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Georgia Bulldogs football roster hometowns

Where are Georgia players from?

On the 2026 Georgia football roster, 59.2% of players with a known home state are from Georgia. The median listed hometown is 112 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

Players from Georgia with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 73% of roster spots in 2016 and 55% on the 2026 roster.

In 2016, 95 of 131 roster spots were filled by Georgia players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 69 of 125 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 3 to 14.

Of the 14 players previously rostered elsewhere, 5 are from Georgia.

The median hometown distance moved from 93 mi in 2016 to 112 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2571.5%52.8%1.8%7.2%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere71.5%52.8%
Previously rostered elsewhere1.8%7.2%

The 2026 roster

  • 315 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 121 located players.
  • 59.2%In-state59.2% of players with a known home state are from Georgia.
  • 40.5%Backyard40.5% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 11.2%Previously rostered elsewhere11.2% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Georgia ranks

Most In-State#1459.2%Most Transfers#12611.2%Closest to Home#15315 miFarthest From Home#124315 miBiggest In-State 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: 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 elsewhereOut-of-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, rostered elsewhere200920122016201920232026

Where do Georgia's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
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

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: 112 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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