Program field guide · 2026

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Boston College

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Boston College’s Massachusetts-developed core fell from 20 to 16 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 20 of 90 roster spots were filled by Massachusetts players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 16 of 123 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 2 to 27.

In 2016 the median player grew up 293 mi from campus. Now it is 591 mi.

None of the 27 players who came from another college grew up in Massachusetts.

The record reaches back to 1999, when 30% of the roster came from Massachusetts. Today it is 13%.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2523.2%14.9%0.7%11.6%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core23.2%14.9%
Transfer stock0.7%11.6%

The roster, at a glance

  • 649 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 112 located players.
  • 13.3%In-state13.3% of the roster is from Massachusetts.
  • 17.0%Backyard17.0% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 22.0%Detected transfers22.0% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Boston College ranks

Most In-State#12013.3%Most Transfers#8322.0%Closest to Home#109649 miFarthest From Home#30649 miBiggest Localism Shift#8413.3%Most Backyard Players#8117.0%Fewest Transfers#5622.0%Biggest Transfer Shift#6922.0%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0200400600FBS median (250 mi)199920042010201520212026

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 transfer200420082013201720222026

Where do Boston College's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202612313.3%22.0%591 mi
202512415.7%11.3%576 mi
202411818.4%16.1%548 mi
202311817.4%11.9%476 mi
202210816.8%9.3%439 mi
202111712.1%9.4%374 mi
202010713.1%8.4%259 mi
201911014.5%3.6%216 mi
20189921.2%0.0%246 mi
20179926.3%0.0%215 mi
20169022.2%2.2%293 mi
20159421.3%0.0%269 mi
20149915.3%3.0%290 mi
20139720.6%1.0%258 mi
201210422.1%0.0%238 mi
20119322.6%0.0%252 mi
201010224.5%0.0%232 mi
20099320.7%0.0%264 mi
2008‡3616.0%0.0%—
2007‡3316.7%3.0%—
2006‡300.0%3.3%—
2005‡340.0%0.0%—
2004‡320.0%0.0%—
2003archive10115.6%0.0% proxy—
2002archive9519.5%0.0% proxy—
2001archive9020.7%0.0% proxy—
2000archive8524.1%0.0% proxy—
1999archive8829.8%0.0% proxy—

‡ 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.

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Homecoming Radius: 591 mi

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