2026 roster · Roster geography
The Eastern Michigan roster story
In 2016, 35 of 117 roster spots were filled by Michigan players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 20 of 114 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 1 to 19.
In 2016 the median player grew up 216 mi from campus. Now it is 403 mi.
Of the 19 players who came from another college, 7 are from Michigan. Those home-state players make up 37% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 1999, when 35% of the roster came from Michigan. Today it is 24%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 28.0% | 22.0% | |
| Transfer stock | 1.5% | 14.2% |
The roster, at a glance
- 538 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 109 located players.
- 23.9%In-state23.9% of the roster is from Michigan.
- 23.9%Backyard23.9% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 16.7%Detected transfers16.7% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Eastern Michigan 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 Eastern Michigan's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 114 | 23.9% | 16.7% | 403 mi |
| 2025 | 113 | 19.8% | 20.4% | 414 mi |
| 2024 | 121 | 26.7% | 16.5% | 223 mi |
| 2023 | 115 | 25.5% | 13.9% | 223 mi |
| 2022 | 125 | 25.4% | 11.2% | 227 mi |
| 2021 | 124 | 26.7% | 8.9% | 218 mi |
| 2020 | 123 | 32.5% | 4.1% | 206 mi |
| 2019 | 130 | 29.9% | 2.3% | 204 mi |
| 2018 | 114 | 29.1% | 2.6% | 236 mi |
| 2017 | 115 | 28.6% | 0.9% | 238 mi |
| 2016 | 117 | 30.7% | 0.9% | 216 mi |
| 2015 | 109 | 33.9% | 0.0% | 216 mi |
| 2014 | 102 | 38.2% | 1.0% | 179 mi |
| 2013 | 101 | 34.7% | 0.0% | 203 mi |
| 2012 | 105 | 32.4% | 0.0% | 181 mi |
| 2011 | 98 | 32.7% | 0.0% | 206 mi |
| 2010 | 99 | 40.4% | 0.0% | 113 mi |
| 2009 | 94 | 42.6% | 0.0% | 109 mi |
| 2008‡ | 31 | 41.7% | 0.0% | — |
| 2007‡ | 29 | 33.3% | 0.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 24 | 37.5% | 0.0% | — |
| 2005‡ | 22 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 22 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive | 75 | 47.3% | 6.7% proxy | 115 mi |
| 2002archive | 87 | 63.9% | 8.0% proxy | 47 mi |
| 2001archive | 76 | 48.6% | 13.2% proxy | 132 mi |
| 2000archive | 77 | 36.0% | 11.7% proxy | 183 mi |
| 1999archive | 98 | 35.4% | 13.3% proxy | 161 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: 403 mi
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