2026 roster · Roster geography
The Minnesota roster story
In 2016, 34 of 108 roster spots were filled by Minnesota players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 21 of 113 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 1 to 22.
In 2016 the median player grew up 344 mi from campus. Now it is 627 mi.
Of the 22 players who came from another college, 1 is from Minnesota. Those home-state players make up 5% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 1990, when 43% of the roster came from Minnesota. Today it is 19%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 34.8% | 26.0% | |
| Transfer stock | 1.3% | 12.9% |
The roster, at a glance
- 647 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 105 located players.
- 19.5%In-state19.5% of the roster is from Minnesota.
- 16.2%Backyard16.2% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 19.5%Detected transfers19.5% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Minnesota 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 Minnesota's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 113 | 19.5% | 19.5% | 627 mi |
| 2025 | 110 | 25.5% | 21.8% | 505 mi |
| 2024 | 115 | 31.6% | 13.0% | 337 mi |
| 2023 | 115 | 29.8% | 12.2% | 340 mi |
| 2022 | 109 | 24.1% | 10.1% | 412 mi |
| 2021 | 119 | 26.5% | 7.6% | 415 mi |
| 2020 | 124 | 33.6% | 4.0% | 366 mi |
| 2019 | 122 | 33.6% | 4.9% | 380 mi |
| 2018 | 99 | 34.7% | 2.0% | 362 mi |
| 2017 | 96 | 38.5% | 1.0% | 330 mi |
| 2016 | 108 | 31.5% | 0.9% | 344 mi |
| 2015 | 119 | 33.9% | 0.0% | 337 mi |
| 2014 | 126 | 33.6% | 0.0% | 343 mi |
| 2013 | 123 | 35.2% | 0.0% | 353 mi |
| 2012 | 123 | 35.5% | 0.0% | 353 mi |
| 2011 | 118 | 37.3% | 0.8% | 323 mi |
| 2010 | 106 | 34.0% | 0.9% | 353 mi |
| 2009 | 102 | 41.6% | 1.0% | 320 mi |
| 2008‡ | 31 | 34.8% | 0.0% | — |
| 2007‡ | 25 | 63.6% | 0.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 29 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2005‡ | 29 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 24 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive | 99 | 38.5% | 7.1% proxy | 251 mi |
| 2002archive | 98 | 43.2% | 3.1% proxy | 241 mi |
| 2001archive | 97 | 39.1% | 7.2% proxy | 278 mi |
| 2000archive | 92 | 36.4% | 2.2% proxy | 284 mi |
| 1999archive | 99 | 41.7% | 1.0% proxy | 239 mi |
| 1998archive | 121 | 43.7% | 2.5% proxy | 225 mi |
| 1997archive‡ | 100 | 41.4% | 1.0% proxy | — |
| 1996archive | 106 | 41.0% | 0.0% proxy | — |
| 1995archive | 106 | 38.4% | 0.0% proxy | 302 mi |
| 1994archive | 104 | 37.9% | 0.0% proxy | 352 mi |
| 1993archive | 112 | 36.0% | 0.0% proxy | 293 mi |
| 1992archive | 107 | 35.8% | 0.0% proxy | 318 mi |
| 1991archive | 122 | 40.5% | 0.0% proxy | 250 mi |
| 1990archive | 110 | 42.7% | 0.0% proxy | 240 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: 627 mi
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