2026 roster · Roster geography
The Bowling Green roster story
In 2016, 44 of 109 roster spots were filled by Ohio players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 33 of 106 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 0 to 21.
In 2016 the median player grew up 176 mi from campus. Now it is 158 mi.
Of the 21 players who came from another college, 3 are from Ohio. Those home-state players make up 14% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 1967, when 97% of the roster came from Ohio. Today it is 34%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 38.6% | 35.7% | |
| Transfer stock | 2.4% | 15.7% |
The roster, at a glance
- 407 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 100 located players.
- 34.0%In-state34.0% of the roster is from Ohio.
- 19.0%Backyard19.0% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 19.8%Detected transfers19.8% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 106 | 34.0% | 19.8% | 158 mi |
| 2025 | 108 | 34.3% | 24.1% | 257 mi |
| 2024 | 109 | 38.9% | 18.3% | 186 mi |
| 2023 | 108 | 38.7% | 14.8% | 228 mi |
| 2022 | 108 | 40.2% | 13.0% | 164 mi |
| 2021 | 108 | 42.1% | 8.3% | 152 mi |
| 2020 | 149 | 43.2% | 4.7% | 164 mi |
| 2019 | 108 | 44.4% | 6.5% | 156 mi |
| 2018 | 111 | 43.7% | 3.6% | 147 mi |
| 2017 | 114 | 38.6% | 3.5% | 199 mi |
| 2016 | 109 | 40.4% | 0.0% | 176 mi |
| 2015 | 109 | 44.9% | 1.8% | 136 mi |
| 2014 | 103 | 44.6% | 1.9% | 131 mi |
| 2013 | 110 | 41.1% | 0.9% | 138 mi |
| 2012 | 108 | 41.0% | 0.9% | 159 mi |
| 2011 | 107 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 135 mi |
| 2010 | 103 | 50.5% | 0.0% | 135 mi |
| 2009 | 97 | 50.5% | 0.0% | 152 mi |
| 2008‡ | 28 | 40.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2007‡ | 29 | 41.7% | 0.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 23 | 50.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2005‡ | 24 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 25 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive | 101 | 53.5% | 8.9% proxy | 120 mi |
| 2002archive | 94 | 52.3% | 8.5% proxy | 120 mi |
| 2001archive | 89 | 63.4% | 6.7% proxy | 107 mi |
| 2000archive | 101 | 66.7% | 5.9% proxy | 91 mi |
| 1999archive | 91 | 64.2% | 3.3% proxy | 102 mi |
| 1998archive‡ | 43 | 69.4% | 0.0% proxy | 98 mi |
| 1996archive | 89 | 66.7% | 0.0% proxy | 102 mi |
| 1995archive | 93 | 67.4% | 0.0% proxy | 95 mi |
| 1994archive | 88 | 62.4% | 0.0% proxy | 101 mi |
| 1993archive | 90 | 64.8% | 0.0% proxy | 101 mi |
| 1992archive | 99 | 73.5% | 0.0% proxy | 102 mi |
| 1991archive | 101 | 71.3% | 0.0% proxy | 105 mi |
| 1990archive | 112 | 70.9% | 0.0% proxy | 109 mi |
| 1989archive | 109 | 79.4% | 0.0% proxy | 101 mi |
| 1988archive | 108 | 77.1% | 0.0% proxy | 98 mi |
| 1987archive‡ | 117 | 61.9% | 0.0% proxy | — |
| 1986archive | 101 | 69.7% | 0.0% proxy | 105 mi |
| 1985archive | 97 | 66.7% | 0.0% proxy | 109 mi |
| 1984archive | 92 | 75.0% | 0.0% proxy | 102 mi |
| 1983archive | 96 | 76.0% | 0.0% proxy | 110 mi |
| 1982archive | 92 | 73.9% | 0.0% proxy | 107 mi |
| 1981archive | 94 | 70.2% | 0.0% proxy | 102 mi |
| 1980archive | 98 | 69.8% | 0.0% proxy | 102 mi |
| 1979archive | 92 | 64.8% | 0.0% proxy | 104 mi |
| 1978archive | 89 | 73.9% | 0.0% proxy | 104 mi |
| 1977archive | 95 | 83.0% | 0.0% proxy | 113 mi |
| 1976archive | 93 | 87.1% | 0.0% proxy | 103 mi |
| 1975archive | 89 | 94.4% | 0.0% proxy | 102 mi |
| 1974archive | 94 | 93.6% | 0.0% proxy | 103 mi |
| 1973archive | 115 | 87.8% | 0.0% proxy | 101 mi |
| 1972archive | 110 | 88.2% | 0.0% proxy | 102 mi |
| 1971archive | 85 | 89.4% | 0.0% proxy | 101 mi |
| 1970archive | 74 | 90.4% | 0.0% proxy | 105 mi |
| 1969archive | 80 | 89.7% | 0.0% proxy | 106 mi |
| 1968archive | 72 | 94.4% | 0.0% proxy | 102 mi |
| 1967archive | 71 | 97.1% | 0.0% proxy | 102 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: 158 mi
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