Virginia
ACC · 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
$20.5M - $27.8M
#26 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
+30
30 in, 22 out
Top Model Price
$1.6M
Eli Holstein
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#56 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 Virginia 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 | Eli Holstein | QB | starter | $1.6M | $1.6M |
| 2 | Beau Pribula | QB | rotation | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| 3 | Jahmal Edrine | WR | starter | $934K | $934K |
| 4 | Jonathan Allen | DL | starter | $800K | $800K |
| 5 | Jalen McNair | S | starter | $701K | $701K |
| 6 | Jacquon Gibson | WR | starter | $604K | $604K |
| 7 | Brandyn Hillman | S | starter | $597K | $597K |
| 8 | Jacobie Henderson | CB | starter | $519K | $519K |
| 9 | Ezekiel Larry | EDGE | starter | $494K | $494K |
| 10 | Devon Baxter | EDGE | starter | $494K | $494K |
| 11 | Darrion Henry-Young | DL | starter | $494K | $494K |
| 12 | Jekail Middlebrook | RB | starter | $440K | $440K |
| 13 | Ryan Brubaker | IOL | starter | $432K | $432K |
| 14 | Alex Payne | OT | starter | $432K | $432K |
| 15 | Dylan Biehl | IOL | starter | $432K | $432K |
| 16 | Michael Gildea | OT | starter | $432K | $432K |
| 17 | Luke Hatfield | IOL | starter | $432K | $432K |
| 18 | Sage Ennis | TE | starter | $423K | $423K |
| 19 | Jayden Thomas | WR | starter | $413K | $413K |
| 20 | James Jackson | LB | starter | $399K | $399K |
| 21 | Christian Ellis | S | starter | $377K | $377K |
| 22 | Jayden Covil | CB | starter | $377K | $377K |
| 23 | Zion Wilson | DL | rotation | $349K | $349K |
| 24 | Nnanna Anyanwu | EDGE | rotation | $328K | $328K |
| 25 | Connor Cox | TE | depth | $295K | $295K |
| 26 | Dakota Twitty | TE | rotation | $263K | $263K |
| 27 | Ely Hamrick | QB | depth | $257K | $257K |
| 28 | Jaylen Jones | S | rotation | $256K | $256K |
| 29 | Xavier Brown | RB | rotation | $252K | $252K |
| 30 | Henry Omohundro | TE | depth | $218K | $218K |
| 31 | Willem Thurber | TE | depth | $217K | $217K |
| 32 | Justin Zames | TE | depth | $216K | $216K |
| 33 | Justin Ross | CB | rotation | $209K | $209K |
| 34 | Hayden Rollison | TE | depth | $205K | $205K |
| 35 | TeKai Kirby | TE | depth | $204K | $204K |
| 36 | Walker Wallace | TE | depth | $199K | $199K |
| 37 | Isaiah Harris | WR | rotation | $198K | $198K |
| 38 | Jack Rhodes | WR | rotation | $197K | $197K |
| 39 | Devin Neal | S | depth | $196K | $196K |
| 40 | Dylan Cope | WR | rotation | $196K | $196K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Virginia: 30 in, 22 out, net star flow +30. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beau Pribula | QB | 4 | IN | Missouri | winter |
| Christian Ellis | S | 3 | IN | Virginia Tech | winter |
| Jekail Middlebrook | RB | 3 | IN | Middle Tennessee | winter |
| Jacobie Henderson | CB | 3 | IN | Rutgers | winter |
| Peyton Lewis | RB | 3 | IN | Tennessee | winter |
| Matthew Fobbs-White | EDGE | 3 | IN | Baylor | winter |
| Nnanna Anyanwu | EDGE | 3 | IN | UTSA | winter |
| Ezekiel Larry | EDGE | 3 | IN | Yale | winter |
| Solomon Beebe | RB | 3 | IN | UAB | winter |
| Jaylen Jones | S | 3 | IN | Georgia State | winter |
| Connor Cox | TE | 3 | IN | North Carolina | winter |
| Devon Baxter | EDGE | 3 | IN | Michigan | winter |
| Zion Wilson | DL | 3 | IN | East Carolina | winter |
| Omillio Agard | CB | 3 | IN | Wisconsin | winter |
| Ryan Brubaker | IOL | 3 | IN | South Carolina | winter |
| Rico Flores Jr. | WR | 3 | IN | UCLA | winter |
| Alex Payne | OT | 3 | IN | USC | winter |
| Eli Holstein | QB | 3 | IN | Pittsburgh | winter |
| Justin Ross | CB | 3 | IN | Navy | winter |
| Brandyn Hillman | S | 3 | IN | Michigan | winter |
| Jalen McNair | S | 3 | IN | Buffalo | winter |
| Kervins Choute | DL | 3 | IN | UConn | winter |
| Da'Shawn Martin | WR | 3 | IN | Kent State | winter |
| Darrion Henry-Young | DL | 3 | IN | Coastal Carolina | winter |
| Jacquon Gibson | WR | 3 | IN | Massachusetts | winter |
| Tyson Davis | WR | 3 | IN | Central Michigan | winter |
| Jonathan Allen | DL | 3 | IN | UAB | winter |
| Lukas Ungar | TE | 3 | IN | New Mexico State | winter |
| Patrick Campbell | CB | 3 | IN | Dartmouth | other |
| Wyatt Rubinoff | LS | - | IN | New Hampshire | winter |
| Trell Harris | WR | 4 | OUT | Oklahoma | winter |
| Tyshawn Wyatt | OT | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Mekhi Buchanan | EDGE | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Trey McDonald | LB | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Hunter Osborne | DL | 3 | OUT | Arkansas | winter |
| Emmanuel Karnley | CB | 3 | OUT | Washington | winter |
| Ja'Son Prevard | CB | 3 | OUT | Kansas State | winter |
| Dre Walker | CB | 3 | OUT | App State | winter |
| Terrell Jones | DL | 3 | OUT | South Florida | winter |
| Suderian Harrison | WR | 3 | OUT | East Tennessee State | winter |
| Daniel Kaelin | QB | 3 | OUT | Nebraska | winter |
| Wallace Unamba | OT | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Bjorn Jurgensen | QB | 3 | OUT | Hawai'i | winter |
| Andre Greene Jr. | WR | 3 | OUT | Georgia Southern | winter |
| Kameron Courtney | WR | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Stevie Bracey | LB | 3 | OUT | Buffalo | winter |
| Davis Lane Jr. | WR | 3 | OUT | Rice | winter |
| Grady Brosterhous | QB | 3 | OUT | Utah State | winter |
| Eli Wood | WR | 3 | OUT | Utah State | winter |
| Maddox Marcellus | LB | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Da'Marcus Crosby | S | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Jorge Diaz Nicolas | K | - | OUT | Marshall | 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)
$8.8M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$150.6M
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.