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New Mexico State Aggies football roster hometowns

Where are New Mexico State players from?

On the 2026 New Mexico State football roster, 8.9% of players with a known home state are from New Mexico. The median listed hometown is 676 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

The New Mexico State roster story

In 2016, 16 of 113 roster spots were filled by New Mexico players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 8 of 101 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 1 to 25.

The median hometown distance moved from 625 mi in 2016 to 676 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2512.1%10.4%0.6%13.5%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere12.1%10.4%
Previously rostered elsewhere0.6%13.5%

The 2026 roster

  • 770 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 99 located players.
  • 8.9%In-state8.9% of players with a known home state are from New Mexico.
  • 7.1%Backyard7.1% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 24.8%Previously rostered elsewhere24.8% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where New Mexico State ranks

Most In-State#1328.9%Most Transfers#6424.8%Closest to Home#124770 miFarthest From Home#15770 miBiggest In-State Shift#1258.9%Most Backyard Players#1277.1%Fewest Transfers#7524.8%Biggest Transfer Shift#5124.8%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0200400600FBS 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 elsewhereOut-of-state, rostered elsewhere200920122016201920232026

Where do New Mexico State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
20261018.9%24.8%676 mi
202510814.0%21.3%665 mi
202411510.5%20.9%642 mi
20231279.8%13.4%627 mi
202212911.6%7.8%625 mi
2021999.1%4.0%606 mi
20208510.6%7.1%606 mi
201910815.0%4.6%562 mi
201810910.1%0.9%587 mi
201711712.1%0.0%592 mi
201611314.3%0.9%625 mi
201510415.7%0.0%636 mi
201411117.4%0.0%621 mi
20139921.4%0.0%631 mi
20128513.1%0.0%655 mi
20119212.0%0.0%671 mi
20101027.8%0.0%671 mi
20099314.0%0.0%648 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: 676 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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