Program field guide · 2026

Mid-American · Ohio

Akron

Zips

Akron’s Ohio-developed core fell from 46 to 22 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 46 of 118 roster spots were filled by Ohio players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 22 of 88 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 5 to 28.

In 2016 the median player grew up 200 mi from campus. Now it is 268 mi.

Of the 28 players who came from another college, 3 are from Ohio. Those home-state players make up 11% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2539.0%29.2%4.3%24.5%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core39.0%29.2%
Transfer stock4.3%24.5%

The roster, at a glance

  • 539 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 84 located players.
  • 28.7%In-state28.7% of the roster is from Ohio.
  • 27.4%Backyard27.4% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 31.8%Detected transfers31.8% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Akron ranks

Most In-State#7428.7%Most Transfers#3231.8%Closest to Home#92539 miFarthest From Home#47539 miBiggest Localism Shift#7128.7%Most Backyard Players#3727.4%Fewest Transfers#10731.8%Biggest Transfer Shift#3631.8%

Homecoming Radius over time

The median hometown-to-campus distance, by season. The dotted line is the FBS median.

0100200300400FBS median (250 mi)200920122016201920232026

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.

Local-developedOutsider developedOutsider transfer200920122016201920232026

Where do Akron's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
20268828.7%31.8%268 mi
202510424.3%32.7%292 mi
202410830.8%28.7%291 mi
202310627.6%25.5%393 mi
202211134.2%27.0%189 mi
202111547.7%8.7%114 mi
202013950.4%5.8%110 mi
201912544.8%4.8%117 mi
201811840.5%4.2%189 mi
201711039.4%4.5%200 mi
201611841.4%4.2%200 mi
201511649.6%1.7%190 mi
201411648.7%2.6%182 mi
201310845.7%1.9%189 mi
201210144.9%2.0%181 mi
201110551.5%0.0%113 mi
20109346.2%0.0%113 mi
200910442.3%1.0%122 mi

Where the roster grew up

Every 2026 player's hometown, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.

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Homecoming Radius: 268 mi

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