Program field guide · 2026

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Arkansas

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Arkansas’s Arkansas-developed core fell from 52 to 28 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 52 of 130 roster spots were filled by Arkansas players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 28 of 118 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 1 to 49.

In 2016 the median player grew up 241 mi from campus. Now it is 407 mi.

Of the 49 players who came from another college, 1 is from Arkansas. Those home-state players make up 2% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2538.5%28.8%1.6%20.9%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core38.5%28.8%
Transfer stock1.6%20.9%

The roster, at a glance

  • 462 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 113 located players.
  • 24.6%In-state24.6% of the roster is from Arkansas.
  • 6.2%Backyard6.2% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 41.5%Detected transfers41.5% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Arkansas ranks

Most In-State#8424.6%Most Transfers#841.5%Closest to Home#67462 miFarthest From Home#72462 miBiggest Localism 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: 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 Arkansas's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
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

Where the roster grew up

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

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Homecoming Radius: 407 mi

(This slider is for exploring — leaderboards use the fixed lenses.)

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