Program field guide · 2026

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Florida State

Seminoles

Florida State’s Florida-developed core fell from 83 to 43 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 83 of 127 roster spots were filled by Florida players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 43 of 106 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 1 to 23.

In 2016 the median player grew up 242 mi from campus. Now it is 255 mi.

Of the 23 players who came from another college, 6 are from Florida. Those home-state players make up 26% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2563.3%46.1%1.4%19.6%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core63.3%46.1%
Transfer stock1.4%19.6%

The roster, at a glance

  • 395 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 102 located players.
  • 46.2%In-state46.2% of the roster is from Florida.
  • 8.8%Backyard8.8% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 21.7%Detected transfers21.7% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Florida State ranks

Most In-State#3346.2%Most Transfers#8421.7%Closest to Home#41395 miFarthest From Home#98395 miBiggest Localism Shift#3846.2%Most Backyard Players#1208.8%Fewest Transfers#5521.7%Biggest Transfer Shift#7421.7%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0100200300FBS median (250 mi)200920122016201920232026

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-developedLocal transferOutsider developedOutsider transfer200920122016201920232026

Where do Florida State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202610646.2%21.7%255 mi
202510853.7%25.9%259 mi
202412456.9%19.4%310 mi
202312352.8%18.7%325 mi
202212054.2%16.7%266 mi
202112057.5%17.5%261 mi
202012562.4%8.8%226 mi
201912059.3%5.0%228 mi
201810461.2%1.9%237 mi
201712564.5%1.6%229 mi
201612765.9%0.8%242 mi
201512168.6%0.8%228 mi
201412568.5%0.8%228 mi
201313372.3%0.8%228 mi
201211161.8%0.9%228 mi
201111472.6%0.0%226 mi
20109462.4%0.0%228 mi
200910268.6%0.0%220 mi

Where the roster grew up

Every 2026 player's hometown, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.

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Homecoming Radius: 255 mi

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

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