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Charlotte 49ers football roster hometowns

Where are Charlotte players from?

On the 2026 Charlotte football roster, 18.2% of players with a known home state are from North Carolina. The median listed hometown is 321 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

The 2026 snapshot was collected before the season. Sources and definitions

Players from North Carolina with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 59% of roster spots in 2016 and 15% on the 2026 roster.

In 2016, 71 of 121 roster spots were filled by North Carolina players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 16 of 110 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 2 to 35.

The median hometown distance moved from 90 mi in 2016 to 321 mi on the 2026 roster. The reliable geography record begins in 2012. Among players with a known home state, 85% were from North Carolina, compared with 18% on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2551.4%27.9%2.9%30.7%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere51.4%27.9%
Previously rostered elsewhere2.9%30.7%

The 2026 roster

  • 381 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 101 located players.
  • 18.2%In-state18.2% of players with a known home state are from North Carolina.
  • 19.8%Backyard19.8% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 31.8%Previously rostered elsewhere31.8% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Charlotte ranks

Most In-State#10818.2%Most Transfers#3131.8%Closest to Home#39381 miFarthest From Home#100381 miBiggest In-State Shift#718.2%Most Backyard Players#6719.8%Fewest Transfers#10831.8%Biggest Transfer Shift#2831.8%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0100200300FBS median (250 mi)201220152018202020232026

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.

In-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, rostered elsewhere201520172019202220242026

Where do Charlotte's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202611018.2%31.8%321 mi
202510922.9%42.2%317 mi
202411832.2%39.0%234 mi
202312029.1%34.2%320 mi
202212744.9%18.9%176 mi
202114244.6%19.0%160 mi
202013550.4%12.6%134 mi
201912153.4%9.1%138 mi
201811448.7%4.4%171 mi
201711049.1%2.7%157 mi
201612160.3%1.7%90 mi
201511260.4%0.9%91 mi
2014archive9869.8%0.0% proxy59 mi
2013archive9282.0%0.0% proxy36 mi
2012archive7284.5%0.0% proxy43 mi

In-state shares use players with a known home state. Radius uses located hometowns.

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.

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Homecoming Radius: 321 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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