Wisconsin
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
$21M - $28.5M
#23 of 68 in our spend model
Portal net stars
+33
33 in, 25 out
Top Model Price
$3M
Colton Joseph
Roster strength (fantasy model)
#47 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 Wisconsin 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 | Colton Joseph | QB | starter | $3M | $3M |
| 2 | Hunter Simmons | QB | rotation | $766K | $766K |
| 3 | DeNigel Cooper | DL | starter | $696K | $696K |
| 4 | Brady Bekkenhuis | OT | starter | $674K | $674K |
| 5 | Lance Mason | TE | starter | $647K | $647K |
| 6 | Javan Robinson | CB | starter | $638K | $638K |
| 7 | Jake Anderson | DL | starter | $543K | $543K |
| 8 | Arthur Scott | DL | starter | $543K | $543K |
| 9 | Hammond Russell IV | DL | starter | $539K | $539K |
| 10 | Austin Kawecki | IOL | starter | $474K | $474K |
| 11 | PJ Wilkins | IOL | starter | $474K | $474K |
| 12 | Blake Cherry | OT | starter | $474K | $474K |
| 13 | Lucas Simmons | OT | starter | $474K | $474K |
| 14 | Junior Poyser | DL | rotation | $461K | $461K |
| 15 | Shamar Rigby | WR | starter | $447K | $447K |
| 16 | Bryce West | CB | starter | $414K | $414K |
| 17 | Cai Bates | CB | starter | $414K | $414K |
| 18 | Jayden Ballard | WR | starter | $405K | $405K |
| 19 | Jack Janda | TE | depth | $397K | $397K |
| 20 | Jack Sievers | TE | depth | $392K | $392K |
| 21 | Jackson Acker | TE | depth | $388K | $388K |
| 22 | Ryan Schwendeman | TE | depth | $386K | $386K |
| 23 | Tyrell Henry | WR | starter | $383K | $383K |
| 24 | Darrion Dupree | RB | starter | $347K | $347K |
| 25 | Carter Smith | QB | depth | $332K | $332K |
| 26 | Carson Van Dinter | S | starter | $324K | $324K |
| 27 | Ryan Hopkins | QB | depth | $312K | $312K |
| 28 | Deuce Adams | QB | depth | $305K | $305K |
| 29 | Ben Wenzel | LB | starter | $296K | $296K |
| 30 | Eric Fletcher | CB | starter | $282K | $282K |
| 31 | Nizyi Davis | TE | depth | $263K | $263K |
| 32 | Emmett Bork | TE | depth | $262K | $262K |
| 33 | Jackson McGohan | TE | depth | $261K | $261K |
| 34 | Justus Boone | EDGE | rotation | $260K | $260K |
| 35 | JT Seagreaves | TE | depth | $247K | $247K |
| 36 | Jon Jon Kamara | LB | starter | $232K | $232K |
| 37 | Kash Brock | WR | rotation | $225K | $225K |
| 38 | Jaylon Domingeaux | WR | rotation | $224K | $224K |
| 39 | Eli Adams | WR | rotation | $223K | $223K |
| 40 | Milos Spasojevic | QB | depth | $220K | $220K |
Portal ledger
2026 transfer portal traffic for Wisconsin: 33 in, 25 out, net star flow +33. Source: CollegeFootballData.
| Player | Pos | Stars | Direction | From / To | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Sama III | RB | 3 | IN | Iowa State | winter |
| Carson Van Dinter | S | 3 | IN | Iowa State | winter |
| Eric Fletcher | CB | 3 | IN | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Jacob Harris | TE | 3 | IN | Bowling Green | winter |
| Ryan Schwendeman | TE | 3 | IN | Southern Illinois | winter |
| Shamar Rigby | WR | 3 | IN | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Colton Joseph | QB | 3 | IN | Old Dominion | winter |
| Austin Kawecki | IOL | 3 | IN | Oklahoma State | winter |
| Justus Boone | EDGE | 3 | IN | Arkansas | winter |
| Jon Jon Kamara | LB | 3 | IN | Kansas | winter |
| Cai Bates | CB | 3 | IN | Florida State | winter |
| Javan Robinson | CB | 3 | IN | Arizona State | winter |
| Blake Cherry | OT | 3 | IN | Arkansas | winter |
| Bryce West | CB | 3 | IN | Ohio State | winter |
| Junior Poyser | DL | 3 | IN | Buffalo | winter |
| Bryan Jackson | RB | 3 | IN | USC | winter |
| Lucas Simmons | OT | 3 | IN | Florida State | winter |
| Jaylon Domingeaux | WR | 3 | IN | Southeastern Louisiana | winter |
| PJ Wilkins | IOL | 3 | IN | Ole Miss | winter |
| Marvin Burks Jr. | S | 3 | IN | Missouri | winter |
| Hammond Russell IV | DL | 3 | IN | West Virginia | winter |
| Nate Palmer | RB | 3 | IN | TCU | winter |
| Deuce Adams | QB | 3 | IN | Louisville | winter |
| Jake Anderson | DL | 3 | IN | Illinois State | winter |
| Jayden Loftin | EDGE | 3 | IN | Tennessee | winter |
| Malachi Coleman | WR | 3 | IN | Minnesota | winter |
| James Roe | LS | 3 | IN | Toledo | winter |
| Liam Danitz | EDGE | 3 | IN | Hope | winter |
| Ethan Tranel | P | 3 | IN | Wisconsin La Crosse | winter |
| Stylz Blackmon | IOL | 3 | IN | Augustana | winter |
| DeNigel Cooper | DL | 3 | IN | App State | winter |
| Zion Kearney | WR | 3 | IN | Oklahoma | winter |
| Eli Adams | WR | 3 | IN | Louisville | winter |
| Joe Brunner | IOL | 4 | OUT | Indiana | winter |
| Preston Zachman | S | 3 | OUT | Indiana | winter |
| Billy Edwards Jr. | QB | 3 | OUT | North Carolina | winter |
| Geimere Latimer Jr. | CB | 3 | OUT | West Virginia | winter |
| Trech Kekahuna | WR | 3 | OUT | North Carolina | winter |
| Jake Renfro | IOL | 3 | OUT | Illinois | winter |
| Tackett Curtis | LB | 3 | OUT | UCF | winter |
| Christian Alliegro | LB | 3 | OUT | Ohio State | winter |
| Remington Moss | S | 3 | OUT | Elon | winter |
| Cody Raymond | EDGE | 3 | OUT | Ohio | winter |
| Omillio Agard | CB | 3 | OUT | Virginia | winter |
| Kyan Berry-Johnson | WR | 3 | OUT | Sam Houston | winter |
| Eugene Hilton Jr. | WR | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Dilin Jones | RB | 3 | OUT | LSU | winter |
| Tucker Ashcraft | TE | 3 | OUT | USC | winter |
| Cade Yacamelli | RB | 3 | OUT | Miami (OH) | winter |
| Leyton Nelson | OT | 3 | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Joseph Griffin Jr. | WR | 3 | OUT | Massachusetts | winter |
| Jamel Howard Jr. | DL | 3 | OUT | Sacramento State | winter |
| Deed Capper | LS | 3 | OUT | Virginia Tech | winter |
| Ernest Willor Jr. | EDGE | 3 | OUT | James Madison | winter |
| Atticus Bertrams | P | 2 | OUT | UCF | winter |
| Charles Perkins | DL | - | OUT | In portal | winter |
| Antarron Turner | LB | - | OUT | Colorado State | winter |
| Angel Toombs | EDGE | - | OUT | Jacksonville 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)
$9.4M
Collective and endorsement money on top, midpoint of our estimate
Athletics revenue
$190.5M
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.