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Oklahoma’s Oklahoma-developed core fell from 34 to 21 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 34 of 122 roster spots were filled by Oklahoma players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 21 of 110 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 5 to 21.

In 2016 the median player grew up 281 mi from campus. Now it is 371 mi.

Of the 21 players who came from another college, 1 is from Oklahoma. Those home-state players make up 5% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2526.3%20.5%3.5%18.4%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core26.3%20.5%
Transfer stock3.5%18.4%

The roster, at a glance

  • 466 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 106 located players.
  • 20.2%In-state20.2% of the roster is from Oklahoma.
  • 16.0%Backyard16.0% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 19.1%Detected transfers19.1% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Oklahoma ranks

Most In-State#10020.2%Most Transfers#9819.1%Closest to Home#68466 miFarthest From Home#71466 miBiggest Localism Shift#10520.2%Most Backyard Players#8716.0%Fewest Transfers#4119.1%Biggest Transfer Shift#9719.1%

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 Oklahoma's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611020.2%19.1%371 mi
202511224.3%19.6%305 mi
202412626.6%21.4%311 mi
202312523.2%22.4%386 mi
202211918.6%19.3%339 mi
202111720.7%9.4%341 mi
202012923.6%3.1%177 mi
201912024.2%3.3%174 mi
201812425.0%1.6%183 mi
201710726.2%4.7%285 mi
201612227.9%4.1%281 mi
201512327.6%0.8%292 mi
201412030.0%0.8%185 mi
201311127.0%0.9%185 mi
201210822.2%1.9%232 mi
201111727.6%0.0%174 mi
201011727.6%0.0%174 mi
200910631.4%0.0%175 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: 371 mi

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

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