Program field guide · 2026

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Indiana

Hoosiers

Indiana’s Indiana-developed core grew from 27 to 29 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 27 of 115 roster spots were filled by Indiana players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 29 of 98 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 0 to 24.

In 2016 the median player grew up 268 mi from campus. Now it is 248 mi.

Of the 24 players who came from another college, 1 is from Indiana. Those home-state players make up 4% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2526.2%28.7%2.4%24.0%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core26.2%28.7%
Transfer stock2.4%24.0%

The roster, at a glance

  • 318 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 93 located players.
  • 30.6%In-state30.6% of the roster is from Indiana.
  • 29.0%Backyard29.0% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 24.5%Detected transfers24.5% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Indiana ranks

Most In-State#6730.6%Most Transfers#6724.5%Closest to Home#17318 miFarthest From Home#122318 miBiggest Localism Shift#12730.6%Most Backyard Players#3329.0%Fewest Transfers#7224.5%Biggest Transfer Shift#6324.5%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0100200300400FBS 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 Indiana's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
20269830.6%24.5%248 mi
202510629.2%33.0%313 mi
202411635.7%37.1%313 mi
202312132.5%28.9%355 mi
202211530.1%12.2%348 mi
202112431.4%8.9%301 mi
202012432.5%3.2%295 mi
201912233.1%2.5%272 mi
201811332.1%5.3%205 mi
201711227.7%1.8%234 mi
201611523.5%0.0%268 mi
201512837.5%0.8%194 mi
201413643.4%0.7%179 mi
201311743.6%0.9%179 mi
201211741.9%0.0%176 mi
201110938.9%0.0%174 mi
201011443.0%0.0%172 mi
200910444.2%0.0%173 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: 248 mi

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

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