Program field guide · 2026

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Tulane

Green Wave

Tulane’s Louisiana-developed core fell from 52 to 26 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 52 of 97 roster spots were filled by Louisiana players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 26 of 117 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 0 to 30.

In 2016 the median player grew up 137 mi from campus. Now it is 407 mi.

Of the 30 players who came from another college, 7 are from Louisiana. Those home-state players make up 23% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

The record reaches back to 2001, when 52% of the roster came from Louisiana. Today it is 28%.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2540.4%26.4%1.1%15.8%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core40.4%26.4%
Transfer stock1.1%15.8%

The roster, at a glance

  • 459 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 113 located players.
  • 28.2%In-state28.2% of the roster is from Louisiana.
  • 22.1%Backyard22.1% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 25.6%Detected transfers25.6% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where Tulane ranks

Most In-State#7528.2%Most Transfers#6025.6%Closest to Home#66459 miFarthest From Home#73459 miBiggest Localism Shift#6228.2%Most Backyard Players#5922.1%Fewest Transfers#7925.6%Biggest Transfer Shift#5025.6%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0100200300400FBS median (250 mi)200120062011201620212026

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 Tulane's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611728.2%25.6%407 mi
202511729.9%29.9%382 mi
202412034.5%19.2%357 mi
202312237.2%13.9%315 mi
202211728.7%9.4%323 mi
202112628.1%6.3%326 mi
202010723.4%5.6%405 mi
201910819.6%4.6%386 mi
20189529.5%2.1%320 mi
20179238.0%1.1%323 mi
20169754.2%0.0%137 mi
201511065.1%0.0%73 mi
201411663.5%1.7%73 mi
201310160.0%2.0%115 mi
201210348.0%0.0%280 mi
20119838.8%0.0%316 mi
20109536.8%0.0%329 mi
20099131.1%0.0%315 mi
2008‡3425.0%0.0%—
2007‡2740.0%0.0%—
2006‡2650.0%0.0%—
2005‡31—0.0%—
2004‡26—0.0%—
2003archive8739.5%0.0% proxy316 mi
2002archive8641.9%0.0% proxy312 mi
2001archive8852.3%0.0% proxy170 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: 407 mi

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