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Sacramento State Hornets football roster hometowns

Where are Sacramento State players from?

On the 2026 Sacramento State football roster, 61.3% of players with a known home state are from California. The median listed hometown is 350 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

The Sacramento State roster story

On the 2026 roster, 46 of 93 spots are filled by California players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data, and 32 players were previously rostered elsewhere.

Of the 32 players previously rostered elsewhere, 11 are from California.

The median player on the 2026 roster grew up 350 mi from campus.

Before and during the portal era

Not enough reliable seasons in both 2016–18 and 2021–25 to compare.

The 2026 roster

  • 677 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 90 located players.
  • 61.3%In-state61.3% of players with a known home state are from California.
  • 35.6%Backyard35.6% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 34.4%Previously rostered elsewhere34.4% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Sacramento State ranks

Most In-State#1261.3%Most Transfers#2334.4%Closest to Home#114677 miFarthest From Home#25677 miBiggest In-State Shift—Not enough dataMost Backyard Players#2235.6%Fewest Transfers#11634.4%Biggest Transfer Shift—Not enough data

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0100200300FBS median (250 mi)2026

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 elsewhereIn-state, rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, rostered elsewhere2026

Where do Sacramento State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
20269361.3%34.4%350 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: 350 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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