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Navy Midshipmen football roster hometowns

Where are Navy players from?

On the 2026 Navy football roster, 10.7% of players with a known home state are from Maryland. The median listed hometown is 560 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

The Navy roster story

In 2016, 7 of 165 roster spots were filled by Maryland players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 21 of 197 fit the same definition. Neither roster included a player previously rostered elsewhere.

The median hometown distance moved from 695 mi in 2016 to 560 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–256.2%10.6%0.6%0.0%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere6.2%10.6%
Previously rostered elsewhere0.6%0.0%

The 2026 roster

  • 654 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 186 located players.
  • 10.7%In-state10.7% of players with a known home state are from Maryland.
  • 14.5%Backyard14.5% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 0.0%Previously rostered elsewhere0.0% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Navy ranks

Most In-State#12710.7%Most Transfers#1370.0%Closest to Home#110654 miFarthest From Home#29654 miBiggest In-State 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: 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 elsewhere200920122016201920232026

Where do Navy's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
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

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: 560 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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