Players from Connecticut with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 26% of roster spots in 2016 and 7% on the 2026 roster.
In 2016, 27 of 104 roster spots were filled by Connecticut players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 7 of 96 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 2 to 56.
The median hometown distance moved from 151 mi in 2016 to 563 mi on the 2026 roster. The reliable geography record begins in 2002. Among players with a known home state, 27% were from Connecticut, compared with 7% on the 2026 roster.
Before and during the portal era
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- In-state, not rostered elsewhere
- Previously rostered elsewhere
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-state, not rostered elsewhere | 28.5% | 17.8% | |
| Previously rostered elsewhere | 1.6% | 21.0% |
The 2026 roster
- 658 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 85 located players.
- 7.4%In-state7.4% of players with a known home state are from Connecticut.
- 12.9%Backyard12.9% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 58.3%Previously rostered elsewhere58.3% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.
Where UConn ranks
Homecoming Radius over time
The median hometown-to-campus distance, by season. The dotted line is the FBS median.
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.
Where do UConn's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Rostered elsewhere | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 96 | 7.4% | 58.3% | 563 mi |
| 2025 | 118 | 23.7% | 29.7% | 295 mi |
| 2024 | 112 | 18.9% | 26.8% | 323 mi |
| 2023 | 112 | 20.2% | 20.5% | 323 mi |
| 2022 | 102 | 18.0% | 20.6% | 632 mi |
| 2021 | 111 | 16.7% | 7.2% | 674 mi |
| 2020archive | 98 | 22.2% | 12.2% proxy | — |
| 2019 | 104 | 28.2% | 3.8% | 199 mi |
| 2018 | 104 | 31.1% | 1.0% | 138 mi |
| 2017 | 104 | 29.1% | 1.9% | 117 mi |
| 2016 | 104 | 26.2% | 1.9% | 151 mi |
| 2015 | 112 | 22.3% | 1.8% | 160 mi |
| 2014 | 96 | 29.2% | 1.0% | 123 mi |
| 2013 | 106 | 24.5% | 0.9% | 154 mi |
| 2012 | 104 | 20.2% | 1.0% | 169 mi |
| 2011 | 93 | 10.9% | 1.1% | 189 mi |
| 2010 | 97 | 13.4% | 1.0% | 227 mi |
| 2009 | 95 | 15.8% | 0.0% | 247 mi |
| 2008‡ | 35 | 17.4% | 0.0% | — |
| 2007‡ | 26 | 16.7% | 0.0% | — |
| 2006‡ | 28 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2005‡ | 30 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2004‡ | 24 | — | 0.0% | — |
| 2003archive | 98 | 24.1% | 9.2% proxy | — |
| 2002archive | 101 | 26.7% | 8.9% proxy | — |
In-state shares use players with a known home state. Radius uses located hometowns.
‡ 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 the share previously rostered elsewhere.
Where the roster grew up
Located hometowns on the 2026 roster, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.
Homecoming Radius: 563 mi