2026 roster · Roster geography
The Florida Atlantic roster story
In 2016, 114 of 125 roster spots were filled by Florida players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 48 of 115 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 2 to 40.
In 2016 the median player grew up 75 mi from campus. Now it is 284 mi.
Of the 40 players who came from another college, 10 are from Florida. Those home-state players make up 25% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 2001, when 95% of the roster came from Florida. Today it is 51%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 84.5% | 56.9% | |
| Transfer stock | 4.2% | 22.5% |
The roster, at a glance
- 515 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 110 located players.
- 50.9%In-state50.9% of the roster is from Florida.
- 26.4%Backyard26.4% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 34.8%Detected transfers34.8% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Florida Atlantic 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 Florida Atlantic's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 115 | 50.9% | 34.8% | 284 mi |
| 2025 | 110 | 57.8% | 34.5% | 181 mi |
| 2024 | 116 | 69.0% | 24.1% | 164 mi |
| 2023 | 114 | 67.5% | 23.7% | 169 mi |
| 2022 | 117 | 70.9% | 17.1% | 169 mi |
| 2021 | 116 | 74.1% | 12.9% | 172 mi |
| 2020 | 120 | 76.7% | 10.8% | 176 mi |
| 2019 | 135 | 77.8% | 11.1% | 169 mi |
| 2018 | 141 | 79.9% | 6.4% | 164 mi |
| 2017 | 133 | 86.5% | 4.5% | 111 mi |
| 2016 | 125 | 92.0% | 1.6% | 75 mi |
| 2015 | 125 | 90.4% | 0.8% | 89 mi |
| 2014 | 118 | 87.3% | 0.0% | 164 mi |
| 2013 | 119 | 78.6% | 0.0% | 177 mi |
| 2012 | 118 | 82.9% | 0.8% | 133 mi |
| 2011 | 118 | 89.7% | 0.8% | 106 mi |
| 2010 | 120 | 87.4% | 0.8% | 148 mi |
| 2009 | 114 | 92.0% | 0.0% | 121 mi |
| 2008‡ | 31 | 95.7% | 0.0% | — |
| 2007‡ | 32 | 94.7% | 0.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 34 | 90.9% | 0.0% | — |
| 2005‡ | 28 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 21 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive | 89 | 94.3% | 1.1% proxy | 42 mi |
| 2002archive | 93 | 95.6% | 1.1% proxy | 42 mi |
| 2001archive | 93 | 94.6% | 0.0% proxy | 42 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: 284 mi
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