Wake Forest

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

$18M - $21.5M

#63 of 68 in our spend model

Portal net stars

24 in, 23 out

Top Model Price

$1.1M

Gio Lopez

Roster strength (fantasy model)

#62 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 Wake Forest 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	Gio Lopez	QB	starter	$1.1M	$1.1M
2	Carlos Hernandez	WR	starter	$944K	$944K
3	Grant Lawless	QB	rotation	$643K	$643K
4	Sawyer Racanelli	WR	starter	$483K	$483K
5	D.J. Johnson	EDGE	starter	$443K	$443K
6	Christian Harris	DL	starter	$443K	$443K
7	Cooper Long	DL	starter	$443K	$443K
8	Cade Holles	EDGE	starter	$443K	$443K
9	Ethan Calloway	OT	starter	$387K	$387K
10	Dalton DeBoer	IOL	starter	$387K	$387K
11	Dylan Durbin	OT	starter	$387K	$387K
12	Elliot Demaine	IOL	starter	$387K	$387K
13	Eli Holbrook	IOL	starter	$387K	$387K
14	Drayden Dickmann	WR	starter	$376K	$376K
15	Eni Falayi	TE	starter	$369K	$369K
16	Bernard Causey III	CB	starter	$344K	$344K
17	Brian Blades ll	CB	starter	$338K	$338K
18	Larry Warren	CB	starter	$338K	$338K
19	Micah Bright	S	starter	$338K	$338K
20	Brady Shust	TE	depth	$288K	$288K
21	Maximilian Tillfeldt Retsler	TE	depth	$283K	$283K
22	Dominick Barry	TE	depth	$278K	$278K
23	Chase Tyler	WR	rotation	$268K	$268K
24	Gannon Jones	QB	depth	$243K	$243K
25	Buom Jock	LB	starter	$242K	$242K
26	Richard Dyce	LB	starter	$242K	$242K
27	Antonio Meeks	WR	rotation	$215K	$215K
28	Tylan McNichols	LB	starter	$213K	$213K
29	Nick Andersen	DB	depth	$207K	$207K
30	Charlie Wingfield	TE	depth	$204K	$204K
31	Dominic Deluca	TE	depth	$203K	$203K
32	Will Loerzel	TE	depth	$202K	$202K
33	Davaughn Patterson	DB	depth	$200K	$200K
34	KD Daniels	RB	starter	$200K	$200K
35	Matthew Lusardi	TE	depth	$191K	$191K
36	Kevin Check	TE	depth	$190K	$190K
37	Mason Andrade	TE	depth	$189K	$189K
38	Josh Patterson	S	starter	$181K	$181K
39	Devin Goldston	WR	rotation	$179K	$179K
40	Matt Herron	DL	rotation	$174K	$174K
41	Sydir Mitchell	DL	rotation	$174K	$174K
42	Ryan Harrington	EDGE	rotation	$174K	$174K
43	Billy Johnson	QB	depth	$170K	$170K
44	Steele Pizzella	QB	depth	$169K	$169K
45	Dylan Hazen	LB	rotation	$159K	$159K
46	Kamrean Johnson	TE	rotation	$154K	$154K
47	Aiden Hall	LB	rotation	$152K	$152K
48	Landon Morris	TE	rotation	$138K	$138K
49	Tyler Walton	DL	rotation	$134K	$134K
50	John Ohnegian	IOL	rotation	$129K	$129K
51	Ryan Berger	OT	rotation	$129K	$129K
52	Langston Hogg	IOL	rotation	$129K	$129K
53	Elijah Otieno	WR	depth	$126K	$126K
54	Ny Carr	WR	depth	$125K	$125K
55	Kam Shanks	WR	depth	$124K	$124K
56	Vincent Firenze	S	rotation	$112K	$112K
57	Dallas Afalava	DL	depth	$104K	$104K
58	Quincy Bryant	LB	depth	$101K	$101K
59	Jayden Loving	DL	depth	$101K	$101K
60	Frank Cusano	LB	depth	$99K	$99K
61	Lardarius Webb Jr.	DB	depth	$96K	$96K
62	Braylon Johnson	DB	depth	$95K	$95K
63	Christian Lawrence	RB	rotation	$94K	$94K
64	Sawyer Seidl	RB	rotation	$93K	$93K
65	Langston Hardy	DL	depth	$90K	$90K
66	Will Way	IOL	depth	$86K	$86K
67	Tolu Olajide	OT	depth	$86K	$86K
68	Austin Rinello	WR	depth	$80K	$80K
69	Bryce Kania	WR	depth	$79K	$79K
70	Jack Foley	WR	depth	$79K	$79K
71	Wesley Stroebel	WR	depth	$75K	$75K
72	Karate Brenson	WR	depth	$71K	$71K
73	Braxton Winston III	DB	rotation	$68K	$68K
74	Nuer Gatkuoth	DL	depth	$66K	$66K
75	Travon West	DB	depth	$66K	$66K
76	Zach Lohavichan	DL	depth	$63K	$63K
77	Ashaad Williams	DB	rotation	$62K	$62K
78	Anthony Borriello	DB	rotation	$62K	$62K
79	Myles Turpin	DB	depth	$61K	$61K
80	Zamari Stevenson	DB	depth	$59K	$59K
81	Gabe Kirschke	DL	depth	$56K	$56K
82	Whittman Whaley	LB	depth	$55K	$55K
83	Joel Lowenberg	LB	depth	$55K	$55K
84	Devin McRae	OL	depth	$52K	$52K
85	George Steih	OL	depth	$52K	$52K
86	Uber Ajongo	OL	depth	$52K	$52K
87	Luke White	LB	depth	$52K	$52K
88	Ja'Marion Kennedy	OL	depth	$52K	$52K
89	Jack Hines	OL	depth	$52K	$52K
90	Clinton Richard	OL	depth	$52K	$52K
91	Will Saba	OL	depth	$52K	$52K
92	Luke Beemer	OL	depth	$52K	$52K
93	Aidan Martin	OL	depth	$52K	$52K
94	Jaishaun Offutt	OL	depth	$52K	$52K
95	Elliot Demaine	OL	depth	$52K	$52K
96	Cale Doyle	OL	depth	$50K	$50K
97	JaMario Clements	RB	depth	$48K	$48K
98	Devin Kylany	OL	depth	$47K	$47K
99	George Sell	OL	depth	$47K	$47K
100	Rodrick Tialavea	OL	depth	$47K	$47K
101	Alec Marenco	LB	rotation	$47K	$47K
102	Jacob Dennison	OL	depth	$47K	$47K
103	Fa'alili Fa'amoe	OL	depth	$47K	$47K
104	Jamar Searcy	RB	depth	$43K	$43K
105	Ryan Henley	RB	depth	$43K	$43K
106	Kalil Townes	RB	depth	$43K	$43K
107	Wondame Davis Jr.	WR	depth	$43K	$43K
108	Kobe Adeleke-Hokes	WR	depth	$43K	$43K
109	David Egbe	RB	depth	$42K	$42K
110	Cal Joseph	P	starter	$41K	$41K
111	Rushaun Tongue	DB	depth	$40K	$40K
112	Devin Cook	DB	depth	$40K	$40K
113	Jaylon Edmond	DB	depth	$40K	$40K
114	William Tackie Jr.	DB	depth	$40K	$40K
115	Sascha Garcia	DB	depth	$40K	$40K
116	Zeek Jackson	DB	depth	$40K	$40K
117	Koredell Bartley	DB	depth	$40K	$40K
118	Freddie Gillens	DB	depth	$40K	$40K
119	Jake Ryan	DB	depth	$40K	$40K
120	Jerron Blackwell	DB	depth	$40K	$40K
121	Seth Carethers	DB	depth	$40K	$40K
122	Caleb Carlson	PK	starter	$39K	$39K
123	Jaxon Mull	DB	depth	$38K	$38K
124	Hugh O'Brien	WR	depth	$26K	$26K
125	BJ Williams	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
126	Matthew Dennis	PK	depth	$25K	$25K
127	Will Cobb	LS	depth	$25K	$25K
128	Wyatt Crespi	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
129	Kerrington Lee	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
130	Brandon Smiley	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
131	Brandon Hoyle	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
132	Camden Hardy	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
133	Josh Harrison	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
134	Ty Clark III	RB	depth	$25K	$25K
135	Kadear Dembele	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
136	Josiah Pratt	DL	depth	$25K	$25K
137	Jack Ploszay	P	depth	$25K	$25K
138	Eli Gilmour	LS	depth	$25K	$25K
139	Connor Calvert	PK	rotation	$25K	$25K
140	Reginald Vick Jr.	WR	depth	$25K	$25K
141	Rohan Macneill	P	depth	$25K	$25K

Portal ledger

2026 transfer portal traffic for Wake Forest: 24 in, 23 out, net star flow +2. Source: CollegeFootballData.

Player	Pos	Stars	Direction	From / To	Window
Chase Tyler	WR	3	IN	Duke	winter
Josh Patterson	S	3	IN	Iowa State	winter
KD Daniels	RB	3	IN	Florida	winter
Bernard Causey III	CB	3	IN	Georgia State	winter
Tolu Olajide	OT	3	IN	New Hampshire	winter
Will Way	IOL	3	IN	Weber State	winter
D.J. Johnson	EDGE	3	IN	New Hampshire	winter
Gio Lopez	QB	3	IN	North Carolina	winter
Brian Blades ll	CB	3	IN	Florida International	winter
Ryan Berger	OT	3	IN	Oregon State	winter
Wondame Davis Jr.	WR	3	IN	UTEP	winter
Sawyer Seidl	RB	3	IN	North Dakota	winter
Landon Morris	TE	3	IN	California	winter
Vincent Firenze	S	3	IN	Dayton	winter
Buom Jock	LB	3	IN	California	winter
Drayden Dickmann	WR	3	IN	Rice	winter
Sydir Mitchell	DL	3	IN	LSU	winter
Ny Carr	WR	3	IN	Miami	winter
Kam Shanks	WR	3	IN	Arkansas	winter
Matt Herron	DL	3	IN	Weber State	winter
Ethan Calloway	OT	3	IN	LSU	winter
Tylan McNichols	LB	3	IN	UAB	winter
John Ohnegian	IOL	3	IN	Bucknell	winter
Antonio Meeks	WR	3	IN	Louisville	winter
Mateen Ibirogba	DL	4	OUT	Texas Tech	winter
Chris Barnes	WR	4	OUT	Oklahoma State	winter
Melvin Siani	OT	4	OUT	Texas	winter
Sterling Berkhalter	WR	4	OUT	Texas	winter
Tate Carney	RB	3	OUT	In portal	winter
Ka'Shawn Thomas	DL	3	OUT	In portal	winter
Darius Jones	LB	3	OUT	In portal	winter
Cole Funderburk	EDGE	3	OUT	Marshall	winter
Micah Mays Jr.	WR	3	OUT	Florida	winter
Ben Grice	WR	3	OUT	Rice	winter
Derrell Johnson II	IOL	3	OUT	In portal	winter
Elijiah Oehlke	QB	3	OUT	Bryant	winter
Jeremiah Melvin	WR	3	OUT	East Carolina	winter
Nathan Pahanich	OT	3	OUT	UConn	winter
Deshawn Purdie	QB	3	OUT	Liberty	winter
EJ Reid	WR	3	OUT	UAB	winter
Ian VerSteeg	WR	3	OUT	Ohio	winter
Jacob Cosby-Mosley	S	3	OUT	Western Kentucky	winter
Harry Lodge	TE	3	OUT	UCLA	winter
William Wiebush	S	3	OUT	Austin Peay	winter
Kendal Howard	EDGE	3	OUT	Austin Peay	winter
Drew Pickett	RB	3	OUT	Alabama A&M	other
RJ Vick	WR	-	OUT	Colorado 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)

$4.4M

Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate

Athletics revenue

$114.6M

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.

NIL Rankings, a Model Price for every P4 player → • Roster spend, all 68 programs → • College Fantasy 2026 rankings →