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Mississippi State

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Mississippi State’s Mississippi-developed core fell from 60 to 34 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 60 of 125 roster spots were filled by Mississippi players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 34 of 115 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 1 to 36.

In 2016 the median player grew up 132 mi from campus. Now it is 229 mi.

Of the 36 players who came from another college, 4 are from Mississippi. Those home-state players make up 11% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2547.7%43.6%1.5%20.6%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core47.7%43.6%
Transfer stock1.5%20.6%

The roster, at a glance

  • 365 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 106 located players.
  • 33.0%In-state33.0% of the roster is from Mississippi.
  • 14.2%Backyard14.2% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 31.3%Detected transfers31.3% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Mississippi State ranks

Most In-State#5933.0%Most Transfers#3531.3%Closest to Home#35365 miFarthest From Home#104365 miBiggest Localism Shift#4633.0%Most Backyard Players#9614.2%Fewest Transfers#10431.3%Biggest Transfer Shift#2631.3%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

050100150200250FBS median (250 mi)200920122016201920232026

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 transfer200920122016201920232026

Where do Mississippi State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611533.0%31.3%229 mi
202511831.6%35.6%230 mi
202411445.1%27.2%161 mi
202311148.2%18.0%150 mi
202211448.2%12.3%163 mi
20219258.7%9.8%148 mi
202012159.5%7.4%139 mi
201912049.2%5.0%149 mi
201811246.4%2.7%149 mi
201711148.6%0.9%137 mi
201612548.0%0.8%132 mi
201511555.7%0.0%131 mi
201410858.3%0.0%127 mi
201311058.7%0.0%128 mi
201211559.3%0.0%129 mi
201110762.6%0.0%120 mi
201012352.8%0.0%142 mi
200910255.0%0.0%129 mi

Where the roster grew up

Every 2026 player's hometown, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.

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Homecoming Radius: 229 mi

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