Players from Utah with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 34% of roster spots in 2016 and 45% on the 2026 roster.
In 2016, 43 of 126 roster spots were filled by Utah players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 53 of 117 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 5 to 18.
Of the 18 players previously rostered elsewhere, 5 are from Utah.
The median hometown distance moved from 523 mi in 2016 to 239 mi on the 2026 roster. The reliable geography record begins in 1946. Among players with a known home state, 100% were from Utah, compared with 50% 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 | 35.7% | 44.5% | |
| Previously rostered elsewhere | 4.5% | 13.2% |
The 2026 roster
- 445 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 114 located players.
- 49.6%In-state49.6% of players with a known home state are from Utah.
- 48.2%Backyard48.2% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 15.4%Previously rostered elsewhere15.4% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.
Where BYU 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 BYU's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Rostered elsewhere | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 117 | 49.6% | 15.4% | 239 mi |
| 2025 | 115 | 51.3% | 18.3% | 105 mi |
| 2024 | 124 | 51.6% | 16.1% | 238 mi |
| 2023 | 121 | 50.8% | 18.2% | 241 mi |
| 2022 | 125 | 51.6% | 9.6% | 237 mi |
| 2021 | 125 | 50.0% | 4.0% | 239 mi |
| 2020 | 129 | 44.9% | 1.6% | 401 mi |
| 2019 | 124 | 46.0% | 4.8% | 344 mi |
| 2018 | 123 | 40.7% | 4.9% | 495 mi |
| 2017 | 127 | 35.4% | 4.7% | 540 mi |
| 2016 | 126 | 36.5% | 4.0% | 523 mi |
| 2015 | 145 | 42.1% | 0.7% | 488 mi |
| 2014 | 147 | 38.1% | 2.0% | 514 mi |
| 2013 | 149 | 36.9% | 0.7% | 513 mi |
| 2012 | 140 | 45.0% | 0.7% | 470 mi |
| 2011 | 137 | 43.8% | 0.0% | 443 mi |
| 2010 | 134 | 41.8% | 0.0% | 470 mi |
| 2009 | 103 | 46.1% | 0.0% | 241 mi |
| 2008‡ | 33 | 45.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2007‡ | 28 | 50.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 36 | 60.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2005‡ | 33 | 50.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 29 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive | 128 | 100.0% | — | — |
| 2002archive | 124 | 100.0% | — | — |
| 2001archive | 118 | 98.3% | — | — |
| 2000archive | 118 | 98.3% | — | — |
| 1999archive | 111 | 98.2% | — | — |
| 1998archive | 115 | 99.1% | — | — |
| 1997archive | 116 | 99.1% | — | — |
| 1996archive | 116 | 100.0% | — | — |
| 1995archive | 117 | 98.3% | — | — |
| 1994archive | 124 | 99.2% | — | — |
| 1993archive | 107 | 100.0% | 43.0% proxy | — |
| 1992archive | 112 | 100.0% | 25.9% proxy | — |
| 1991archive | 106 | 99.1% | 25.5% proxy | — |
| 1990archive | 106 | 99.1% | 23.6% proxy | — |
| 1989archive | 120 | 99.2% | 16.7% proxy | — |
| 1988archive | 122 | 100.0% | 14.8% proxy | — |
| 1987archive | 99 | 100.0% | 12.1% proxy | — |
| 1986archive | 91 | 100.0% | 9.9% proxy | — |
| 1985archive | 98 | 100.0% | 22.4% proxy | — |
| 1984archive | 92 | 98.9% | 41.3% proxy | — |
| 1983archive | 100 | 99.0% | 34.0% proxy | — |
| 1982archive | 91 | 100.0% | 33.0% proxy | — |
| 1981archive | 108 | 100.0% | 26.9% proxy | — |
| 1980archive | 95 | 98.9% | 26.3% proxy | — |
| 1979archive | 100 | 100.0% | 15.0% proxy | — |
| 1978archive | 107 | 100.0% | 14.0% proxy | — |
| 1977archive | 108 | 99.1% | 11.1% proxy | — |
| 1976archive | 103 | 99.0% | 9.7% proxy | — |
| 1975archive | 91 | 98.9% | 19.8% proxy | — |
| 1974archive | 114 | 99.1% | 29.8% proxy | — |
| 1973archive | 80 | 100.0% | 18.8% proxy | — |
| 1972archive | 77 | 100.0% | 40.3% proxy | — |
| 1971archive‡ | 60 | 100.0% | 31.7% proxy | — |
| 1970archive‡ | 64 | 100.0% | 37.5% proxy | — |
| 1969archive‡ | 66 | 100.0% | 34.8% proxy | — |
| 1968archive | 76 | 100.0% | 27.6% proxy | — |
| 1967archive‡ | 69 | 100.0% | 31.9% proxy | — |
| 1966archive‡ | 64 | 100.0% | 51.6% proxy | — |
| 1965archive‡ | 63 | 100.0% | — | — |
| 1964archive‡ | 40 | 100.0% | 37.5% proxy | — |
| 1963archive‡ | 65 | 100.0% | 12.3% proxy | — |
| 1962archive‡ | 63 | 100.0% | 4.8% proxy | — |
| 1961archive‡ | 51 | 100.0% | 2.0% proxy | — |
| 1960archive‡ | 49 | 100.0% | 2.0% proxy | — |
| 1959archive‡ | 55 | 100.0% | 3.6% proxy | — |
| 1958archive‡ | 59 | 100.0% | 5.1% proxy | — |
| 1957archive‡ | 50 | 100.0% | 2.0% proxy | — |
| 1956archive‡ | 47 | 100.0% | 0.0% proxy | — |
| 1955archive‡ | 53 | 100.0% | 3.8% proxy | — |
| 1954archive‡ | 43 | 100.0% | 4.7% proxy | — |
| 1953archive‡ | 35 | 100.0% | 5.7% proxy | — |
| 1952archive‡ | 50 | 100.0% | 8.0% proxy | — |
| 1951archive‡ | 57 | 100.0% | 3.5% proxy | — |
| 1950archive‡ | 44 | 100.0% | 9.1% proxy | — |
| 1949archive‡ | 49 | 100.0% | 18.4% proxy | — |
| 1948archive‡ | 55 | 100.0% | 29.1% proxy | — |
| 1947archive‡ | 45 | 100.0% | — | — |
| 1946archive | 71 | 100.0% | — | — |
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: 239 mi