2026 roster · Roster geography
The Massachusetts roster story
In 2016, 33 of 111 roster spots were filled by Massachusetts players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 18 of 103 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 1 to 25.
In 2016 the median player grew up 188 mi from campus. Now it is 331 mi.
Of the 25 players who came from another college, 3 are from Massachusetts. Those home-state players make up 12% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 2004, when 34% of the roster came from Massachusetts. Today it is 21%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 28.7% | 18.9% | |
| Transfer stock | 1.8% | 26.3% |
The roster, at a glance
- 660 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 88 located players.
- 20.6%In-state20.6% of the roster is from Massachusetts.
- 23.9%Backyard23.9% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 24.3%Detected transfers24.3% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 103 | 20.6% | 24.3% | 331 mi |
| 2025 | 97 | 18.8% | 35.1% | 331 mi |
| 2024 | 109 | 22.6% | 36.7% | 386 mi |
| 2023 | 109 | 24.0% | 32.1% | 331 mi |
| 2022 | 107 | 24.8% | 18.7% | 332 mi |
| 2021 | 90 | 22.0% | 8.9% | 330 mi |
| 2020 | 118 | 31.9% | 0.8% | 184 mi |
| 2019 | 111 | 31.5% | 2.7% | 208 mi |
| 2018 | 106 | 29.2% | 1.9% | 200 mi |
| 2017 | 111 | 27.9% | 2.7% | 160 mi |
| 2016 | 111 | 29.7% | 0.9% | 188 mi |
| 2015 | 126 | 31.7% | 0.8% | 159 mi |
| 2014 | 106 | 32.1% | 0.9% | 145 mi |
| 2013 | 105 | 32.4% | 0.0% | 162 mi |
| 2012 | 93 | 31.5% | 4.3% | 150 mi |
| 2010archive | 90 | 45.6% | 30.0% proxy | — |
| 2009archive | 91 | 42.9% | 30.8% proxy | — |
| 2008archive | 92 | 41.3% | 37.0% proxy | — |
| 2007archive | 87 | 37.2% | 34.5% proxy | — |
| 2006archive | 72 | 26.8% | 27.8% proxy | — |
| 2005archive | 89 | 34.8% | 14.6% proxy | — |
| 2004archive | 88 | 34.5% | 14.8% proxy | — |
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: 331 mi
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