2026 roster · Roster geography
The BYU roster story
In 2016, 43 of 126 roster spots were filled by Utah players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 53 of 117 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 5 to 18.
In 2016 the median player grew up 523 mi from campus. Now it is 239 mi.
Of the 18 players who came from another college, 5 are from Utah. Those home-state players make up 28% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 1946, when 100% of the roster came from Utah. Today it is 50%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 35.7% | 44.5% | |
| Transfer stock | 4.5% | 13.2% |
The roster, at a glance
- 445 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 114 located players.
- 49.6%In-state49.6% of the roster is from Utah.
- 48.2%Backyard48.2% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 15.4%Detected transfers15.4% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
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: 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 BYU's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | 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% | — | — |
‡ 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: 239 mi
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