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Florida State Seminoles football roster hometowns

Where are Florida State players from?

On the 2026 Florida State football roster, 46.2% of players with a known home state are from Florida. The median listed hometown is 255 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

Players from Florida with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 65% of roster spots in 2016 and 41% on the 2026 roster.

In 2016, 83 of 127 roster spots were filled by Florida players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 43 of 106 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 1 to 23.

Of the 23 players previously rostered elsewhere, 6 are from Florida.

The median hometown distance moved from 242 mi in 2016 to 255 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2563.3%46.1%1.4%19.6%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere63.3%46.1%
Previously rostered elsewhere1.4%19.6%

The 2026 roster

  • 395 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 102 located players.
  • 46.2%In-state46.2% of players with a known home state are from Florida.
  • 8.8%Backyard8.8% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 21.7%Previously rostered elsewhere21.7% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Florida State ranks

Most In-State#3346.2%Most Transfers#8421.7%Closest to Home#41395 miFarthest From Home#98395 miBiggest In-State 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: 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 elsewhereIn-state, rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, rostered elsewhere200920122016201920232026

Where do Florida State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
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

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

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: 255 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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