2026 roster · Roster geography
The Colorado roster story
In 2016, 34 of 121 roster spots were filled by Colorado players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 6 of 105 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 4 to 48.
In 2016 the median player grew up 815 mi from campus. Now it is 959 mi.
Of the 48 players who came from another college, 2 are from Colorado. Those home-state players make up 4% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 1975, when 38% of the roster came from Colorado. Today it is 8%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 28.2% | 14.4% | |
| Transfer stock | 3.7% | 28.5% |
The roster, at a glance
- 1,004 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 101 located players.
- 7.8%In-state7.8% of the roster is from Colorado.
- 5.9%Backyard5.9% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 45.7%Detected transfers45.7% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Colorado 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 Colorado's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 105 | 7.8% | 45.7% | 959 mi |
| 2025 | 105 | 11.8% | 44.8% | 976 mi |
| 2024 | 111 | 13.1% | 42.3% | 994 mi |
| 2023 | 113 | 10.8% | 35.4% | 926 mi |
| 2022 | 117 | 21.7% | 9.4% | 826 mi |
| 2021 | 104 | 25.2% | 10.6% | 824 mi |
| 2020 | 120 | 25.4% | 5.8% | 815 mi |
| 2019 | 113 | 25.7% | 4.4% | 825 mi |
| 2018 | 115 | 26.5% | 5.2% | 830 mi |
| 2017 | 115 | 31.0% | 2.6% | 819 mi |
| 2016 | 121 | 29.2% | 3.3% | 815 mi |
| 2015 | 122 | 29.5% | 0.8% | 817 mi |
| 2014 | 112 | 22.3% | 0.0% | 829 mi |
| 2013 | 118 | 26.5% | 0.8% | 830 mi |
| 2012 | 105 | 26.9% | 1.0% | 820 mi |
| 2011 | 104 | 34.0% | 1.9% | 795 mi |
| 2010 | 104 | 35.0% | 3.8% | 794 mi |
| 2009 | 108 | 28.3% | 2.8% | 865 mi |
| 2008‡ | 35 | 12.0% | 5.7% | — |
| 2007‡ | 40 | 6.3% | 5.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 32 | 0.0% | 3.1% | — |
| 2005‡ | 38 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 35 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive | 108 | 41.0% | 0.0% proxy | 661 mi |
| 2002archive | 117 | 41.2% | 0.0% proxy | 656 mi |
| 2001archive | 103 | 39.0% | 0.0% proxy | 692 mi |
| 2000archive | 98 | 37.9% | 0.0% proxy | 796 mi |
| 1999archive | 109 | 33.9% | 0.0% proxy | 803 mi |
| 1998archive | 109 | 22.4% | 0.0% proxy | 820 mi |
| 1997archive | 91 | 23.9% | 0.0% proxy | 808 mi |
| 1996archive | 108 | 23.8% | 0.0% proxy | 804 mi |
| 1995archive | 95 | 28.3% | 0.0% proxy | 769 mi |
| 1994archive | 93 | 28.1% | 0.0% proxy | 815 mi |
| 1993archive | 98 | 28.0% | 0.0% proxy | 789 mi |
| 1992archive | 98 | 31.6% | 0.0% proxy | 802 mi |
| 1991archive | 104 | 33.3% | 0.0% proxy | 803 mi |
| 1990archive | 123 | 36.1% | 0.0% proxy | 776 mi |
| 1989archive | 103 | 32.0% | 0.0% proxy | 790 mi |
| 1988archive | 97 | 30.9% | 0.0% proxy | 789 mi |
| 1987archive | 114 | 37.7% | 0.0% proxy | 686 mi |
| 1986archive | 102 | 46.1% | 0.0% proxy | 569 mi |
| 1985archive | 108 | 38.3% | 0.0% proxy | 626 mi |
| 1984archive | 105 | 43.7% | 0.0% proxy | 625 mi |
| 1983archive | 101 | 41.4% | 0.0% proxy | 600 mi |
| 1982archive | 102 | 36.7% | 0.0% proxy | 666 mi |
| 1981archive | 84 | 29.3% | 0.0% proxy | 801 mi |
| 1980archive | 97 | 31.6% | 0.0% proxy | 798 mi |
| 1979archive | 92 | 38.9% | 0.0% proxy | 686 mi |
| 1978archive | 94 | 33.3% | 0.0% proxy | 795 mi |
| 1977archive | 94 | 38.6% | 0.0% proxy | 686 mi |
| 1976archive | 91 | 33.0% | 0.0% proxy | 820 mi |
| 1975archive | 82 | 38.5% | 0.0% proxy | 795 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.
Homecoming Radius: 959 mi
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