Program field guide · 2026

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Pittsburgh

Panthers

Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania-developed core fell from 43 to 30 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 43 of 105 roster spots were filled by Pennsylvania players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 30 of 112 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 3 to 20.

In 2016 the median player grew up 216 mi from campus. Now it is 316 mi.

Of the 20 players who came from another college, 4 are from Pennsylvania. Those home-state players make up 20% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2536.6%25.5%4.1%14.7%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core36.6%25.5%
Transfer stock4.1%14.7%

The roster, at a glance

  • 449 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 110 located players.
  • 30.4%In-state30.4% of the roster is from Pennsylvania.
  • 20.0%Backyard20.0% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 17.9%Detected transfers17.9% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Pittsburgh ranks

Most In-State#6930.4%Most Transfers#10417.9%Closest to Home#62449 miFarthest From Home#77449 miBiggest Localism Shift#10030.4%Most Backyard Players#6520.0%Fewest Transfers#3517.9%Biggest Transfer Shift#10617.9%

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 transfer200920122016201920232026

Where do Pittsburgh's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611230.4%17.9%316 mi
202511628.4%19.0%315 mi
202411828.0%17.8%306 mi
202311731.6%14.5%244 mi
202211628.7%12.9%244 mi
202111027.8%9.1%268 mi
202011730.2%6.0%258 mi
201911536.0%6.1%244 mi
20189636.5%4.2%207 mi
20179632.3%5.2%230 mi
201610541.9%2.9%216 mi
201510847.7%1.9%189 mi
201410646.7%1.9%175 mi
20139857.1%3.1%150 mi
20129955.6%3.0%163 mi
201110156.4%3.0%165 mi
201010866.7%0.9%119 mi
20099166.7%0.0%141 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: 316 mi

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