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Jacksonville State Gamecocks football roster hometowns

Where are Jacksonville State players from?

On the 2026 Jacksonville State football roster, 43.0% of players with a known home state are from Alabama. The median listed hometown is 152 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

The Jacksonville State roster story

On the 2026 roster, 50 of 128 spots are filled by Alabama players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data, and 23 players were previously rostered elsewhere.

Of the 23 players previously rostered elsewhere, 5 are from Alabama.

The median player on the 2026 roster grew up 152 mi from campus. The reliable geography record begins in 2016. Among players with a known home state, 60% were from Alabama, compared with 43% on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–25—37.7%—20.4%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere—37.7%
Previously rostered elsewhere—20.4%

The 2026 roster

  • 247 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 120 located players.
  • 43.0%In-state43.0% of players with a known home state are from Alabama.
  • 37.5%Backyard37.5% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 18.0%Previously rostered elsewhere18.0% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Jacksonville State ranks

Most In-State#3843.0%Most Transfers#10218.0%Closest to Home#3247 miFarthest From Home#136247 miBiggest In-State Shift#1443.0%Most Backyard Players#1837.5%Fewest Transfers#3718.0%Biggest Transfer Shift—Not enough data

Homecoming Radius over time

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

050100150200250FBS median (250 mi)201620182020202220242026

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 elsewhere2023202420252026

Where do Jacksonville State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202612843.0%18.0%152 mi
202512141.3%24.0%117 mi
202412439.0%21.8%133 mi
202312944.5%15.5%105 mi
2022archive‡2423.8%29.2% proxy324 mi
2021archive11363.1%22.1% proxy74 mi
2020archive10059.6%20.0% proxy83 mi
2019archive10571.4%10.5% proxy84 mi
2018archive10770.1%16.8% proxy84 mi
2017archive10471.8%21.2% proxy84 mi
2016archive10360.0%32.0% proxy85 mi

In-state shares use players with a known home state. Radius uses located hometowns.

‡ fewer than 70 roster rows or under 75% known home state. Treat with caution.

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 the share previously rostered elsewhere.

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: 152 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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