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Fresno State Bulldogs football roster hometowns

Where are Fresno State players from?

On the 2026 Fresno State football roster, 66.7% of players with a known home state are from California. The median listed hometown is 216 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

Players from California with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 73% of roster spots in 2016 and 58% on the 2026 roster.

In 2016, 87 of 120 roster spots were filled by California players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 67 of 115 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 1 to 26.

Of the 26 players previously rostered elsewhere, 9 are from California.

The median hometown distance moved from 219 mi in 2016 to 216 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2570.4%69.1%4.1%13.3%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere70.4%69.1%
Previously rostered elsewhere4.1%13.3%

The 2026 roster

  • 610 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 107 located players.
  • 66.7%In-state66.7% of players with a known home state are from California.
  • 23.4%Backyard23.4% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 22.6%Previously rostered elsewhere22.6% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Fresno State ranks

In the 2026 Pac-12 snapshot, Fresno State’s Homecoming Radius is 216 mi, compared with 670 mi for Boise State’s roster hometowns.

Most In-State#666.7%Most Transfers#8222.6%Closest to Home#100610 miFarthest From Home#39610 miBiggest In-State Shift#9766.7%Most Backyard Players#5723.4%Fewest Transfers#5722.6%Biggest Transfer Shift#8322.6%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

050100150200250FBS 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 Fresno State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202611566.7%22.6%216 mi
202511371.4%20.4%209 mi
202411777.4%12.8%189 mi
202311279.3%12.5%199 mi
202210878.7%12.0%195 mi
202110180.0%8.9%192 mi
202011686.0%6.0%155 mi
201911283.9%7.1%164 mi
201811074.5%6.4%209 mi
201711872.9%5.1%214 mi
201612074.6%0.8%219 mi
201511574.8%1.7%226 mi
201410781.3%2.8%218 mi
201310281.4%1.0%209 mi
201210092.0%2.0%161 mi
201110192.1%1.0%159 mi
201010390.3%1.9%160 mi
200910292.2%0.0%155 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: 216 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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