Program field guide · 2026

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Texas

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Texas’s Texas-developed core fell from 96 to 55 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 96 of 121 roster spots were filled by Texas players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 55 of 110 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 2 to 26.

In 2016 the median player grew up 181 mi from campus. Now it is 205 mi.

Of the 26 players who came from another college, 7 are from Texas. Those home-state players make up 27% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2577.4%68.1%2.4%8.6%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core77.4%68.1%
Transfer stock2.4%8.6%

The roster, at a glance

  • 481 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 108 located players.
  • 56.4%In-state56.4% of the roster is from Texas.
  • 16.7%Backyard16.7% 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 Texas ranks

Most In-State#1956.4%Most Transfers#7523.6%Closest to Home#73481 miFarthest From Home#66481 miBiggest Localism Shift#2256.4%Most Backyard Players#8416.7%Fewest Transfers#6423.6%Biggest Transfer Shift#7023.6%

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-developedLocal transferOutsider developedOutsider transfer200920122016201920232026

Where do Texas's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611056.4%23.6%205 mi
202511164.0%11.7%198 mi
202411767.5%10.3%181 mi
202311973.1%7.6%172 mi
202212475.8%8.1%172 mi
202110778.1%5.6%171 mi
202012379.3%2.4%172 mi
201912074.2%1.7%172 mi
201810475.0%2.9%181 mi
201710979.8%2.8%181 mi
201612180.2%1.7%181 mi
201512283.5%0.0%180 mi
201412785.8%0.0%167 mi
201312090.8%0.8%168 mi
201211788.9%1.7%168 mi
201111491.2%0.0%167 mi
201011192.7%0.0%169 mi
200910991.7%0.0%168 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: 205 mi

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

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