2026 roster · Roster geography
The Missouri roster story
In 2016, 47 of 108 roster spots were filled by Missouri players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 25 of 111 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 2 to 36.
In 2016 the median player grew up 145 mi from campus. Now it is 493 mi.
Of the 36 players who came from another college, 4 are from Missouri. Those home-state players make up 11% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 1963, when 65% of the roster came from Missouri. Today it is 26%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 35.0% | 30.4% | |
| Transfer stock | 3.6% | 18.8% |
The roster, at a glance
- 541 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 105 located players.
- 26.1%In-state26.1% of the roster is from Missouri.
- 11.4%Backyard11.4% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 32.4%Detected transfers32.4% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Missouri 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 Missouri's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 111 | 26.1% | 32.4% | 493 mi |
| 2025 | 108 | 31.5% | 25.9% | 347 mi |
| 2024 | 119 | 37.3% | 21.8% | 325 mi |
| 2023 | 110 | 34.9% | 23.6% | 360 mi |
| 2022 | 123 | 34.5% | 13.8% | 378 mi |
| 2021 | 124 | 31.7% | 8.9% | 444 mi |
| 2020 | 119 | 30.5% | 5.0% | 472 mi |
| 2019 | 122 | 32.2% | 7.4% | 424 mi |
| 2018 | 106 | 26.7% | 5.7% | 368 mi |
| 2017 | 117 | 35.3% | 3.4% | 321 mi |
| 2016 | 108 | 43.9% | 1.9% | 145 mi |
| 2015 | 134 | 44.0% | 0.0% | 290 mi |
| 2014 | 121 | 40.5% | 0.8% | 301 mi |
| 2013 | 134 | 44.8% | 0.7% | 234 mi |
| 2012 | 122 | 45.1% | 0.8% | 260 mi |
| 2011 | 116 | 44.8% | 0.0% | 219 mi |
| 2010 | 109 | 47.7% | 0.9% | 146 mi |
| 2009 | 113 | 52.2% | 0.9% | 146 mi |
| 2008‡ | 33 | 47.4% | 0.0% | — |
| 2007‡ | 26 | 40.0% | 3.8% | — |
| 2006‡ | 28 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2005‡ | 30 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 30 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive‡ | 20 | 50.0% | 0.0% proxy | 280 mi |
| 2002archive | 108 | 51.9% | 2.8% proxy | 160 mi |
| 2000archive | 112 | 50.9% | 0.9% proxy | 127 mi |
| 1999archive | 112 | 52.3% | 0.0% proxy | 128 mi |
| 1998archive | 117 | 49.6% | 0.0% proxy | 140 mi |
| 1997archive | 102 | 53.9% | 0.0% proxy | 130 mi |
| 1996archive‡ | 28 | 60.7% | 0.0% proxy | 114 mi |
| 1995archive | 92 | 61.5% | 0.0% proxy | 114 mi |
| 1994archive | 93 | 55.4% | 0.0% proxy | 120 mi |
| 1993archive | 95 | 50.0% | 0.0% proxy | 157 mi |
| 1992archive | 105 | 46.2% | 0.0% proxy | 206 mi |
| 1991archive | 109 | 50.5% | 0.0% proxy | 131 mi |
| 1990archive | 112 | 55.0% | 0.0% proxy | 131 mi |
| 1989archive | 120 | 58.5% | 0.0% proxy | 120 mi |
| 1988archive‡ | 30 | 46.7% | 3.3% proxy | 133 mi |
| 1987archive | 113 | 58.1% | 0.0% proxy | 120 mi |
| 1986archive | 115 | 58.9% | 0.0% proxy | 127 mi |
| 1984archive | 104 | 49.5% | 0.0% proxy | 136 mi |
| 1983archive | 103 | 52.0% | 0.0% proxy | 125 mi |
| 1982archive‡ | 33 | 71.9% | 0.0% proxy | 114 mi |
| 1981archive | 133 | 67.5% | 0.0% proxy | 114 mi |
| 1980archive | 73 | 75.3% | 0.0% proxy | 114 mi |
| 1979archive | 111 | 69.4% | 0.0% proxy | 114 mi |
| 1978archive | 90 | 60.7% | 1.1% proxy | 120 mi |
| 1977archive | 83 | 63.4% | 2.4% proxy | 120 mi |
| 1976archive | 70 | 57.4% | 0.0% proxy | 114 mi |
| 1975archive | 100 | 60.6% | 0.0% proxy | 127 mi |
| 1974archive | 103 | 60.4% | 0.0% proxy | 121 mi |
| 1973archive | 99 | 62.5% | 0.0% proxy | 121 mi |
| 1972archive | 95 | 63.0% | 0.0% proxy | 121 mi |
| 1971archive | 99 | 67.3% | 2.0% proxy | 118 mi |
| 1970archive | 85 | 62.7% | 4.7% proxy | 117 mi |
| 1969archive | 80 | 59.5% | 6.3% proxy | 119 mi |
| 1968archive‡ | 54 | 64.8% | 7.4% proxy | 114 mi |
| 1967archive | 83 | 53.7% | 3.6% proxy | 121 mi |
| 1966archive | 92 | 56.7% | 3.3% proxy | 120 mi |
| 1965archive | 82 | 67.5% | 2.4% proxy | 114 mi |
| 1964archive | 79 | 73.1% | 2.5% proxy | 114 mi |
| 1963archive | 78 | 64.9% | 3.8% proxy | 118 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: 493 mi
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