Program field guide · 2026

Big 12 · Texas

TCU

Horned Frogs

TCU’s Texas-developed core grew from 75 to 78 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 75 of 120 roster spots were filled by Texas players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 78 of 117 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 7 to 18.

In 2016 the median player grew up 199 mi from campus. Now it is 207 mi.

Of the 18 players who came from another college, 7 are from Texas. Those home-state players make up 39% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

The record reaches back to 1999, when 95% of the roster came from Texas. Today it is 73%.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2557.3%54.9%5.3%17.3%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core57.3%54.9%
Transfer stock5.3%17.3%

The roster, at a glance

  • 356 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 117 located players.
  • 72.6%In-state72.6% of the roster is from Texas.
  • 31.6%Backyard31.6% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 15.4%Detected transfers15.4% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where TCU ranks

Most In-State#372.6%Most Transfers#11315.4%Closest to Home#30356 miFarthest From Home#109356 miBiggest Localism Shift#6172.6%Most Backyard Players#2731.6%Fewest Transfers#2615.4%Biggest Transfer Shift#11715.4%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

050100150200250FBS median (250 mi)199920042010201520212026

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 transfer200420082013201720222026

Where do TCU's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611772.6%15.4%207 mi
202511769.2%16.2%207 mi
202412969.8%27.1%153 mi
202312763.8%20.5%207 mi
202213563.0%13.3%185 mi
202110755.7%9.3%236 mi
202013655.9%5.9%236 mi
201912954.7%3.9%237 mi
201812456.9%4.0%236 mi
201713257.6%6.1%236 mi
201612066.4%5.8%199 mi
201512766.7%3.1%201 mi
201412269.2%3.3%190 mi
201312371.1%1.6%212 mi
201211775.9%2.6%193 mi
201111678.4%0.9%179 mi
201011780.3%0.9%181 mi
200910582.9%1.0%177 mi
2008‡3488.9%0.0%154 mi
2007‡3794.4%0.0%—
2006‡38100.0%0.0%—
2005‡37—0.0%—
2004‡30—0.0%—
2003archive18286.3%—156 mi
2002archive10994.5%—123 mi
2001archive11093.6%—120 mi
2000archive‡11483.1%——
1999archive11094.5%—80 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: 207 mi

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