Washington
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
$20.4M - $27.2M
#31 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
-30
14 in, 23 out
Top Model Price
$1.3M
Kai Horton
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#54 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 Washington 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 | Kai Horton | QB | starter | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| 2 | Dezmen Roebuck | WR | starter | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| 3 | Kodi Greene | OT | starter | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| 4 | Elijah Brown | QB | rotation | $804K | $804K |
| 5 | Darin Conley | DL | starter | $790K | $790K |
| 6 | Christian Moss | WR | starter | $755K | $755K |
| 7 | Derek Colman-Brusa | EDGE | starter | $752K | $752K |
| 8 | JD Hill | DL | starter | $752K | $752K |
| 9 | Kolt Dieterich | OT | starter | $657K | $657K |
| 10 | Decker DeGraaf | TE | starter | $644K | $644K |
| 11 | Mason James | WR | rotation | $591K | $591K |
| 12 | Jordan Clay | WR | starter | $581K | $581K |
| 13 | Trez Davis | WR | rotation | $577K | $577K |
| 14 | Rahsjon Duncan | CB | starter | $573K | $573K |
| 15 | Gavin Day | S | starter | $573K | $573K |
| 16 | Jeron Jones | CB | starter | $573K | $573K |
| 17 | DeSean Watts | DL | starter | $529K | $529K |
| 18 | Ah Deong Yang | IOL | starter | $462K | $462K |
| 19 | Ksani Jiles | CB | starter | $403K | $403K |
| 20 | Jayden Limar | RB | starter | $393K | $393K |
| 21 | Emmanuel Karnley | CB | starter | $393K | $393K |
| 22 | Alex McLaughlin | S | rotation | $367K | $367K |
| 23 | Derek Zammit | QB | depth | $361K | $361K |
| 24 | Champ Taulealea | OL | starter | $281K | $281K |
| 25 | Aidan Anderson | OL | starter | $281K | $281K |
| 26 | Brian Bonner | RB | rotation | $270K | $270K |
| 27 | Baron Naone | TE | depth | $248K | $248K |
| 28 | Charlie Crowell | TE | depth | $247K | $247K |
| 29 | Kade Eldridge | TE | depth | $246K | $246K |
| 30 | Drew Azzopardi | OL | rotation | $235K | $235K |
| 31 | Ryan Otton | TE | depth | $233K | $233K |
| 32 | Rashid Williams | WR | rotation | $233K | $233K |
| 33 | Treston McMillan | QB | depth | $208K | $208K |
| 34 | Kai McClendon | DL | rotation | $208K | $208K |
| 35 | Logan George | EDGE | rotation | $208K | $208K |
| 36 | Tufanua Ionatana Umu-Cais | DL | rotation | $208K | $208K |
| 37 | Ta'a Malu | DL | rotation | $208K | $208K |
| 38 | Dash Beierly | QB | depth | $207K | $207K |
| 39 | Shea Kuykendall | QB | depth | $195K | $195K |
| 40 | Quentin Moore | TE | rotation | $183K | $183K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Washington: 14 in, 23 out, net star flow -30. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolt Dieterich | OT | 4 | IN | Sam Houston | winter |
| DeSean Watts | DL | 3 | IN | Sacramento State | winter |
| Darin Conley | DL | 3 | IN | Ball State | winter |
| Emmanuel Karnley | CB | 3 | IN | Virginia | winter |
| Kai McClendon | DL | 3 | IN | Mississippi State | winter |
| Logan George | EDGE | 3 | IN | Ohio State | winter |
| Jayden Limar | RB | 3 | IN | Oregon | winter |
| Hunter McKee | K | 3 | IN | Eastern Washington | winter |
| Elijah Brown | QB | 3 | IN | Stanford | winter |
| Christian Moss | WR | 3 | IN | Kennesaw State | winter |
| Trey Cooley | RB | 3 | IN | Troy | winter |
| Bodpegn Miller | WR | 3 | IN | Ohio State | winter |
| Hunter Green | P | 2 | IN | San Diego State | winter |
| Tyler Robles | K | - | IN | Texas State | winter |
| Adam Mohammed | RB | 4 | OUT | California | winter |
| Demond Williams Jr. | QB | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Kevin Green Jr. | WR | 4 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Raiden Vines-Bright | WR | 3 | OUT | Arizona State | winter |
| Deven Bryant | LB | 3 | OUT | USC | winter |
| Bryce Butler | DL | 3 | OUT | Texas Tech | winter |
| Zachary Henning | IOL | 3 | OUT | Arizona | winter |
| Audric Harris | WR | 3 | OUT | Hawai'i | winter |
| Leroy Bryant | CB | 3 | OUT | Stanford | winter |
| Vincent Holmes | S | 3 | OUT | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Marcus Harris | WR | 3 | OUT | UCLA | winter |
| Davit Boyajyan | IOL | 3 | OUT | Cal Poly | winter |
| Paki Finau | IOL | 3 | OUT | BYU | winter |
| Dyson McCutcheon | S | 3 | OUT | Middle Tennessee | winter |
| Caleb Smith | DL | 3 | OUT | Alabama | winter |
| Hunter Solwold | LS | 3 | OUT | Florida | winter |
| Ethan Moczulski | K | 3 | OUT | Illinois | winter |
| Dominic Macon | DL | 3 | OUT | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Maximus McCree | OT | 3 | OUT | Washington State | winter |
| Jonathan Epperson Jr. | LB | 3 | OUT | Portland State | winter |
| Armon Parker | DL | 3 | OUT | Maryland | winter |
| Jayvon Parker | DL | 3 | OUT | Maryland | winter |
| Dusty Zimmer | P | - | OUT | Southern Miss | 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)
$8.5M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$178.4M
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.