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Arkansas State Red Wolves football roster hometowns

Where are Arkansas State players from?

On the 2026 Arkansas State football roster, 5.3% of players with a known home state are from Arkansas. The median listed hometown is 393 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

Players from Arkansas with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 28% of roster spots in 2016 and 5% on the 2026 roster.

In 2016, 33 of 119 roster spots were filled by Arkansas players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 6 of 114 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 6 to 36.

The median hometown distance moved from 300 mi in 2016 to 393 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2524.7%12.2%5.4%22.0%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere24.7%12.2%
Previously rostered elsewhere5.4%22.0%

The 2026 roster

  • 442 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 109 located players.
  • 5.3%In-state5.3% of players with a known home state are from Arkansas.
  • 6.4%Backyard6.4% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 31.6%Previously rostered elsewhere31.6% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Arkansas State ranks

Most In-State#1375.3%Most Transfers#3331.6%Closest to Home#55442 miFarthest From Home#84442 miBiggest In-State Shift#245.3%Most Backyard Players#1296.4%Fewest Transfers#10631.6%Biggest Transfer Shift#4331.6%

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: 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 Arkansas State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
20261145.3%31.6%393 mi
20251239.8%29.3%387 mi
202412311.5%22.0%407 mi
202312115.0%21.5%382 mi
202212618.4%20.6%365 mi
202112014.4%16.7%361 mi
202010517.1%10.5%316 mi
201911524.8%8.7%316 mi
201812826.8%7.0%378 mi
201711823.3%4.2%385 mi
201611929.3%5.0%300 mi
201511727.4%0.9%298 mi
201411540.0%0.0%206 mi
201311542.6%1.7%196 mi
201211441.2%1.8%201 mi
201111535.7%0.9%218 mi
201010228.4%0.0%254 mi
20099732.0%0.0%213 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: 393 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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