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Oregon State Beavers football roster hometowns

Where are Oregon State players from?

On the 2026 Oregon State football roster, 14.2% of players with a known home state are from Oregon. The median listed hometown is 769 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

Players from Oregon with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 22% of roster spots in 2016 and 14% on the 2026 roster.

In 2016, 25 of 112 roster spots were filled by Oregon players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 15 of 108 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 1 to 25.

The median hometown distance moved from 786 mi in 2016 to 769 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2520.8%19.5%3.6%15.4%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere20.8%19.5%
Previously rostered elsewhere3.6%15.4%

The 2026 roster

  • 1,030 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 102 located players.
  • 14.2%In-state14.2% of players with a known home state are from Oregon.
  • 13.7%Backyard13.7% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 23.1%Previously rostered elsewhere23.1% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Oregon State ranks

Most In-State#11814.2%Most Transfers#7923.1%Closest to Home#1351,030 miFarthest From Home#41,030 miBiggest In-State Shift#9314.2%Most Backyard Players#9813.7%Fewest Transfers#6023.1%Biggest Transfer Shift#7823.1%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0200400600800FBS 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 Oregon State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202610814.2%23.1%769 mi
202511518.6%23.5%608 mi
202411422.3%18.4%485 mi
202312522.0%10.4%499 mi
202212123.1%10.7%557 mi
202112024.3%14.2%482 mi
202015425.5%7.1%481 mi
201912522.3%7.2%503 mi
201811623.2%4.3%733 mi
201710820.8%5.6%811 mi
201611222.5%0.9%786 mi
201511822.2%0.8%730 mi
201411818.8%0.8%742 mi
201311420.4%0.0%737 mi
201211021.1%0.0%635 mi
201111824.6%0.0%635 mi
201010630.2%0.0%743 mi
200911128.8%0.0%770 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: 769 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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