Program field guide · 2026

Conference USA · Tennessee

Middle Tennessee

Blue Raiders

Middle Tennessee’s Tennessee-developed core grew from 21 to 35 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 21 of 110 roster spots were filled by Tennessee players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 35 of 107 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 3 to 21.

In 2016 the median player grew up 216 mi from campus. Now it is 247 mi.

None of the 21 players who came from another college grew up in Tennessee.

The record reaches back to 1972, when 59% of the roster came from Tennessee. Today it is 33%.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2525.9%29.1%1.5%14.4%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core25.9%29.1%
Transfer stock1.5%14.4%

The roster, at a glance

  • 421 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 103 located players.
  • 32.7%In-state32.7% of the roster is from Tennessee.
  • 27.2%Backyard27.2% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 19.6%Detected transfers19.6% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Middle Tennessee ranks

Most In-State#6232.7%Most Transfers#9419.6%Closest to Home#49421 miFarthest From Home#90421 miBiggest Localism Shift#10232.7%Most Backyard Players#3927.2%Fewest Transfers#4519.6%Biggest Transfer Shift#8519.6%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

050100150200250FBS median (250 mi)197219831994200420152026

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 Middle Tennessee's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202610732.7%19.6%247 mi
202511336.3%19.5%206 mi
202411836.4%20.3%209 mi
202311632.8%16.4%213 mi
202210732.7%9.3%219 mi
202110822.6%6.5%260 mi
202011830.5%2.5%213 mi
201911531.3%2.6%207 mi
201811730.8%1.7%192 mi
201711828.0%0.0%213 mi
201611020.0%2.7%216 mi
201511526.1%0.9%213 mi
201411324.8%0.0%213 mi
201310524.8%0.0%208 mi
201211428.9%0.9%213 mi
201111726.5%0.9%243 mi
201010930.3%0.0%213 mi
20099926.5%1.0%247 mi
2008‡319.1%3.2%—
2007‡3216.7%3.1%—
2006‡2533.3%0.0%—
2005‡3450.0%0.0%—
2004‡22—0.0%—
2003archive10637.7%0.0% proxy189 mi
2002archive9426.9%0.0% proxy201 mi
2001archive8329.3%0.0% proxy191 mi
2000archive9933.7%0.0% proxy177 mi
1999archive11242.3%0.0% proxy173 mi
1998archive9537.6%0.0% proxy186 mi
1997archive8451.9%0.0% proxy154 mi
1996archive9356.2%0.0% proxy136 mi
1995archive9967.7%0.0% proxy105 mi
1994archive9869.8%0.0% proxy115 mi
1993archive‡5265.2%0.0% proxy115 mi
1992archive9072.9%0.0% proxy113 mi
1991archive10361.4%0.0% proxy121 mi
1990archive9259.8%0.0% proxy134 mi
1989archive10156.1%0.0% proxy128 mi
1988archive9254.9%0.0% proxy144 mi
1987archive9953.1%0.0% proxy139 mi
1986archive7250.0%0.0% proxy162 mi
1985archive7655.3%0.0% proxy114 mi
1984archive8657.6%0.0% proxy85 mi
1983archive7951.3%0.0% proxy91 mi
1982archive9757.3%0.0% proxy96 mi
1981archive9057.3%0.0% proxy83 mi
1980archive‡3959.5%0.0% proxy114 mi
1979archive7677.8%0.0% proxy91 mi
1978archive‡5166.7%0.0% proxy135 mi
1977archive‡5773.6%0.0% proxy83 mi
1976archive‡6067.3%0.0% proxy83 mi
1975archive‡5454.0%0.0% proxy134 mi
1974archive‡5464.2%0.0% proxy117 mi
1973archive‡5654.9%0.0% proxy134 mi
1972archive7058.6%0.0% proxy117 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: 247 mi

(This slider is for exploring — leaderboards use the fixed lenses.)

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