson | DL | rotation | $232K | $232K |
| 37 | Alani Noa | OL | rotation | $225K | $225K |
| 38 | Zuriah Fisher | EDGE | rotation | $221K | $221K |
| 39 | Dylan Gebbia | QB | depth | $213K | $213K |
| 40 | Eric Gentry | LB | rotation | $210K | $210K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for USC: 9 in, 22 out, net star flow -37. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jontez Williams | CB | 4 | IN | Iowa State | winter |
| Terrell Anderson | WR | 4 | IN | NC State | winter |
| Zuriah Fisher | EDGE | 4 | IN | Penn State | winter |
| Carrington Pierce | CB | 3 | IN | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Deven Bryant | LB | 3 | IN | Washington | winter |
| Alex VanSumeren | DL | 3 | IN | Michigan State | winter |
| Tucker Ashcraft | TE | 3 | IN | Wisconsin | winter |
| GianCarlo Rufo | LB | 3 | IN | Georgetown | other |
| Lachlan Carrigan | P | - | IN | Memphis | winter |
| Devan Thompkins | DL | 4 | OUT | Alabama | winter |
| Walker Lyons | TE | 4 | OUT | BYU | winter |
| Anthony Beavers Jr. | S | 4 | OUT | Wyoming | winter |
| Husan Longstreet | QB | 4 | OUT | LSU | winter |
| Micah Banuelos | IOL | 3 | OUT | Purdue | winter |
| Prince Strachan | WR | 3 | OUT | West Virginia | winter |
| Makai Saina | IOL | 3 | OUT | Purdue | winter |
| Harry Dalton III | RB | 3 | OUT | Maryland | winter |
| Carlon Jones | DL | 3 | OUT | Arkansas | winter |
| Bryan Jackson | RB | 3 | OUT | Wisconsin | winter |
| DJ Jordan | WR | 3 | OUT | Arizona | winter |
| Braylon Conley | CB | 3 | OUT | Georgia | winter |
| Gus Cordova | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Mississippi State | winter |
| Garrison Madden | LB | 3 | OUT | Western Kentucky | winter |
| Matai Tagoa'i | LB | 3 | OUT | Arizona | winter |
| Steve Miller | S | 3 | OUT | UConn | winter |
| Alex Payne | OT | 3 | OUT | Virginia | winter |
| Joey Olsen | TE | 3 | OUT | New Mexico | winter |
| James Johnson | CB | 3 | OUT | Middle Tennessee | winter |
| AJ Tuitele | LB | 3 | OUT | California | winter |
| Kevin Longstreet | CB | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Gage Roy | QB | - | OUT | Illinois 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)
$12.8M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$234M
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.