2026 roster · Roster geography
The Texas A&M roster story
In 2016, 75 of 107 roster spots were filled by Texas players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 56 of 122 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 3 to 29.
In 2016 the median player grew up 153 mi from campus. Now it is 185 mi.
Of the 29 players who came from another college, 7 are from Texas. Those home-state players make up 24% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.
The record reaches back to 1998, when 89% of the roster came from Texas. Today it is 52%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 74.0% | 61.2% | |
| Transfer stock | 3.3% | 10.6% |
The roster, at a glance
- 520 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 120 located players.
- 51.6%In-state51.6% of the roster is from Texas.
- 30.0%Backyard30.0% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 23.8%Detected transfers23.8% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
Where Texas A&M 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 Texas A&M's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 122 | 51.6% | 23.8% | 185 mi |
| 2025 | 133 | 63.2% | 18.8% | 153 mi |
| 2024 | 142 | 59.9% | 19.0% | 161 mi |
| 2023 | 133 | 61.7% | 10.5% | 152 mi |
| 2022 | 130 | 70.0% | 1.5% | 138 mi |
| 2021 | 120 | 68.9% | 3.3% | 152 mi |
| 2020 | 140 | 73.4% | 2.1% | 152 mi |
| 2019 | 136 | 79.4% | 3.7% | 148 mi |
| 2018 | 129 | 78.1% | 4.7% | 151 mi |
| 2017 | 120 | 77.5% | 2.5% | 149 mi |
| 2016 | 107 | 72.0% | 2.8% | 153 mi |
| 2015 | 121 | 76.9% | 0.8% | 152 mi |
| 2014 | 118 | 80.5% | 0.0% | 151 mi |
| 2013 | 118 | 80.5% | 0.0% | 150 mi |
| 2012 | 118 | 82.9% | 0.0% | 150 mi |
| 2011 | 123 | 87.7% | 0.0% | 136 mi |
| 2010 | 116 | 87.8% | 0.0% | 141 mi |
| 2009 | 118 | 91.5% | 0.0% | 138 mi |
| 2008‡ | 24 | 92.3% | 0.0% | — |
| 2007‡ | 30 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 36 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2005‡ | 33 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 30 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive | 74 | 94.6% | 5.4% proxy | 133 mi |
| 2002archive | 95 | 91.6% | 1.1% proxy | 129 mi |
| 2001archive | 88 | 90.9% | 4.5% proxy | 123 mi |
| 2000archive | 92 | 90.2% | 4.3% proxy | 126 mi |
| 1999archive | 89 | 87.6% | 2.2% proxy | 113 mi |
| 1998archive | 82 | 89.0% | 2.4% proxy | 140 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: 185 mi
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