2026 roster · Roster geography
The Liberty roster story
In 2018, 19 of 100 roster spots were filled by Virginia players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 13 of 104 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 3 to 38.
In 2018 the median player grew up 431 mi from campus. Now it is 397 mi.
Of the 38 players who came from another college, 5 are from Virginia. Those home-state players make up 13% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 1976, when 10% of the roster came from Virginia. Today it is 17%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 19.0% | 12.9% | |
| Transfer stock | 3.0% | 20.7% |
The roster, at a glance
- 488 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 103 located players.
- 17.3%In-state17.3% of the roster is from Virginia.
- 8.7%Backyard8.7% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 36.5%Detected transfers36.5% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Liberty ranks
Homecoming Radius over time
The median hometown-to-campus distance, by season. The dotted line is the FBS median.
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.
Where do Liberty's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 104 | 17.3% | 36.5% | 397 mi |
| 2025 | 107 | 13.1% | 33.6% | 393 mi |
| 2024 | 118 | 13.7% | 28.8% | 371 mi |
| 2023 | 117 | 11.2% | 22.2% | 399 mi |
| 2022 | 115 | 16.5% | 11.3% | 385 mi |
| 2021 | 122 | 18.3% | 7.4% | 375 mi |
| 2020 | 115 | 19.6% | 8.7% | 385 mi |
| 2019 | 121 | 21.8% | 4.1% | 406 mi |
| 2018 | 100 | 19.6% | 3.0% | 431 mi |
| 2017archive | 95 | 26.9% | — | 320 mi |
| 2016archive | 93 | 30.4% | — | 262 mi |
| 2015archive | 101 | 31.3% | — | 242 mi |
| 2014archive | 75 | 31.5% | — | 223 mi |
| 2012archive | 82 | 36.3% | — | 178 mi |
| 2011archive | 103 | 45.5% | — | 165 mi |
| 2010archive | 103 | 52.5% | — | 157 mi |
| 2009archive | 98 | 42.1% | — | 180 mi |
| 2008archive | 99 | 40.6% | — | 223 mi |
| 2007archive | 96 | 36.2% | — | 249 mi |
| 2006archive | 88 | 24.4% | — | 353 mi |
| 2005archive | 89 | 28.7% | 59.6% proxy | 295 mi |
| 2004archive | 91 | 28.9% | 18.7% proxy | 280 mi |
| 2003archive | 92 | 21.7% | 8.7% proxy | 329 mi |
| 2002archive | 87 | 25.3% | 3.4% proxy | 281 mi |
| 2001archive | 88 | 29.5% | 0.0% proxy | 249 mi |
| 2000archive | 76 | 25.3% | 0.0% proxy | 281 mi |
| 1999archive | 83 | 17.3% | 1.2% proxy | 252 mi |
| 1998archive | 83 | 13.8% | 0.0% proxy | 257 mi |
| 1997archive | 92 | 22.0% | 0.0% proxy | 257 mi |
| 1996archive | 85 | 18.1% | 0.0% proxy | 283 mi |
| 1995archive | 80 | 16.3% | 0.0% proxy | 316 mi |
| 1994archive | 87 | 18.6% | 0.0% proxy | 384 mi |
| 1993archive | 88 | 15.9% | 0.0% proxy | 402 mi |
| 1992archive | 98 | 17.7% | 0.0% proxy | 414 mi |
| 1991archive | 87 | 22.4% | 0.0% proxy | 529 mi |
| 1990archive | 82 | 22.2% | 1.2% proxy | 505 mi |
| 1989archive | 99 | 41.8% | 2.0% proxy | 241 mi |
| 1988archive | 105 | 36.5% | 1.0% proxy | 361 mi |
| 1987archive | 97 | 34.4% | 1.0% proxy | 356 mi |
| 1986archive | 85 | 35.3% | 1.2% proxy | 325 mi |
| 1985archive | 98 | 36.7% | 1.0% proxy | 330 mi |
| 1984archive | 95 | 33.7% | 1.1% proxy | 282 mi |
| 1983archive | 87 | 23.0% | 0.0% proxy | 385 mi |
| 1982archive | 96 | 28.1% | 0.0% proxy | 372 mi |
| 1981archive | 101 | 21.0% | 0.0% proxy | 379 mi |
| 1980archive | 105 | 21.4% | 0.0% proxy | 380 mi |
| 1979archive | 107 | 12.6% | 0.0% proxy | 385 mi |
| 1978archive | 88 | 15.7% | 0.0% proxy | 385 mi |
| 1977archive‡ | 69 | 4.7% | 0.0% proxy | 385 mi |
| 1976archive | 73 | 10.1% | 0.0% proxy | 385 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.
Homecoming Radius: 397 mi
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