2026 roster · Roster geography
The Coastal Carolina roster story
In 2017, 41 of 111 roster spots were filled by South Carolina players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 17 of 103 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 4 to 34.
In 2017 the median player grew up 287 mi from campus. Now it is 390 mi.
Of the 34 players who came from another college, 2 are from South Carolina. Those home-state players make up 6% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 2003, when 66% of the roster came from South Carolina. Today it is 18%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 37.5% | 22.5% | |
| Transfer stock | 4.5% | 16.9% |
The roster, at a glance
- 478 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 96 located players.
- 18.4%In-state18.4% of the roster is from South Carolina.
- 8.3%Backyard8.3% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 33.0%Detected transfers33.0% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Coastal Carolina 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 Coastal Carolina's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 103 | 18.4% | 33.0% | 390 mi |
| 2025 | 108 | 18.7% | 28.7% | 430 mi |
| 2024 | 120 | 25.0% | 18.3% | 347 mi |
| 2023 | 116 | 28.4% | 19.8% | 309 mi |
| 2022 | 120 | 25.8% | 10.0% | 310 mi |
| 2021 | 129 | 26.6% | 7.8% | 294 mi |
| 2020 | 143 | 33.1% | 4.2% | 285 mi |
| 2019 | 124 | 39.5% | 4.0% | 219 mi |
| 2018 | 113 | 38.4% | 5.3% | 256 mi |
| 2017 | 111 | 36.9% | 3.6% | 287 mi |
| 2016archive | 123 | 36.1% | 15.4% proxy | 272 mi |
| 2015archive | 121 | 33.6% | 19.0% proxy | 275 mi |
| 2014archive | 120 | 35.0% | 19.2% proxy | 216 mi |
| 2013archive | 121 | 41.7% | 15.7% proxy | 189 mi |
| 2012archive | 107 | 43.9% | 16.8% proxy | 189 mi |
| 2011archive | 94 | 50.0% | 16.0% proxy | 178 mi |
| 2010archive | 102 | 53.0% | 20.6% proxy | 162 mi |
| 2009archive | 118 | 51.7% | 17.8% proxy | 162 mi |
| 2008archive | 121 | 52.9% | 9.1% proxy | 159 mi |
| 2007archive | 118 | 55.1% | 10.2% proxy | 145 mi |
| 2006archive | 133 | 57.9% | 13.5% proxy | 142 mi |
| 2005archive | 138 | 62.8% | 15.2% proxy | 139 mi |
| 2004archive | 138 | 66.4% | 18.8% proxy | 139 mi |
| 2003archive | 134 | 65.7% | 22.4% proxy | 142 mi |
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: 390 mi
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