Program field guide · 2026

American Athletic · Maryland

Navy

Midshipmen

Navy’s Maryland-developed core grew from 7 to 21 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 7 of 165 roster spots were filled by Maryland players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 21 of 197 fit the same definition. Neither roster carried a single detected transfer.

In 2016 the median player grew up 695 mi from campus. Now it is 560 mi.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–256.2%10.6%0.6%0.0%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core6.2%10.6%
Transfer stock0.6%0.0%

The roster, at a glance

  • 654 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 186 located players.
  • 10.7%In-state10.7% of the roster is from Maryland.
  • 14.5%Backyard14.5% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 0.0%Detected transfers0.0% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Navy ranks

Most In-State#12710.7%Most Transfers#1370.0%Closest to Home#110654 miFarthest From Home#29654 miBiggest Localism Shift#11910.7%Most Backyard Players#9214.5%Fewest Transfers#20.0%Biggest Transfer Shift#1290.0%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0200400600800FBS 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 developed200920122016201920232026

Where do Navy's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202619710.7%0.0%560 mi
202519410.8%0.0%567 mi
202418510.8%0.0%567 mi
202317111.7%0.0%609 mi
20221789.6%0.0%666 mi
202111910.1%0.0%679 mi
202016610.8%0.0%673 mi
20191657.9%0.0%598 mi
20181727.6%1.2%589 mi
20171766.8%0.6%679 mi
20161654.2%0.0%695 mi
20151885.3%0.0%738 mi
20141633.7%0.0%748 mi
20131573.2%0.0%698 mi
20121665.4%0.0%704 mi
20111683.6%0.0%698 mi
20101585.7%0.0%649 mi
20091665.4%0.0%654 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: 560 mi

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