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Army Black Knights football roster hometowns

Where are Army players from?

On the 2026 Army football roster, 1.0% of players with a known home state are from New York. The median listed hometown is 762 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

The Army roster story

In 2016, 9 of 154 roster spots were filled by New York players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 2 of 196 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 0 to 1.

The median hometown distance moved from 749 mi in 2016 to 762 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–253.8%2.4%0.2%0.3%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere3.8%2.4%
Previously rostered elsewhere0.2%0.3%

The 2026 roster

  • 1,004 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 189 located players.
  • 1.0%In-state1.0% of players with a known home state are from New York.
  • 5.3%Backyard5.3% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 0.5%Previously rostered elsewhere0.5% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Army ranks

Most In-State#1381.0%Most Transfers#1360.5%Closest to Home#1341,004 miFarthest From Home#51,004 miBiggest In-State Shift#1281.0%Most Backyard Players#1355.3%Fewest Transfers#30.5%Biggest Transfer Shift#1270.5%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

02004006008001000FBS 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.

Out-of-state, not rostered elsewhere200920122016201920232026

Where do Army's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
20261961.0%0.5%762 mi
20251800.6%0.6%887 mi
20241822.2%0.5%875 mi
20231803.3%0.6%822 mi
20221643.0%0.0%787 mi
20211132.7%0.0%756 mi
20201704.7%0.0%751 mi
20191784.5%0.0%745 mi
20181752.9%0.6%756 mi
20171772.8%0.0%765 mi
20161545.8%0.0%749 mi
20151555.8%0.0%831 mi
20141599.5%0.0%980 mi
20131579.6%0.0%895 mi
20121548.5%0.0%793 mi
20111537.9%0.0%758 mi
20101586.4%0.0%776 mi
20091464.1%0.0%777 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: 762 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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