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Mississippi State Bulldogs football roster hometowns

Where are Mississippi State players from?

On the 2026 Mississippi State football roster, 33.0% of players with a known home state are from Mississippi. The median listed hometown is 229 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

Players from Mississippi with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 48% of roster spots in 2016 and 30% on the 2026 roster.

In 2016, 60 of 125 roster spots were filled by Mississippi players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 34 of 115 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 1 to 36.

The median hometown distance moved from 132 mi in 2016 to 229 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2547.7%43.6%1.5%20.6%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere47.7%43.6%
Previously rostered elsewhere1.5%20.6%

The 2026 roster

  • 365 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 106 located players.
  • 33.0%In-state33.0% of players with a known home state are from Mississippi.
  • 14.2%Backyard14.2% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 31.3%Previously rostered elsewhere31.3% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Mississippi State ranks

Most In-State#5933.0%Most Transfers#3531.3%Closest to Home#35365 miFarthest From Home#104365 miBiggest In-State 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: 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 elsewhereOut-of-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, rostered elsewhere200920122016201920232026

Where do Mississippi State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
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

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: 229 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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