Program field guide · 2026

Mountain West · Nevada

Nevada

Wolf Pack

Nevada’s Nevada-developed core fell from 23 to 18 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 23 of 115 roster spots were filled by Nevada players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 18 of 103 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 1 to 24.

In 2016 the median player grew up 356 mi from campus. Now it is 386 mi.

Of the 24 players who came from another college, 3 are from Nevada. Those home-state players make up 13% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2520.2%12.1%2.8%21.0%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core20.2%12.1%
Transfer stock2.8%21.0%

The roster, at a glance

  • 631 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 98 located players.
  • 20.4%In-state20.4% of the roster is from Nevada.
  • 19.4%Backyard19.4% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 23.3%Detected transfers23.3% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Nevada ranks

Most In-State#9820.4%Most Transfers#7823.3%Closest to Home#105631 miFarthest From Home#34631 miBiggest Localism Shift#13620.4%Most Backyard Players#7119.4%Fewest Transfers#6123.3%Biggest Transfer Shift#7123.3%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0100200300400FBS 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 developedOutsider transfer200920122016201920232026

Where do Nevada's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202610320.4%23.3%386 mi
202510716.8%26.2%401 mi
202411018.2%30.0%429 mi
202311419.5%26.3%402 mi
202211411.5%19.3%412 mi
202110111.2%3.0%398 mi
202012012.5%0.8%389 mi
201911817.8%3.4%389 mi
201812021.4%3.3%375 mi
201711619.8%4.3%378 mi
201611520.0%0.9%356 mi
201511820.3%0.0%223 mi
201411314.2%0.0%318 mi
201310813.9%0.0%372 mi
201210214.7%0.0%357 mi
20119815.3%1.0%346 mi
20109513.7%1.1%353 mi
200910116.0%0.0%350 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: 386 mi

(This slider is for exploring — leaderboards use the fixed lenses.)

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