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Arkansas Razorbacks football roster hometowns

Where are Arkansas players from?

On the 2026 Arkansas football roster, 24.6% of players with a known home state are from Arkansas. The median listed hometown is 407 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 40% of roster spots in 2016 and 24% on the 2026 roster.

In 2016, 52 of 130 roster spots were filled by Arkansas players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 28 of 118 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 1 to 49.

The median hometown distance moved from 241 mi in 2016 to 407 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2538.5%28.8%1.6%20.9%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere38.5%28.8%
Previously rostered elsewhere1.6%20.9%

The 2026 roster

  • 462 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 113 located players.
  • 24.6%In-state24.6% of players with a known home state are from Arkansas.
  • 6.2%Backyard6.2% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 41.5%Previously rostered elsewhere41.5% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Arkansas ranks

Most In-State#8424.6%Most Transfers#841.5%Closest to Home#67462 miFarthest From Home#72462 miBiggest In-State Shift#4824.6%Most Backyard Players#1306.2%Fewest Transfers#13141.5%Biggest Transfer Shift#741.5%

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's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202611824.6%41.5%407 mi
202511524.6%34.8%409 mi
202412430.9%27.4%263 mi
202312131.4%18.2%264 mi
202211835.6%13.6%255 mi
202112233.1%10.7%240 mi
202012333.6%10.6%250 mi
201913036.7%6.9%248 mi
201812438.2%1.6%247 mi
201712537.6%2.4%267 mi
201613040.3%0.8%241 mi
201512735.7%0.0%246 mi
201411734.2%0.0%249 mi
201312030.0%0.0%267 mi
201211533.9%0.0%240 mi
201111338.1%0.9%246 mi
201012143.0%1.7%231 mi
200910242.2%2.9%253 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: 407 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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