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Rice

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Rice’s Texas-developed core fell from 90 to 52 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 90 of 106 roster spots were filled by Texas players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 52 of 103 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 0 to 21.

In 2016 the median player grew up 145 mi from campus. Now it is 241 mi.

Of the 21 players who came from another college, 6 are from Texas. Those home-state players make up 29% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2583.7%55.0%0.7%10.3%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core83.7%55.0%
Transfer stock0.7%10.3%

The roster, at a glance

  • 491 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 100 located players.
  • 56.3%In-state56.3% of the roster is from Texas.
  • 27.0%Backyard27.0% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 20.4%Detected transfers20.4% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Rice ranks

Most In-State#2056.3%Most Transfers#8920.4%Closest to Home#78491 miFarthest From Home#61491 miBiggest Localism Shift#1156.3%Most Backyard Players#4227.0%Fewest Transfers#5020.4%Biggest Transfer Shift#7620.4%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

050100150200250FBS 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-developedLocal transferOutsider developedOutsider transfer200920122016201920232026

Where do Rice's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202610356.3%20.4%241 mi
202510765.1%17.8%221 mi
202412156.2%12.4%239 mi
202311154.1%10.8%251 mi
202210856.5%7.4%246 mi
202112458.5%3.2%244 mi
202011464.9%2.6%227 mi
201910569.5%1.0%221 mi
20189881.4%2.0%154 mi
20179785.6%0.0%141 mi
201610685.7%0.0%145 mi
201511587.7%0.0%145 mi
201410987.0%0.9%147 mi
201310786.0%0.0%155 mi
201210188.1%1.0%155 mi
201110087.0%1.0%143 mi
201010285.3%1.0%141 mi
20099480.9%1.1%155 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: 241 mi

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

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