Program field guide · 2026

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Kansas

Jayhawks

Kansas’s Kansas-developed core grew from 20 to 29 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 20 of 120 roster spots were filled by Kansas players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 29 of 113 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 4 to 37.

In 2016 the median player grew up 560 mi from campus. Now it is 448 mi.

Of the 37 players who came from another college, 2 are from Kansas. Those home-state players make up 5% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

The record reaches back to 2000, when 31% of the roster came from Kansas. Today it is 27%.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2514.6%19.1%4.5%21.0%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core14.6%19.1%
Transfer stock4.5%21.0%

The roster, at a glance

  • 533 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 109 located players.
  • 27.4%In-state27.4% of the roster is from Kansas.
  • 18.3%Backyard18.3% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 32.7%Detected transfers32.7% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Kansas ranks

Most In-State#7727.4%Most Transfers#2832.7%Closest to Home#88533 miFarthest From Home#51533 miBiggest Localism Shift#7027.4%Most Backyard Players#7618.3%Fewest Transfers#11132.7%Biggest Transfer Shift#3132.7%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0200400600FBS median (250 mi)200020052010201620212026

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 transfer200420082013201720222026

Where do Kansas's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611327.4%32.7%448 mi
202511220.5%29.5%498 mi
202412525.8%18.4%428 mi
202311921.4%25.2%455 mi
202211620.9%21.6%447 mi
202112416.3%10.5%455 mi
202012223.1%3.3%455 mi
201911922.7%5.9%585 mi
201811214.3%6.3%629 mi
201712314.6%4.1%596 mi
201612017.5%3.3%560 mi
201513122.9%2.3%445 mi
201410121.0%3.0%435 mi
201310522.9%2.9%441 mi
201210825.9%3.7%436 mi
201111124.3%0.9%418 mi
201010618.9%1.9%424 mi
20099823.5%1.0%399 mi
2008‡2921.1%3.4%—
2007‡3425.0%0.0%—
2006‡2340.0%0.0%—
2005‡27—0.0%—
2004‡28—0.0%—
2003archive10030.6%0.0% proxy270 mi
2002archive9730.1%0.0% proxy270 mi
2001archive10636.9%0.0% proxy291 mi
2000archive11030.6%0.0% proxy354 mi

‡ 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 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: 448 mi

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