2026 roster · Roster geography
The Auburn roster story
In 2016, 43 of 121 roster spots were filled by Alabama players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 37 of 113 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 3 to 42.
In 2016 the median player grew up 123 mi from campus. Now it is 219 mi.
Of the 42 players who came from another college, 2 are from Alabama. Those home-state players make up 5% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 1966, when 51% of the roster came from Alabama. Today it is 35%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 39.7% | 37.8% | |
| Transfer stock | 1.7% | 17.9% |
The roster, at a glance
- 350 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 108 located players.
- 34.5%In-state34.5% of the roster is from Alabama.
- 28.7%Backyard28.7% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 37.2%Detected transfers37.2% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Auburn ranks
Homecoming Radius over time
The median hometown-to-campus distance, by season. The dotted line is the FBS median.
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.
Where do Auburn's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 113 | 34.5% | 37.2% | 219 mi |
| 2025 | 116 | 40.5% | 21.6% | 133 mi |
| 2024 | 121 | 43.0% | 23.1% | 134 mi |
| 2023 | 119 | 41.2% | 23.5% | 160 mi |
| 2022 | 115 | 44.7% | 13.0% | 128 mi |
| 2021 | 107 | 37.1% | 8.4% | 137 mi |
| 2020 | 125 | 37.7% | 2.4% | 134 mi |
| 2019 | 125 | 38.5% | 0.8% | 134 mi |
| 2018 | 112 | 42.2% | 0.9% | 118 mi |
| 2017 | 108 | 43.8% | 1.9% | 123 mi |
| 2016 | 121 | 36.1% | 2.5% | 123 mi |
| 2015 | 125 | 36.9% | 1.6% | 122 mi |
| 2014 | 127 | 35.2% | 0.8% | 124 mi |
| 2013 | 116 | 38.3% | 0.9% | 152 mi |
| 2012 | 116 | 44.0% | 0.9% | 163 mi |
| 2011 | 111 | 47.7% | 0.0% | 143 mi |
| 2010 | 117 | 48.3% | 1.7% | 120 mi |
| 2009 | 108 | 47.2% | 0.9% | 138 mi |
| 2008‡ | 31 | 43.5% | 0.0% | — |
| 2007‡ | 32 | 54.5% | 0.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 30 | 60.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2005‡ | 29 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 30 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive | 113 | 36.0% | 1.8% proxy | 176 mi |
| 2002archive | 108 | 37.4% | 0.9% proxy | 132 mi |
| 2001archive | 110 | 39.1% | 0.0% proxy | 134 mi |
| 2000archive | 102 | 45.1% | 0.0% proxy | 160 mi |
| 1999archive | 117 | 49.6% | 0.0% proxy | 171 mi |
| 1998archive | 128 | 47.2% | 0.0% proxy | 150 mi |
| 1997archive | 132 | 46.2% | 0.0% proxy | 148 mi |
| 1996archive | 120 | 47.1% | 0.0% proxy | 126 mi |
| 1995archive | 129 | 48.4% | 0.0% proxy | 126 mi |
| 1994archive | 106 | 56.2% | 0.0% proxy | 105 mi |
| 1993archive | 113 | 56.8% | 0.0% proxy | 100 mi |
| 1992archive | 113 | 55.5% | 0.0% proxy | 107 mi |
| 1991archive | 141 | 60.3% | 0.0% proxy | 105 mi |
| 1990archive | 79 | 42.9% | 0.0% proxy | 118 mi |
| 1989archive | 78 | 53.8% | 0.0% proxy | 102 mi |
| 1988archive | 72 | 63.9% | 0.0% proxy | 102 mi |
| 1987archive | 79 | 64.6% | 0.0% proxy | 101 mi |
| 1986archive‡ | 68 | 64.7% | 0.0% proxy | 103 mi |
| 1985archive | 76 | 71.1% | 0.0% proxy | 102 mi |
| 1984archive‡ | 69 | 65.2% | 0.0% proxy | 101 mi |
| 1983archive | 93 | 46.6% | 0.0% proxy | 106 mi |
| 1982archive | 102 | 48.0% | 0.0% proxy | 114 mi |
| 1981archive | 84 | 51.2% | 0.0% proxy | 113 mi |
| 1980archive | 79 | 53.8% | 0.0% proxy | 116 mi |
| 1979archive | 76 | 61.3% | 0.0% proxy | 151 mi |
| 1978archive‡ | 64 | 71.9% | 0.0% proxy | 137 mi |
| 1977archive | 76 | 72.4% | 0.0% proxy | 118 mi |
| 1976archive | 90 | 64.8% | 0.0% proxy | 101 mi |
| 1975archive | 107 | 60.4% | 0.0% proxy | 101 mi |
| 1974archive | 94 | 58.7% | 0.0% proxy | 126 mi |
| 1973archive | 96 | 56.8% | 0.0% proxy | 130 mi |
| 1972archive | 86 | 70.2% | 0.0% proxy | 99 mi |
| 1971archive | 86 | 72.9% | 0.0% proxy | 101 mi |
| 1970archive | 95 | 68.1% | 0.0% proxy | 101 mi |
| 1969archive | 80 | 62.5% | 0.0% proxy | 109 mi |
| 1968archive | 80 | 62.5% | 0.0% proxy | 109 mi |
| 1967archive | 82 | 56.1% | 0.0% proxy | 109 mi |
| 1966archive | 76 | 51.3% | 0.0% proxy | 111 mi |
‡ fewer than 70 roster rows or under 75% known home state — treat with caution.
archive = official athletic-site roster. “Proxy” is the share listing a previous school where that field behaved like a transfer field; it is not the same measure as detected transfer stock.
Where the roster grew up
Every 2026 player's hometown, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.
Homecoming Radius: 219 mi
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