Program field guide · 2026

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Syracuse

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Syracuse’s New York-developed core fell from 17 to 16 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 17 of 108 roster spots were filled by New York players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 16 of 110 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 1 to 26.

In 2016 the median player grew up 590 mi from campus. Now it is 285 mi.

Of the 26 players who came from another college, 1 is from New York. Those home-state players make up 4% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

The record reaches back to 2001, when 22% of the roster came from New York. Today it is 15%.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2512.6%15.5%2.3%15.0%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core12.6%15.5%
Transfer stock2.3%15.0%

The roster, at a glance

  • 579 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 95 located players.
  • 15.5%In-state15.5% of the roster is from New York.
  • 4.2%Backyard4.2% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 23.6%Detected transfers23.6% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Syracuse ranks

Most In-State#11415.5%Most Transfers#7623.6%Closest to Home#96579 miFarthest From Home#43579 miBiggest Localism Shift#12915.5%Most Backyard Players#1384.2%Fewest Transfers#6323.6%Biggest Transfer Shift#6823.6%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0200400600FBS median (250 mi)200120062011201620212026

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 transfer200420082013201720222026

Where do Syracuse's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611015.5%23.6%285 mi
202512723.0%20.5%254 mi
202410717.5%22.4%258 mi
202310917.9%16.5%326 mi
202210815.4%10.2%427 mi
20219613.0%5.2%299 mi
202011516.1%1.7%290 mi
201911211.6%1.8%297 mi
201810012.2%3.0%340 mi
20179810.2%3.1%566 mi
201610815.9%0.9%590 mi
20159923.2%0.0%348 mi
201411427.4%0.0%278 mi
201311030.3%0.9%270 mi
201210231.7%0.0%257 mi
201110531.7%0.0%237 mi
20109630.5%0.0%235 mi
20097829.9%0.0%231 mi
2008‡3223.8%0.0%—
2007‡3033.3%0.0%—
2006‡3040.0%0.0%—
2005‡35—0.0%—
2004‡26—0.0%—
2003archive10324.0%0.0% proxy254 mi
2001archive9422.2%0.0% proxy228 mi

‡ fewer than 70 roster rows or under 75% known home state — treat with caution.

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 detected transfer stock.

Where the roster grew up

Every 2026 player's hometown, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.

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Homecoming Radius: 285 mi

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