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Temple

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Temple’s Pennsylvania-developed core fell from 42 to 26 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 42 of 121 roster spots were filled by Pennsylvania players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 26 of 119 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 2 to 25.

In 2016 the median player grew up 74 mi from campus. Now it is 96 mi.

Of the 25 players who came from another college, 3 are from Pennsylvania. Those home-state players make up 12% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2536.9%19.5%2.2%18.6%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core36.9%19.5%
Transfer stock2.2%18.6%

The roster, at a glance

  • 338 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 107 located players.
  • 25.0%In-state25.0% of the roster is from Pennsylvania.
  • 51.4%Backyard51.4% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 21.0%Detected transfers21.0% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Temple ranks

Most In-State#8225.0%Most Transfers#8721.0%Closest to Home#21338 miFarthest From Home#118338 miBiggest Localism Shift#6525.0%Most Backyard Players#451.4%Fewest Transfers#5221.0%Biggest Transfer Shift#8221.0%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

050100150200250FBS median (250 mi)200920122016201920232026

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 transfer200920122016201920232026

Where do Temple's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611925.0%21.0%96 mi
202511623.2%19.0%136 mi
202411218.5%18.8%150 mi
202310716.3%19.6%113 mi
202211423.9%20.2%97 mi
202110929.6%15.6%97 mi
202012738.8%7.1%87 mi
201911635.1%3.4%89 mi
201811737.9%2.6%89 mi
201712238.5%2.5%74 mi
201612135.0%1.7%74 mi
201513539.8%1.5%81 mi
201413741.8%0.7%70 mi
201311839.3%0.0%68 mi
201210437.9%1.9%67 mi
201110343.7%0.0%66 mi
201010942.6%0.0%78 mi
200910738.3%0.0%83 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: 96 mi

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

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