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UAB Blazers football roster hometowns

Where are UAB players from?

On the 2026 UAB football roster, 35.6% of players with a known home state are from Alabama. The median listed hometown is 208 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

The 2026 snapshot was collected before the season. Sources and definitions

Players from Alabama with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 46% of roster spots in 2009 and 28% on the 2026 roster.

In 2009, 46 of 99 roster spots were filled by Alabama players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 29 of 104 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 1 to 44.

The median hometown distance moved from 145 mi in 2009 to 208 mi on the 2026 roster. The reliable geography record begins in 2016. Among players with a known home state, 44% were from Alabama, compared with 36% on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2542.8%43.1%4.5%17.4%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere42.8%43.1%
Previously rostered elsewhere4.5%17.4%

The 2026 roster

  • 429 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 102 located players.
  • 35.6%In-state35.6% of players with a known home state are from Alabama.
  • 26.5%Backyard26.5% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 42.3%Previously rostered elsewhere42.3% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where UAB ranks

Most In-State#5035.6%Most Transfers#742.3%Closest to Home#52429 miFarthest From Home#87429 miBiggest In-State Shift#9235.6%Most Backyard Players#4326.5%Fewest Transfers#13242.3%Biggest Transfer Shift#942.3%

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: home-state players with and without an earlier college roster, out-of-state players with and without one, and players with unknown geography. This chart begins where stable athlete IDs make transfer detection possible; the radius chart above carries the official-archive geography farther back.

In-state, not rostered elsewhereIn-state, rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, rostered elsewhere200920122017202020232026

Where do UAB's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202610435.6%42.3%208 mi
202510635.8%31.1%201 mi
202412042.5%22.5%151 mi
202311750.4%16.2%159 mi
202212455.6%8.1%140 mi
202113459.0%9.0%130 mi
202012356.9%6.5%140 mi
201912659.5%6.3%126 mi
201813043.8%6.2%207 mi
201714343.4%2.8%208 mi
2016archive11444.2%45.6% proxy201 mi
201410849.1%0.9%130 mi
201311053.6%0.9%125 mi
201210449.0%1.0%133 mi
201110543.8%1.0%140 mi
20109043.3%1.1%153 mi
20099947.5%1.0%145 mi

In-state shares use players with a known home state. Radius uses located hometowns.

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 the share previously rostered elsewhere.

Where the roster grew up

Located hometowns on the 2026 roster, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.

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Homecoming Radius: 208 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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