Program field guide · 2026

Mid-American · California

Sacramento State

Hornets

Sacramento State’s California-developed core is 46 players on the 2026 roster.

2026 roster · Roster geography

On the 2026 roster, 46 of 93 spots are filled by California players with no earlier college team detected, and 32 players arrived after playing somewhere else.

The median player grew up 350 mi from campus.

Of the 32 players who came from another college, 11 are from California. Those home-state players make up 34% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

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

The roster, at a glance

  • 677 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 90 located players.
  • 61.3%In-state61.3% of the roster is from California.
  • 35.6%Backyard35.6% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 34.4%Detected transfers34.4% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Sacramento State ranks

Most In-State#1261.3%Most Transfers#2334.4%Closest to Home#114677 miFarthest From Home#25677 miBiggest Localism 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.

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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-developedLocal transferOutsider developedOutsider transfer2026

Where do Sacramento State's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
20269361.3%34.4%350 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: 350 mi

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

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