Program field guide · 2026

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UCF

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UCF’s Florida-developed core fell from 73 to 38 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 73 of 118 roster spots were filled by Florida players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 38 of 108 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 4 to 40.

In 2016 the median player grew up 182 mi from campus. Now it is 205 mi.

Of the 40 players who came from another college, 15 are from Florida. Those home-state players make up 38% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2562.7%50.1%5.8%24.0%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core62.7%50.1%
Transfer stock5.8%24.0%

The roster, at a glance

  • 538 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 100 located players.
  • 49.1%In-state49.1% of the roster is from Florida.
  • 27.0%Backyard27.0% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 37.0%Detected transfers37.0% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where UCF ranks

Most In-State#3049.1%Most Transfers#1637.0%Closest to Home#89538 miFarthest From Home#50538 miBiggest Localism Shift#3149.1%Most Backyard Players#4127.0%Fewest Transfers#12337.0%Biggest Transfer Shift#2137.0%

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 UCF's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202610849.1%37.0%205 mi
202511257.7%33.9%183 mi
202411961.2%26.1%163 mi
202312160.8%24.8%180 mi
202211664.3%19.8%183 mi
202110961.1%15.6%205 mi
202012269.4%8.2%183 mi
201912667.5%10.3%183 mi
201810971.6%7.3%182 mi
201712166.9%6.6%191 mi
201611865.3%3.4%182 mi
201511759.8%1.7%187 mi
201411061.8%1.8%183 mi
201310367.0%1.9%177 mi
201210367.0%1.0%189 mi
201110165.3%0.0%205 mi
20109870.4%0.0%205 mi
20099368.8%1.1%205 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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