Players from Massachusetts with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 22% of roster spots in 2016 and 13% on the 2026 roster.
In 2016, 20 of 90 roster spots were filled by Massachusetts players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 16 of 123 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 2 to 27.
The median hometown distance moved from 293 mi in 2016 to 591 mi on the 2026 roster. The reliable geography record begins in 1999. Among players with a known home state, 30% were from Massachusetts, compared with 13% 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 | 23.2% | 14.9% | |
| Previously rostered elsewhere | 0.7% | 11.6% |
The 2026 roster
- 649 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 112 located players.
- 13.3%In-state13.3% of players with a known home state are from Massachusetts.
- 17.0%Backyard17.0% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 22.0%Previously rostered elsewhere22.0% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.
Where Boston College 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: 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 Boston College's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Rostered elsewhere | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 123 | 13.3% | 22.0% | 591 mi |
| 2025 | 124 | 15.7% | 11.3% | 576 mi |
| 2024 | 118 | 18.4% | 16.1% | 548 mi |
| 2023 | 118 | 17.4% | 11.9% | 476 mi |
| 2022 | 108 | 16.8% | 9.3% | 439 mi |
| 2021 | 117 | 12.1% | 9.4% | 374 mi |
| 2020 | 107 | 13.1% | 8.4% | 259 mi |
| 2019 | 110 | 14.5% | 3.6% | 216 mi |
| 2018 | 99 | 21.2% | 0.0% | 246 mi |
| 2017 | 99 | 26.3% | 0.0% | 215 mi |
| 2016 | 90 | 22.2% | 2.2% | 293 mi |
| 2015 | 94 | 21.3% | 0.0% | 269 mi |
| 2014 | 99 | 15.3% | 3.0% | 290 mi |
| 2013 | 97 | 20.6% | 1.0% | 258 mi |
| 2012 | 104 | 22.1% | 0.0% | 238 mi |
| 2011 | 93 | 22.6% | 0.0% | 252 mi |
| 2010 | 102 | 24.5% | 0.0% | 232 mi |
| 2009 | 93 | 20.7% | 0.0% | 264 mi |
| 2008‡ | 36 | 16.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2007‡ | 33 | 16.7% | 3.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 30 | 0.0% | 3.3% | — |
| 2005‡ | 34 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 32 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive | 101 | 15.6% | 0.0% proxy | — |
| 2002archive | 95 | 19.5% | 0.0% proxy | — |
| 2001archive | 90 | 20.7% | 0.0% proxy | — |
| 2000archive | 85 | 24.1% | 0.0% proxy | — |
| 1999archive | 88 | 29.8% | 0.0% proxy | — |
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: 591 mi