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Louisville Cardinals football roster hometowns

Where are Louisville players from?

On the 2026 Louisville football roster, 29.7% of players with a known home state are from Kentucky. The median listed hometown is 301 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

The Louisville roster story

In 2016, 30 of 117 roster spots were filled by Kentucky players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 24 of 102 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 5 to 38.

The median hometown distance moved from 340 mi in 2016 to 301 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2524.6%18.9%3.1%22.9%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere24.6%18.9%
Previously rostered elsewhere3.1%22.9%

The 2026 roster

  • 379 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 99 located players.
  • 29.7%In-state29.7% of players with a known home state are from Kentucky.
  • 25.3%Backyard25.3% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 37.3%Previously rostered elsewhere37.3% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Louisville ranks

Most In-State#7029.7%Most Transfers#1337.3%Closest to Home#38379 miFarthest From Home#101379 miBiggest In-State Shift#11529.7%Most Backyard Players#5025.3%Fewest Transfers#12637.3%Biggest Transfer Shift#1537.3%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0100200300FBS median (250 mi)200920122016201920232026

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 elsewhere200920122016201920232026

Where do Louisville's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202610229.7%37.3%301 mi
202510927.8%35.8%317 mi
202411720.4%28.2%328 mi
202311820.9%27.1%317 mi
202211818.3%13.6%332 mi
202111116.4%9.9%326 mi
202012227.3%6.6%314 mi
201911222.3%7.1%317 mi
201812726.2%3.1%317 mi
201711323.0%1.8%318 mi
201611725.9%4.3%340 mi
201512025.0%5.0%338 mi
201410922.2%4.6%341 mi
201311331.0%3.5%321 mi
201211337.2%3.5%313 mi
201110237.3%1.0%315 mi
201010934.9%0.9%307 mi
200910631.4%0.9%333 mi

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

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: 301 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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