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Kennesaw State Owls football roster hometowns

Where are Kennesaw State players from?

On the 2026 Kennesaw State football roster, 42.4% of players with a known home state are from Georgia. The median listed hometown is 193 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

The Kennesaw State roster story

On the 2026 roster, 37 of 99 spots are filled by Georgia players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data, and 28 players were previously rostered elsewhere.

The median player on the 2026 roster grew up 193 mi from campus. The reliable geography record begins in 2014. Among players with a known home state, 94% were from Georgia, compared with 42% on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–25—51.4%—21.1%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere—51.4%
Previously rostered elsewhere—21.1%

The 2026 roster

  • 309 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 94 located players.
  • 42.4%In-state42.4% of players with a known home state are from Georgia.
  • 36.2%Backyard36.2% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 28.3%Previously rostered elsewhere28.3% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Kennesaw State ranks

Most In-State#3942.4%Most Transfers#4628.3%Closest to Home#14309 miFarthest From Home#125309 miBiggest In-State Shift#342.4%Most Backyard Players#2036.2%Fewest Transfers#9328.3%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.

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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 elsewhereIn-state, rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, rostered elsewhere202420252026

Where do Kennesaw State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
20269942.4%28.3%193 mi
202510155.4%27.7%142 mi
202412465.0%14.5%80 mi
2023archive8568.2%17.6% proxy77 mi
2022archive10176.2%15.8% proxy70 mi
2021archive10368.6%11.7% proxy81 mi
2019archive9775.3%16.5% proxy72 mi
2018archive10978.9%18.3% proxy53 mi
2017archive9377.4%16.1% proxy56 mi
2016archive10382.5%25.2% proxy42 mi
2015archive11486.8%0.9% proxy42 mi
2014archive8394.0%1.2% proxy40 mi

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

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: 193 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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