Mountain West · North Dakota · 2026 roster

North Dakota State Bison football roster hometowns

Where are North Dakota State players from?

On the 2026 North Dakota State football roster, 14.6% of players with a known home state are from North Dakota. The median listed hometown is 392 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

The North Dakota State roster story

On the 2026 roster, 19 of 130 spots are filled by North Dakota players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data, and 11 players were previously rostered elsewhere.

The median player on the 2026 roster grew up 392 mi from campus.

Before and during the portal era

Not enough reliable seasons in both 2016–18 and 2021–25 to compare.

The 2026 roster

  • 447 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 115 located players.
  • 14.6%In-state14.6% of players with a known home state are from North Dakota.
  • 10.4%Backyard10.4% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 8.5%Previously rostered elsewhere8.5% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where North Dakota State ranks

Most In-State#11714.6%Most Transfers#1318.5%Closest to Home#60447 miFarthest From Home#79447 miBiggest In-State Shift—Not enough dataMost Backyard Players#11210.4%Fewest Transfers#88.5%Biggest Transfer Shift—Not enough data

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0100200300400FBS median (250 mi)2026

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 elsewhere2026

Where do North Dakota State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202613014.6%8.5%392 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.

North Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometownNorth Dakota State player hometown

Homecoming Radius: 392 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

More from Mountain West

See all Mountain West teams