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Delaware Blue Hens football roster hometowns

Where are Delaware players from?

On the 2026 Delaware football roster, 9.5% of players with a known home state are from Delaware. The median listed hometown is 112 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

The Delaware roster story

On the 2026 roster, 9 of 105 spots are filled by Delaware players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data, and 17 players were previously rostered elsewhere.

The median player on the 2026 roster grew up 112 mi from campus. The reliable geography record begins in 1963. Among players with a known home state, 29% were from Delaware, compared with 10% on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–25—8.1%—17.1%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere—8.1%
Previously rostered elsewhere—17.1%

The 2026 roster

  • 258 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 99 located players.
  • 9.5%In-state9.5% of players with a known home state are from Delaware.
  • 42.4%Backyard42.4% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 16.2%Previously rostered elsewhere16.2% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Delaware ranks

Most In-State#1309.5%Most Transfers#11116.2%Closest to Home#6258 miFarthest From Home#133258 miBiggest In-State Shift#479.5%Most Backyard Players#1042.4%Fewest Transfers#2816.2%Biggest Transfer Shift—Not enough data

Homecoming Radius over time

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

050100150200250FBS median (250 mi)196319761988200120132026

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 elsewhere20252026

Where do Delaware's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
20261059.5%16.2%112 mi
20251119.0%17.1%112 mi
2024archive10711.3%29.9% proxy106 mi
2023archive10913.1%30.3% proxy102 mi
2022archive10916.8%15.6% proxy72 mi
2021archive11516.5%5.2% proxy66 mi
2019archive10724.3%1.9% proxy61 mi
2018archive11822.2%0.0% proxy60 mi
2017archive11324.8%0.0% proxy56 mi
2016archive10024.0%0.0% proxy63 mi
2015archive9323.7%0.0% proxy67 mi
2014archive9417.0%0.0% proxy77 mi
2013archive10018.0%0.0% proxy85 mi
2012archive9915.2%0.0% proxy77 mi
2011archive11514.9%0.0% proxy83 mi
2010archive10815.0%0.0% proxy78 mi
2009archive10312.6%0.0% proxy—
2008archive10111.9%0.0% proxy82 mi
2007archive9213.0%0.0% proxy74 mi
2006archive10515.4%0.0% proxy80 mi
2005archive9712.8%0.0% proxy96 mi
2004archive9312.2%0.0% proxy120 mi
2003archive8213.8%0.0% proxy138 mi
2002archive9217.6%0.0% proxy87 mi
2001archive10221.8%0.0% proxy—
2000archive10516.3%0.0% proxy—
1999archive9618.8%0.0% proxy80 mi
1998archive9318.3%0.0% proxy92 mi
1997archive7512.0%0.0% proxy101 mi
1996archive10819.4%0.0% proxy88 mi
1995archive10622.6%0.0% proxy73 mi
1994archive12422.0%0.0% proxy61 mi
1993archive11617.4%0.0% proxy59 mi
1992archive10516.3%0.0% proxy58 mi
1991archive10215.8%0.0% proxy58 mi
1990archive10417.5%0.0% proxy58 mi
1989archive10420.4%0.0% proxy60 mi
1988archive9820.6%0.0% proxy65 mi
1987archive9323.9%0.0% proxy65 mi
1986archive10118.0%0.0% proxy—
1985archive8910.1%0.0% proxy—
1984archive8711.5%0.0% proxy—
1983archive9012.2%0.0% proxy58 mi
1982archive9515.8%0.0% proxy56 mi
1981archive8614.1%0.0% proxy58 mi
1980archive9318.3%0.0% proxy58 mi
1979archive9522.3%0.0% proxy66 mi
1978archive‡5418.5%0.0% proxy70 mi
1977archive8318.1%0.0% proxy74 mi
1976archive8319.3%0.0% proxy65 mi
1975archive8123.5%0.0% proxy41 mi
1974archive8625.9%0.0% proxy44 mi
1973archive8927.2%0.0% proxy—
1972archive9332.2%0.0% proxy—
1971archive8724.4%0.0% proxy—
1970archive7821.8%0.0% proxy—
1969archive8022.5%0.0% proxy47 mi
1968archive‡6319.0%0.0% proxy47 mi
1967archive‡6914.5%0.0% proxy42 mi
1966archive‡6625.8%0.0% proxy40 mi
1965archive‡5122.0%0.0% proxy41 mi
1964archive‡6128.1%0.0% proxy52 mi
1963archive7028.8%0.0% proxy60 mi

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

‡ 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 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: 112 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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