Vanderbilt
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
$19.1M - $24.2M
#50 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-7
18 in, 19 out
Top Model Price
$2M
Jared Curtis
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#29 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 Vanderbilt 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 | Jared Curtis | QB | starter | $2M REPORTED | $1.1M OVERPAY |
| 2 | Junior Sherrill | WR | starter | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| 3 | Blaze Berlowitz | QB | rotation | $827K | $827K |
| 4 | Edwin Kolenge | EDGE | starter | $778K | $778K |
| 5 | Bryan Longwell | LB | starter | $523K | $523K |
| 6 | Talan Carter | DL | rotation | $506K | $506K |
| 7 | CJ Jackson | EDGE | starter | $489K | $489K |
| 8 | Jace McCallum | EDGE | starter | $489K | $489K |
| 9 | Cole Spence | TE | starter | $462K | $462K |
| 10 | Beau Johnson | OT | starter | $427K | $427K |
| 11 | Micah DeBose | IOL | starter | $427K | $427K |
| 12 | Lyndon Cooper | IOL | starter | $427K | $427K |
| 13 | George Haseotes | IOL | starter | $427K | $427K |
| 14 | Richie Hoskins | WR | starter | $417K | $417K |
| 15 | Sedrick Alexander | RB | starter | $405K | $405K |
| 16 | Jaylin Davies | CB | starter | $372K | $372K |
| 17 | Cobey Sellers | CB | starter | $372K | $372K |
| 18 | Karaijus Hayes | S | starter | $372K | $372K |
| 19 | Antione Baker | S | starter | $372K | $372K |
| 20 | Jeremy Garner II | CB | starter | $372K | $372K |
| 21 | Tristen Brown | WR | starter | $371K | $371K |
| 22 | Brian Allen | EDGE | starter | $324K | $324K |
| 23 | Tilden Riley | TE | depth | $287K | $287K |
| 24 | Maurice Veney | TE | depth | $282K | $282K |
| 25 | Daniel Vollmer | LB | starter | $267K | $267K |
| 26 | Makhilyn Young | RB | rotation | $262K | $262K |
| 27 | CJ Williams | OL | starter | $259K | $259K |
| 28 | Evan Hampton | RB | rotation | $244K | $244K |
| 29 | Kayleb Barnett | WR | rotation | $218K | $218K |
| 30 | Elijah Rooney | TE | depth | $210K | $210K |
| 31 | Cameran Dickson | TE | depth | $209K | $209K |
| 32 | Cole Adams | WR | rotation | $209K | $209K |
| 33 | Gabe Fisher | TE | depth | $198K | $198K |
| 34 | Mike Diatta | DL | rotation | $192K | $192K |
| 35 | Palmer Riley | EDGE | rotation | $192K | $192K |
| 36 | Nate Fleming | DL | rotation | $192K | $192K |
| 37 | Jayvontay Conner | TE | rotation | $188K | $188K |
| 38 | Emmanuel Adebi | TE | depth | $187K | $187K |
| 39 | Jack Elliott | QB | depth | $181K | $181K |
| 40 | Whit Muschamp | QB | depth | $179K | $179K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Vanderbilt: 18 in, 19 out, net star flow -7. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Allen | EDGE | 4 | IN | Iowa | winter |
| Ja'Cory Thomas | WR | 4 | IN | Old Dominion | winter |
| Maurice Veney | TE | 3 | IN | Morehouse College | other |
| Jayvontay Conner | TE | 3 | IN | East Carolina | winter |
| Beau Johnson | OT | 3 | IN | North Dakota State | winter |
| Talan Carter | DL | 3 | IN | Jacksonville State | winter |
| Cobey Sellers | CB | 3 | IN | Texas A&M | winter |
| Lyndon Cooper | IOL | 3 | IN | Pittsburgh | winter |
| CJ Jackson | EDGE | 3 | IN | LSU | winter |
| Cole Adams | WR | 3 | IN | Alabama | winter |
| Micah DeBose | IOL | 3 | IN | Alabama | winter |
| Ricardo Jones | S | 3 | IN | Clemson | winter |
| Walter Taylor III | TE | 3 | IN | Ball State | winter |
| Edwin Kolenge | EDGE | 3 | IN | Boston College | winter |
| Mike Diatta | DL | 3 | IN | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Jaylin Davies | CB | 3 | IN | Oklahoma State | other |
| Tyler Ebel | P | - | IN | South Dakota | winter |
| Kaden Schickel | LS | - | IN | Michigan State | winter |
| Jeremiah Dillon | WR | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Tre Richardson | WR | 4 | OUT | Louisville | winter |
| Chance Fitzgerald | WR | 4 | OUT | Austin Peay | winter |
| Jailen Ruth | LB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Drew Dickey | QB | 3 | OUT | Arkansas State | winter |
| Cooper Starks | IOL | 3 | OUT | South Dakota State | winter |
| Linus Zunk | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Washington State | winter |
| Randon Fontenette | S | 3 | OUT | Colorado | winter |
| Jeremy St-Hilaire | QB | 3 | OUT | Arkansas State | winter |
| Misael Sandoval | OT | 3 | OUT | Ball State | winter |
| Trudell Berry | CB | 3 | OUT | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Trent Hudson | WR | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Witt Edwards | TE | 3 | OUT | Missouri State | winter |
| Terry Nwabuisi-Ezeala | DL | 3 | OUT | Marshall | winter |
| Boski Barrett | WR | 3 | OUT | Arkansas State | winter |
| AJ Newberry | RB | 3 | OUT | Oregon State | winter |
| Steven Sannieniola | S | 3 | OUT | Utah State | winter |
| Chase Gillespie | RB | 3 | OUT | Florida A&M | other |
| Larry Benton III | TE | - | 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)
$6.3M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$146.4M
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.