Program field guide · 2026

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UAB

Blazers

UAB’s Alabama-developed core fell from 46 to 29 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2009, 46 of 99 roster spots were filled by Alabama players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 29 of 104 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 1 to 44.

In 2009 the median player grew up 145 mi from campus. Now it is 208 mi.

Of the 44 players who came from another college, 8 are from Alabama. Those home-state players make up 18% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

The record reaches back to 2016, when 44% of the roster came from Alabama. Today it is 36%.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2542.8%43.1%4.5%17.4%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core42.8%43.1%
Transfer stock4.5%17.4%

The roster, at a glance

  • 429 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 102 located players.
  • 35.6%In-state35.6% of the roster is from Alabama.
  • 26.5%Backyard26.5% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 42.3%Detected transfers42.3% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where UAB ranks

Most In-State#5035.6%Most Transfers#742.3%Closest to Home#52429 miFarthest From Home#87429 miBiggest Localism 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: 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 transfer200920122017202020232026

Where do UAB's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
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

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: 208 mi

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

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