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Arizona State Sun Devils football roster hometowns

Where are Arizona State players from?

On the 2026 Arizona State football roster, 14.9% of players with a known home state are from Arizona. The median listed hometown is 876 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

The 2026 snapshot was collected before the season. Sources and definitions

Players from Arizona with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 24% of roster spots in 2016 and 12% on the 2026 roster.

In 2016, 30 of 125 roster spots were filled by Arizona players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 12 of 101 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 1 to 34.

The median hometown distance moved from 495 mi in 2016 to 876 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2527.0%23.5%3.1%28.1%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere27.0%23.5%
Previously rostered elsewhere3.1%28.1%

The 2026 roster

  • 854 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 97 located players.
  • 14.9%In-state14.9% of players with a known home state are from Arizona.
  • 13.4%Backyard13.4% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 33.7%Previously rostered elsewhere33.7% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Arizona State ranks

Most In-State#11514.9%Most Transfers#2633.7%Closest to Home#129854 miFarthest From Home#10854 miBiggest In-State Shift#5414.9%Most Backyard Players#10113.4%Fewest Transfers#11333.7%Biggest Transfer Shift#2333.7%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0200400600800FBS median (250 mi)200920122016201920232026

Roster composition over time

Where the in-state lens draws the line: home-state players with and without an earlier college roster, out-of-state players with and without one, and players with unknown geography. This chart begins where stable athlete IDs make transfer detection possible; the radius chart above carries the official-archive geography farther back.

In-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, rostered elsewhere200920122016201920232026

Where do Arizona State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202610114.9%33.7%876 mi
202510819.4%41.7%859 mi
202412033.6%39.2%611 mi
202311839.3%28.8%343 mi
202211229.7%20.5%396 mi
202111426.4%10.5%367 mi
202011628.9%6.9%365 mi
201911435.1%5.3%359 mi
201811333.6%4.4%378 mi
201712326.0%4.1%531 mi
201612524.4%0.8%495 mi
201512426.2%1.6%495 mi
201411434.2%0.0%371 mi
201310828.0%0.9%361 mi
201210530.8%1.0%353 mi
201111629.3%0.9%337 mi
201011433.3%1.8%326 mi
200910636.8%1.9%326 mi

In-state shares use players with a known home state. Radius uses located hometowns.

Where the roster grew up

Located hometowns on the 2026 roster, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.

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Homecoming Radius: 876 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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