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Sam Houston Bearkats football roster hometowns

Where are Sam Houston players from?

On the 2026 Sam Houston football roster, 49.5% of players with a known home state are from Texas. The median listed hometown is 263 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

The Sam Houston roster story

On the 2026 roster, 43 of 103 spots are filled by Texas players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data, and 32 players were previously rostered elsewhere.

Of the 32 players previously rostered elsewhere, 8 are from Texas.

The median player on the 2026 roster grew up 263 mi from campus. The reliable geography record begins in 1984. Among players with a known home state, 87% were from Texas, compared with 50% on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–25—63.9%—19.6%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere—63.9%
Previously rostered elsewhere—19.6%

The 2026 roster

  • 517 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 100 located players.
  • 49.5%In-state49.5% of players with a known home state are from Texas.
  • 26.0%Backyard26.0% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 31.1%Previously rostered elsewhere31.1% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Sam Houston ranks

Most In-State#2949.5%Most Transfers#3631.1%Closest to Home#82517 miFarthest From Home#57517 miBiggest In-State Shift#549.5%Most Backyard Players#4726.0%Fewest Transfers#10331.1%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.

050100150200250FBS median (250 mi)198419922001200920182026

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 elsewhere2023202420252026

Where do Sam Houston's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202610349.5%31.1%263 mi
202510556.2%27.6%190 mi
202411883.8%18.6%153 mi
202311182.0%12.6%154 mi
2022archive11487.4%0.0% proxy108 mi
2021archive12588.5%0.0% proxy127 mi
2019archive9680.0%0.0% proxy158 mi
2018archive9281.1%0.0% proxy153 mi
2017archive9788.7%0.0% proxy128 mi
2016archive10085.0%0.0% proxy158 mi
2015archive10085.9%0.0% proxy150 mi
2014archive10189.0%0.0% proxy142 mi
2013archive9292.3%0.0% proxy133 mi
2012archive8895.4%0.0% proxy126 mi
2011archive9292.3%0.0% proxy114 mi
2010archive9088.8%0.0% proxy114 mi
2009archive9183.5%0.0% proxy130 mi
2008archive8285.4%0.0% proxy131 mi
2007archive8190.1%0.0% proxy127 mi
2006archive9195.6%0.0% proxy106 mi
2005archive8998.9%0.0% proxy105 mi
2004archive92100.0%0.0% proxy106 mi
2003archive96100.0%0.0% proxy92 mi
2002archive8596.4%0.0% proxy111 mi
2001archive8897.7%0.0% proxy112 mi
2000archive8695.3%0.0% proxy113 mi
1999archive8994.4%0.0% proxy115 mi
1998archive87100.0%0.0% proxy114 mi
1997archive9397.8%0.0% proxy113 mi
1996archive8596.4%0.0% proxy114 mi
1995archive8997.8%0.0% proxy114 mi
1994archive8296.3%0.0% proxy107 mi
1993archive7896.2%0.0% proxy93 mi
1992archive8297.6%0.0% proxy81 mi
1991archive8797.7%0.0% proxy91 mi
1990archive10999.1%0.0% proxy83 mi
1989archive89100.0%0.0% proxy66 mi
1988archive9396.8%0.0% proxy72 mi
1987archive9597.9%0.0% proxy93 mi
1986archive8298.8%0.0% proxy95 mi
1985archive9991.9%0.0% proxy95 mi
1984archive8787.4%0.0% proxy114 mi

In-state shares use players with a known home state. Radius uses located hometowns.

archive = official athletic-site roster. “Proxy” is the share listing a previous school where that field behaved like a transfer field; it is not the same measure as the share previously rostered elsewhere.

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: 263 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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