Program field guide · 2026

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Colorado State

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Colorado State’s Colorado-developed core fell from 35 to 16 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 35 of 117 roster spots were filled by Colorado players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 16 of 85 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 3 to 18.

In 2016 the median player grew up 831 mi from campus. Now it is 851 mi.

Of the 18 players who came from another college, 3 are from Colorado. Those home-state players make up 17% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

The record reaches back to 2000, when 47% of the roster came from Colorado. Today it is 22%.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2532.3%24.5%4.0%15.9%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core32.3%24.5%
Transfer stock4.0%15.9%

The roster, at a glance

  • 734 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 81 located players.
  • 22.4%In-state22.4% of the roster is from Colorado.
  • 19.8%Backyard19.8% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 21.2%Detected transfers21.2% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Colorado State ranks

Most In-State#9122.4%Most Transfers#8621.2%Closest to Home#119734 miFarthest From Home#20734 miBiggest Localism Shift#8222.4%Most Backyard Players#6819.8%Fewest Transfers#5321.2%Biggest Transfer Shift#9121.2%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0200400600800FBS median (250 mi)200020052010201620212026

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.

Local-developedOutsider developedOutsider transfer200420082013201720222026

Where do Colorado State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
20268522.4%21.2%851 mi
202510820.4%19.4%840 mi
202411025.0%16.4%821 mi
202311324.5%15.0%831 mi
202211132.7%18.0%836 mi
202110333.0%10.7%841 mi
202011230.9%7.1%850 mi
201911832.8%4.2%855 mi
201810133.0%4.0%868 mi
201711134.5%5.4%831 mi
201611730.4%2.6%831 mi
201512640.8%0.8%671 mi
201411534.2%0.9%743 mi
201310937.6%0.0%635 mi
201211233.0%0.0%729 mi
201111332.1%0.9%729 mi
201010434.6%1.0%704 mi
200910640.6%1.9%488 mi
2008‡3044.4%3.3%—
2007‡3050.0%0.0%—
2006‡2666.7%0.0%—
2005‡26—0.0%—
2004‡29—0.0%—
2001archive10345.1%2.9% proxy257 mi
2000archive9547.4%2.1% proxy233 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.

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Homecoming Radius: 851 mi

(This slider is for exploring — leaderboards use the fixed lenses.)

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