Program field guide · 2026

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Ole Miss

Rebels

Ole Miss’s Mississippi-developed core fell from 47 to 27 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 47 of 124 roster spots were filled by Mississippi players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 27 of 112 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 4 to 45.

In 2016 the median player grew up 209 mi from campus. Now it is 298 mi.

Of the 45 players who came from another college, 3 are from Mississippi. Those home-state players make up 7% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2533.9%26.0%2.2%22.8%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core33.9%26.0%
Transfer stock2.2%22.8%

The roster, at a glance

  • 412 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 106 located players.
  • 26.8%In-state26.8% of the roster is from Mississippi.
  • 15.1%Backyard15.1% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 40.2%Detected transfers40.2% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Ole Miss ranks

Most In-State#7826.8%Most Transfers#1040.2%Closest to Home#47412 miFarthest From Home#92412 miBiggest Localism 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.

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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 Ole Miss's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
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

Where the roster grew up

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

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Homecoming Radius: 298 mi

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