Players from Missouri with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 44% of roster spots in 2016 and 23% on the 2026 roster.
In 2016, 47 of 108 roster spots were filled by Missouri players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 25 of 111 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 2 to 36.
The median hometown distance moved from 145 mi in 2016 to 493 mi on the 2026 roster. The reliable geography record begins in 1963. Among players with a known home state, 65% were from Missouri, compared with 26% on the 2026 roster.
Before and during the portal era
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- In-state, not rostered elsewhere
- Previously rostered elsewhere
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-state, not rostered elsewhere | 35.0% | 30.4% | |
| Previously rostered elsewhere | 3.6% | 18.8% |
The 2026 roster
- 541 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 105 located players.
- 26.1%In-state26.1% of players with a known home state are from Missouri.
- 11.4%Backyard11.4% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 32.4%Previously rostered elsewhere32.4% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.
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: 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.
Where do Missouri's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Rostered elsewhere | 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 |
In-state shares use players with a known home state. Radius uses located hometowns.
‡ 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 the share previously rostered elsewhere.
Where the roster grew up
Located hometowns on the 2026 roster, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.
Homecoming Radius: 493 mi