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Ole Miss Rebels football roster hometowns

Where are Ole Miss players from?

On the 2026 Ole Miss football roster, 26.8% of players with a known home state are from Mississippi. The median listed hometown is 298 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

Players from Mississippi with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 38% of roster spots in 2016 and 24% on the 2026 roster.

In 2016, 47 of 124 roster spots were filled by Mississippi players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 27 of 112 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 4 to 45.

The median hometown distance moved from 209 mi in 2016 to 298 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2533.9%26.0%2.2%22.8%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere33.9%26.0%
Previously rostered elsewhere2.2%22.8%

The 2026 roster

  • 412 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 106 located players.
  • 26.8%In-state26.8% of players with a known home state are from Mississippi.
  • 15.1%Backyard15.1% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 40.2%Previously rostered elsewhere40.2% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Ole Miss ranks

Most In-State#7826.8%Most Transfers#1040.2%Closest to Home#47412 miFarthest From Home#92412 miBiggest In-State Shift#9626.8%Most Backyard Players#8915.1%Fewest Transfers#12940.2%Biggest Transfer Shift#840.2%

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: 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 Ole Miss's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202611226.8%40.2%298 mi
202511926.9%31.1%287 mi
202413424.6%30.6%296 mi
202312922.5%29.5%307 mi
202213228.2%17.4%279 mi
202113537.3%5.2%223 mi
202012241.2%3.3%216 mi
201911940.3%0.8%210 mi
201811832.8%1.7%268 mi
201712731.7%1.6%275 mi
201612438.2%3.2%209 mi
201512537.6%1.6%199 mi
201413242.0%1.5%175 mi
201312539.5%1.6%171 mi
201211938.1%1.7%199 mi
201112131.7%0.8%263 mi
201011926.9%1.7%277 mi
200912324.4%1.6%290 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: 298 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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