2026 roster · Roster geography
The Tennessee roster story
In 2016, 50 of 122 roster spots were filled by Tennessee players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 33 of 112 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 0 to 20.
In 2016 the median player grew up 167 mi from campus. Now it is 192 mi.
Of the 20 players who came from another college, 1 is from Tennessee. Those home-state players make up 5% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 1966, when 42% of the roster came from Tennessee. Today it is 30%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 39.1% | 34.7% | |
| Transfer stock | 0.9% | 14.8% |
The roster, at a glance
- 344 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 105 located players.
- 30.4%In-state30.4% of the roster is from Tennessee.
- 12.4%Backyard12.4% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 17.9%Detected transfers17.9% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Tennessee ranks
Homecoming Radius over time
The median hometown-to-campus distance, by season. The dotted line is the FBS median.
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.
Where do Tennessee's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 112 | 30.4% | 17.9% | 192 mi |
| 2025 | 110 | 36.4% | 12.7% | 188 mi |
| 2024 | 123 | 40.7% | 17.1% | 207 mi |
| 2023 | 124 | 38.2% | 17.7% | 194 mi |
| 2022 | 125 | 38.7% | 15.2% | 202 mi |
| 2021 | 123 | 39.2% | 11.4% | 196 mi |
| 2020 | 141 | 40.1% | 5.0% | 203 mi |
| 2019 | 128 | 37.1% | 2.3% | 238 mi |
| 2018 | 115 | 37.4% | 1.7% | 250 mi |
| 2017 | 121 | 39.2% | 0.8% | 194 mi |
| 2016 | 122 | 41.0% | 0.0% | 167 mi |
| 2015 | 122 | 42.6% | 1.6% | 169 mi |
| 2014 | 121 | 43.0% | 0.8% | 180 mi |
| 2013 | 126 | 42.1% | 0.8% | 176 mi |
| 2012 | 117 | 38.5% | 0.0% | 199 mi |
| 2011 | 120 | 40.0% | 0.8% | 174 mi |
| 2010 | 122 | 39.3% | 0.8% | 175 mi |
| 2009 | 109 | 43.1% | 0.9% | 220 mi |
| 2008‡ | 28 | 27.8% | 3.6% | — |
| 2007‡ | 36 | 25.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 28 | 25.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2005‡ | 26 | 50.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 28 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2002archive‡ | 104 | 1.4% | 12.5% proxy | — |
| 2001archive‡ | 96 | 2.9% | 6.3% proxy | — |
| 2000archive | 99 | 40.2% | 4.0% proxy | 209 mi |
| 1999archive | 94 | 38.6% | 4.3% proxy | 178 mi |
| 1997archive | 100 | 37.8% | 4.0% proxy | 236 mi |
| 1996archive | 87 | 36.8% | 8.0% proxy | 276 mi |
| 1995archive | 91 | 41.8% | 7.7% proxy | 268 mi |
| 1994archive | 91 | 43.3% | 5.5% proxy | 265 mi |
| 1993archive | 70 | 50.7% | 11.4% proxy | 229 mi |
| 1992archive | 84 | 41.5% | 7.1% proxy | 326 mi |
| 1991archive | 93 | 38.7% | 9.7% proxy | 335 mi |
| 1990archive | 103 | 36.9% | 9.7% proxy | 335 mi |
| 1989archive | 98 | 42.9% | 7.1% proxy | 268 mi |
| 1988archive | 97 | 51.5% | 4.1% proxy | 222 mi |
| 1987archive | 101 | 41.6% | 4.0% proxy | 265 mi |
| 1986archive | 97 | 46.4% | 2.1% proxy | 222 mi |
| 1985archive | 96 | 50.0% | 0.0% proxy | 207 mi |
| 1984archive | 99 | 51.5% | 0.0% proxy | 193 mi |
| 1983archive | 95 | 45.2% | 0.0% proxy | 236 mi |
| 1982archive | 97 | 45.3% | 0.0% proxy | 188 mi |
| 1980archive | 93 | 46.2% | 0.0% proxy | 178 mi |
| 1979archive‡ | 68 | 44.8% | 0.0% proxy | 160 mi |
| 1978archive‡ | 68 | 52.9% | 0.0% proxy | 160 mi |
| 1976archive | 82 | 37.8% | 0.0% proxy | 178 mi |
| 1975archive | 94 | 42.6% | 0.0% proxy | 154 mi |
| 1974archive | 100 | 43.0% | 0.0% proxy | 159 mi |
| 1973archive | 82 | 48.8% | 1.2% proxy | 154 mi |
| 1972archive | 83 | 48.2% | 1.2% proxy | 160 mi |
| 1971archive‡ | 56 | 57.1% | 0.0% proxy | 168 mi |
| 1970archive‡ | 56 | 58.9% | 0.0% proxy | 183 mi |
| 1969archive | 87 | 60.5% | 0.0% proxy | 164 mi |
| 1968archive | 95 | 66.0% | 0.0% proxy | 160 mi |
| 1967archive | 81 | 47.5% | 0.0% proxy | 176 mi |
| 1966archive | 83 | 42.2% | 0.0% proxy | 202 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.
Homecoming Radius: 192 mi
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