Program field guide · 2026

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Georgia

Bulldogs

Georgia’s Georgia-developed core fell from 95 to 69 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 95 of 131 roster spots were filled by Georgia players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 69 of 125 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 3 to 14.

In 2016 the median player grew up 93 mi from campus. Now it is 112 mi.

Of the 14 players who came from another college, 5 are from Georgia. Those home-state players make up 36% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2571.5%52.8%1.8%7.2%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core71.5%52.8%
Transfer stock1.8%7.2%

The roster, at a glance

  • 315 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 121 located players.
  • 59.2%In-state59.2% of the roster is from Georgia.
  • 40.5%Backyard40.5% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 11.2%Detected transfers11.2% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Georgia ranks

Most In-State#1459.2%Most Transfers#12611.2%Closest to Home#15315 miFarthest From Home#124315 miBiggest Localism Shift#5359.2%Most Backyard Players#1440.5%Fewest Transfers#1311.2%Biggest Transfer Shift#11911.2%

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: 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-developedOutsider developedOutsider transfer200920122016201920232026

Where do Georgia's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202612559.2%11.2%112 mi
202513256.8%11.4%160 mi
202413649.3%11.0%185 mi
202313453.0%4.5%169 mi
202213060.0%2.3%153 mi
202112159.5%6.6%149 mi
202014663.7%3.4%133 mi
201913368.2%3.0%106 mi
201812371.3%2.4%92 mi
201713272.5%0.8%93 mi
201613173.3%2.3%93 mi
201513168.7%1.5%110 mi
201412871.9%0.0%108 mi
201312871.9%0.0%98 mi
201212477.4%0.0%91 mi
201113077.5%0.0%91 mi
201012773.2%0.0%98 mi
200912967.4%0.0%102 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: 112 mi

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

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