Players from Idaho with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 20% of roster spots in 2016 and 11% on the 2026 roster.
In 2016, 20 of 99 roster spots were filled by Idaho players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 12 of 114 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 0 to 15.
The median hometown distance moved from 669 mi in 2016 to 670 mi on the 2026 roster. The reliable geography record begins in 1996. Among players with a known home state, 29% were from Idaho, compared with 11% on the 2026 roster.
Before and during the portal era
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- In-state, not rostered elsewhere
- Previously rostered elsewhere
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-state, not rostered elsewhere | 17.0% | 14.3% | |
| Previously rostered elsewhere | 1.4% | 11.8% |
The 2026 roster
- 799 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 103 located players.
- 10.7%In-state10.7% of players with a known home state are from Idaho.
- 10.7%Backyard10.7% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 13.2%Previously rostered elsewhere13.2% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.
Where Boise State ranks
In the 2026 Pac-12 snapshot, Boise State’s Homecoming Radius is 670 mi, compared with 216 mi for Fresno State’s roster hometowns.
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: 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.
Where do Boise State's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Rostered elsewhere | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 114 | 10.7% | 13.2% | 670 mi |
| 2025 | 109 | 12.1% | 16.5% | 640 mi |
| 2024 | 115 | 15.0% | 13.0% | 666 mi |
| 2023 | 110 | 16.5% | 10.0% | 662 mi |
| 2022 | 106 | 15.1% | 9.4% | 667 mi |
| 2021 | 92 | 14.3% | 9.8% | 694 mi |
| 2020 | 110 | 13.9% | 4.5% | 681 mi |
| 2019 | 104 | 16.3% | 2.9% | 677 mi |
| 2018 | 91 | 15.4% | 3.3% | 669 mi |
| 2017 | 98 | 15.3% | 1.0% | 676 mi |
| 2016 | 99 | 20.2% | 0.0% | 669 mi |
| 2015 | 109 | 17.4% | 0.9% | 679 mi |
| 2014 | 109 | 20.2% | 0.0% | 669 mi |
| 2013 | 103 | 21.4% | 0.0% | 606 mi |
| 2012 | 109 | 20.2% | 0.0% | 606 mi |
| 2011 | 105 | 22.9% | 0.0% | 494 mi |
| 2010 | 112 | 22.3% | 0.0% | 472 mi |
| 2009 | 105 | 20.0% | 0.0% | 508 mi |
| 2008‡ | 36 | 16.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2007‡ | 37 | 6.7% | 0.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 34 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2005‡ | 35 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 34 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive | 100 | 21.6% | 19.0% proxy | 471 mi |
| 2002archive | 100 | 21.2% | 17.0% proxy | 449 mi |
| 2001archive | 94 | 19.1% | 20.2% proxy | 449 mi |
| 2000archive | 95 | 17.9% | 18.9% proxy | 472 mi |
| 1999archive | 97 | 24.7% | 20.6% proxy | 407 mi |
| 1998archive | 91 | 28.6% | 22.0% proxy | 393 mi |
| 1997archive | 82 | 31.7% | 31.7% proxy | 391 mi |
| 1996archive | 79 | 29.1% | 24.1% proxy | 391 mi |
In-state shares use players with a known home state. Radius uses located hometowns.
‡ 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 the share previously rostered elsewhere.
Where the roster grew up
Located hometowns on the 2026 roster, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.
Homecoming Radius: 670 mi