Program field guide · 2026

Sun Belt · Virginia

Old Dominion

Monarchs

Old Dominion’s Virginia-developed core fell from 52 to 23 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 52 of 107 roster spots were filled by Virginia players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 23 of 103 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 1 to 15.

In 2016 the median player grew up 143 mi from campus. Now it is 283 mi.

Of the 15 players who came from another college, 1 is from Virginia. Those home-state players make up 7% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

The record reaches back to 2009, when 63% of the roster came from Virginia. Today it is 23%.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2544.9%33.1%1.2%12.5%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core44.9%33.1%
Transfer stock1.2%12.5%

The roster, at a glance

  • 491 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 97 located players.
  • 23.3%In-state23.3% of the roster is from Virginia.
  • 13.4%Backyard13.4% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 14.6%Detected transfers14.6% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Old Dominion ranks

Most In-State#9023.3%Most Transfers#11814.6%Closest to Home#77491 miFarthest From Home#62491 miBiggest Localism Shift#2123.3%Most Backyard Players#10013.4%Fewest Transfers#2114.6%Biggest Transfer Shift#10714.6%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0100200300FBS 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 transfer201420162018202220242026

Where do Old Dominion's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202610323.3%14.6%283 mi
202511328.3%12.4%278 mi
202410731.8%19.6%299 mi
202311741.0%12.0%173 mi
202211648.7%9.5%144 mi
202110833.0%9.3%209 mi
2020archive8537.8%17.6% proxy203 mi
201911643.1%5.2%168 mi
201811741.7%0.9%166 mi
201711546.1%1.7%150 mi
201610749.5%0.9%143 mi
201511146.8%0.9%144 mi
201410543.8%1.0%144 mi
2012archive‡4750.0%0.0% proxy127 mi
2011archive7471.6%0.0% proxy18 mi
2010archive9061.2%0.0% proxy102 mi
2009archive8562.7%29.4% proxy88 mi

‡ fewer than 70 roster rows or under 75% known home state — treat with caution.

archive = official athletic-site roster. “Proxy” is the share listing a previous school where that field behaved like a transfer field; it is not the same measure as detected transfer stock.

Where the roster grew up

Every 2026 player's hometown, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.

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Homecoming Radius: 283 mi

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

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