Program field guide · 2026

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Ohio

Bobcats

Ohio’s Ohio-developed core fell from 66 to 40 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 66 of 109 roster spots were filled by Ohio players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 40 of 107 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 0 to 16.

In 2016 the median player grew up 140 mi from campus. Now it is 210 mi.

Of the 16 players who came from another college, 4 are from Ohio. Those home-state players make up 25% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2557.5%35.6%0.3%10.9%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core57.5%35.6%
Transfer stock0.3%10.9%

The roster, at a glance

  • 433 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 92 located players.
  • 45.8%In-state45.8% of the roster is from Ohio.
  • 19.6%Backyard19.6% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 15.0%Detected transfers15.0% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Ohio ranks

Most In-State#3545.8%Most Transfers#11615.0%Closest to Home#53433 miFarthest From Home#86433 miBiggest Localism Shift#7245.8%Most Backyard Players#6919.6%Fewest Transfers#2315.0%Biggest Transfer Shift#10315.0%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

050100150200250FBS 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 transferUnknown200920122016201920232026

Where do Ohio's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202610745.8%15.0%210 mi
202511241.7%21.4%215 mi
202411744.2%16.2%201 mi
202311947.6%7.6%155 mi
202211847.7%5.1%152 mi
20219941.4%4.0%226 mi
202012744.9%0.8%172 mi
201912546.4%0.0%155 mi
201811453.5%0.0%148 mi
201711358.4%0.9%144 mi
201610960.6%0.0%140 mi
201511764.1%0.9%132 mi
201412263.9%0.0%134 mi
201311753.4%1.7%145 mi
201211653.0%0.9%147 mi
201111854.7%0.8%147 mi
201011956.8%0.0%142 mi
200910846.7%0.0%163 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: 210 mi

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

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