2026 roster · Roster geography
The Air Force roster story
In 2016, 9 of 141 roster spots were filled by Colorado players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 11 of 142 fit the same definition. Neither roster carried a single detected transfer.
In 2016 the median player grew up 923 mi from campus. Now it is 807 mi.
The record reaches back to 1960, when 3% of the roster came from Colorado. Today it is 8%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 6.2% | 8.5% | |
| Transfer stock | 0.0% | 0.0% |
The roster, at a glance
- 845 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 134 located players.
- 7.9%In-state7.9% of the roster is from Colorado.
- 8.2%Backyard8.2% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 0.0%Detected transfers0.0% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Air Force ranks
Homecoming Radius over time
The median hometown-to-campus distance, by season. The dotted line is the FBS median.
Roster composition over time
Where the in-state lens draws the line: local-developed, local transfer, outsider developed, outsider transfer, and unknown. This chart begins where stable athlete IDs make transfer detection possible; the radius chart above carries the official-archive geography farther back.
Where do Air Force's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 142 | 7.9% | 0.0% | 807 mi |
| 2025 | 141 | 8.6% | 0.0% | 808 mi |
| 2024 | 129 | 8.0% | 0.0% | 905 mi |
| 2023 | 125 | 8.5% | 0.0% | 995 mi |
| 2022 | 115 | 10.2% | 0.0% | 926 mi |
| 2021 | 103 | 9.9% | 0.0% | 912 mi |
| 2020 | 86 | 5.9% | 0.0% | 831 mi |
| 2019 | 112 | 7.5% | 0.0% | 952 mi |
| 2018 | 142 | 6.4% | 0.0% | 937 mi |
| 2017 | 151 | 6.0% | 0.0% | 952 mi |
| 2016 | 141 | 6.4% | 0.0% | 923 mi |
| 2015 | 123 | 4.9% | 0.0% | 998 mi |
| 2014 | 98 | 6.1% | 0.0% | 861 mi |
| 2013 | 97 | 6.2% | 0.0% | 835 mi |
| 2012 | 86 | 3.5% | 0.0% | 898 mi |
| 2011 | 91 | 3.3% | 0.0% | 1,072 mi |
| 2010 | 99 | 3.1% | 0.0% | 1,082 mi |
| 2009 | 97 | 4.2% | 0.0% | 1,123 mi |
| 2008‡ | 32 | 6.3% | 0.0% | — |
| 2007‡ | 27 | 25.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 31 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2005‡ | 26 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 30 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive | 81 | 11.1% | 1.2% proxy | 747 mi |
| 2002archive | 93 | 10.8% | 1.1% proxy | 748 mi |
| 2001archive | 86 | 9.4% | 1.2% proxy | 809 mi |
| 2000archive | 102 | 12.9% | 0.0% proxy | 843 mi |
| 1999archive | 89 | 15.9% | 0.0% proxy | 832 mi |
| 1998archive | 89 | 18.0% | 0.0% proxy | 842 mi |
| 1997archive | 94 | 14.9% | 0.0% proxy | 883 mi |
| 1996archive | 119 | 11.0% | 0.0% proxy | 894 mi |
| 1995archive | 131 | 9.4% | 0.0% proxy | 894 mi |
| 1994archive | 109 | 8.3% | 0.9% proxy | 834 mi |
| 1993archive | 90 | 12.2% | 1.1% proxy | 760 mi |
| 1992archive | 85 | 14.1% | 0.0% proxy | 833 mi |
| 1991archive | 82 | 14.6% | 1.2% proxy | 802 mi |
| 1990archive | 85 | 14.1% | 2.4% proxy | 872 mi |
| 1989archive | 79 | 5.1% | 1.3% proxy | 908 mi |
| 1988archive | 87 | 9.3% | 1.1% proxy | 913 mi |
| 1987archive | 87 | 5.7% | 1.1% proxy | 936 mi |
| 1986archive | 115 | 9.6% | 2.6% proxy | 936 mi |
| 1985archive | 93 | 9.7% | 2.2% proxy | 895 mi |
| 1984archive | 82 | 11.0% | 1.2% proxy | 828 mi |
| 1983archive | 73 | 6.8% | 2.7% proxy | 833 mi |
| 1982archive | 75 | 9.3% | 4.0% proxy | 833 mi |
| 1981archive | 81 | 4.9% | 6.2% proxy | 893 mi |
| 1980archive‡ | 68 | 6.1% | 8.8% proxy | 837 mi |
| 1979archive | 75 | 6.7% | 2.7% proxy | 819 mi |
| 1978archive | 73 | 11.1% | 0.0% proxy | 820 mi |
| 1977archive | 76 | 14.5% | 9.2% proxy | 802 mi |
| 1976archive‡ | 66 | 10.6% | 7.6% proxy | 823 mi |
| 1975archive‡ | 69 | 1.4% | 7.2% proxy | 806 mi |
| 1974archive‡ | 68 | 2.9% | 11.8% proxy | 818 mi |
| 1973archive‡ | 57 | 3.5% | 12.3% proxy | 804 mi |
| 1972archive‡ | 60 | 0.0% | 20.0% proxy | 906 mi |
| 1971archive‡ | 67 | 1.5% | 6.0% proxy | 893 mi |
| 1970archive‡ | 62 | 1.7% | 8.1% proxy | 850 mi |
| 1969archive‡ | 55 | 1.9% | 3.6% proxy | 801 mi |
| 1968archive‡ | 56 | 3.6% | 1.8% proxy | 821 mi |
| 1967archive‡ | 49 | 2.0% | 0.0% proxy | 920 mi |
| 1966archive‡ | 55 | 1.8% | 0.0% proxy | 916 mi |
| 1965archive‡ | 47 | 2.2% | 0.0% proxy | 916 mi |
| 1964archive‡ | 49 | 2.0% | 2.0% proxy | 925 mi |
| 1963archive‡ | 54 | 3.7% | 3.7% proxy | 908 mi |
| 1962archive‡ | 48 | 6.4% | 2.1% proxy | 917 mi |
| 1961archive‡ | 49 | 0.0% | 2.0% proxy | — |
| 1960archive | 79 | 2.6% | 1.3% proxy | 932 mi |
‡ fewer than 70 roster rows or under 75% known home state — treat with caution.
archive = official athletic-site roster. “Proxy” is the share listing a previous school where that field behaved like a transfer field; it is not the same measure as detected transfer stock.
Where the roster grew up
Every 2026 player's hometown, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.
Homecoming Radius: 807 mi
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