Utah
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
$18.3M - $22.3M
#59 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-12
17 in, 20 out
Top Model Price
$1.5M
Ethan Day
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#12 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 Utah 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 | Ethan Day | DL | starter | $1.5M | $1.5M |
| 2 | Byrd Ficklin | QB | rotation | $1M | $1M |
| 3 | Devon Dampier | QB | starter | $1M REPORTED | $4M UNDERPAID |
| 4 | Kelvin Obot | OT | starter | $928K | $928K |
| 5 | Braden Pegan | WR | starter | $885K | $885K |
| 6 | Kyri Shoels | WR | starter | $834K | $834K |
| 7 | Wayshawn Parker | RB | starter | $781K | $781K |
| 8 | Elijah Reed | CB | starter | $642K | $642K |
| 9 | Larry Simmons | WR | starter | $627K | $627K |
| 10 | Mataalii Benjamin | OT | starter | $570K | $570K |
| 11 | Jireh Moe | DL | starter | $459K | $459K |
| 12 | Jamal Wallace | DL | starter | $459K | $459K |
| 13 | Lucas Samsula | DL | starter | $411K | $411K |
| 14 | Isaiah Kema | IOL | starter | $401K | $401K |
| 15 | Cedric Jefferson | OT | starter | $401K | $401K |
| 16 | Moses Sparks Jr. | IOL | starter | $401K | $401K |
| 17 | James Chenault | CB | starter | $360K | $360K |
| 18 | Major Hinchen | CB | starter | $350K | $350K |
| 19 | Aisa Galea'i | S | starter | $350K | $350K |
| 20 | Dylan Waters | CB | starter | $350K | $350K |
| 21 | Creed Whittemore | WR | rotation | $345K | $345K |
| 22 | Tobias Merriweather | WR | rotation | $300K | $300K |
| 23 | Daidren Zipperer | WR | rotation | $264K | $264K |
| 24 | Elijah Elliss | LB | starter | $234K | $234K |
| 25 | Michael Johnson | QB | depth | $233K | $233K |
| 26 | Mitch Nielsen | TE | depth | $194K | $194K |
| 27 | Aliki Vimahi | DT | rotation | $193K | $193K |
| 28 | Broderick Redden | TE | depth | $192K | $192K |
| 29 | Hunter Andrews | TE | depth | $191K | $191K |
| 30 | Will Monney | TE | starter | $182K | $182K |
| 31 | NaQuari Rogers | RB | rotation | $168K | $168K |
| 32 | Drew Cowart | QB | depth | $167K | $167K |
| 33 | Johnathan Hall | LB | rotation | $155K | $155K |
| 34 | Cyrus Polu | LB | starter | $153K | $153K |
| 35 | Anthony Hernandez | LB | starter | $152K | $152K |
| 36 | Jackson Bennee | S | depth | $151K | $151K |
| 37 | Daniel Bray | RB | rotation | $134K | $134K |
| 38 | Rowdy Pearce | IOL | rotation | $133K | $133K |
| 39 | Elijah Davis | CB | rotation | $130K | $130K |
| 40 | Lander Barton | LB | depth | $124K | $124K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Utah: 17 in, 20 out, net star flow -12. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braden Pegan | WR | 4 | IN | Utah State | winter |
| Marcus Wimberly | S | 3 | IN | Oklahoma | winter |
| Lucas Samsula | DL | 3 | IN | Wyoming | winter |
| Ethan Day | DL | 3 | IN | North Texas | winter |
| Kyri Shoels | WR | 3 | IN | San José State | winter |
| Isaiah Kema | IOL | 3 | IN | Ohio State | winter |
| Elijah Reed | CB | 3 | IN | Akron | winter |
| Jireh Moe | DL | 3 | IN | San José State | winter |
| Jamal Wallace | DL | 3 | IN | Tennessee | winter |
| Cedric Jefferson | OT | 3 | IN | Montana State | winter |
| James Chenault | CB | 3 | IN | South Florida | winter |
| Steve Chavez-Soto | RB | 3 | IN | San José State | winter |
| Nick Brown | CB | 3 | IN | Lamar | winter |
| Ricky Johnson | WR | 3 | IN | Mississippi State | winter |
| Noah Bennee | TE | 3 | IN | Weber State | winter |
| Will Monney | TE | 3 | IN | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Brandon Rose | QB | 3 | IN | Massachusetts | other |
| John Henry Daley | EDGE | 4 | OUT | Michigan | winter |
| JJ Buchanan | WR | 4 | OUT | Michigan | winter |
| Salesi Moa | CB | 4 | OUT | Michigan | winter |
| Smith Snowden | CB | 4 | OUT | Michigan | winter |
| Devin Green | RB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Raycine Guillory | RB | 3 | OUT | LSU | winter |
| Isaac Wilson | QB | 3 | OUT | Colorado | winter |
| Dallas Vakalahi | DL | 3 | OUT | Penn State | winter |
| Christian Thatcher | LB | 3 | OUT | Memphis | winter |
| Tao Johnson | S | 3 | OUT | UCLA | winter |
| Justin Stevenson | WR | 3 | OUT | North Texas | winter |
| Don Saunders | CB | 3 | OUT | Purdue | winter |
| Jaxson Jones | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Utah Tech | winter |
| Jonah Leaea | DL | 3 | OUT | Michigan | winter |
| LaTristan Thompson | CB | 3 | OUT | UTEP | winter |
| Kalolo Ta'aga | OT | 3 | OUT | Washington State | winter |
| Jason Stokes Jr. | CB | 3 | OUT | Colorado | winter |
| Jaylen Moson | CB | 3 | OUT | South Alabama | winter |
| Drew Clemens | TE | 3 | OUT | North Texas | winter |
| Brendan Zurbrugg | QB | 3 | OUT | Walsh | 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)
$5M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$125.2M
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.