Program field guide · 2026

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Georgia State

Panthers

Georgia State’s Georgia-developed core fell from 76 to 54 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 76 of 108 roster spots were filled by Georgia players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 54 of 114 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 3 to 18.

In 2016 the median player grew up 36 mi from campus. Now it is 94 mi.

Of the 18 players who came from another college, 10 are from Georgia. Those home-state players make up 56% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

The record reaches back to 2010, when 72% of the roster came from Georgia. Today it is 58%.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2569.9%43.4%1.2%16.9%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core69.9%43.4%
Transfer stock1.2%16.9%

The roster, at a glance

  • 290 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 106 located players.
  • 57.7%In-state57.7% of the roster is from Georgia.
  • 54.7%Backyard54.7% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 15.8%Detected transfers15.8% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Georgia State ranks

Most In-State#1757.7%Most Transfers#11215.8%Closest to Home#10290 miFarthest From Home#129290 miBiggest Localism Shift#5557.7%Most Backyard Players#154.7%Fewest Transfers#2715.8%Biggest Transfer Shift#10415.8%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

050100150200250FBS median (250 mi)201020132016202020232026

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 transfer201320162018202120232026

Where do Georgia State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611457.7%15.8%94 mi
202512261.9%25.4%89 mi
202411247.2%32.1%216 mi
202310146.0%15.8%163 mi
202210857.4%5.6%95 mi
202110951.4%5.5%130 mi
202010855.7%3.7%114 mi
201910958.7%1.8%112 mi
201810067.3%0.0%54 mi
201710974.1%0.9%35 mi
201610870.4%2.8%36 mi
201511872.9%1.7%35 mi
201411283.0%0.0%29 mi
201310876.9%0.0%37 mi
2012archive11578.1%0.0% proxy36 mi
2011archive10468.6%0.0% proxy55 mi
2010archive10471.6%0.0% proxy38 mi

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.

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Homecoming Radius: 94 mi

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