2026 roster · Roster geography
The Boise State roster story
In 2016, 20 of 99 roster spots were filled by Idaho players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 12 of 114 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 0 to 15.
In 2016 the median player grew up 669 mi from campus. Now it is 670 mi.
None of the 15 players who came from another college grew up in Idaho.
The record reaches back to 1996, when 29% of the roster came from Idaho. Today it is 11%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 17.0% | 14.3% | |
| Transfer stock | 1.4% | 11.8% |
The roster, at a glance
- 799 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 103 located players.
- 10.7%In-state10.7% of the roster is from Idaho.
- 10.7%Backyard10.7% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 13.2%Detected transfers13.2% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Boise State 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 Boise State's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | 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 |
‡ 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: 670 mi
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