2026 roster · Roster geography
The UConn roster story
In 2016, 27 of 104 roster spots were filled by Connecticut players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 7 of 96 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 2 to 56.
In 2016 the median player grew up 151 mi from campus. Now it is 563 mi.
None of the 56 players who came from another college grew up in Connecticut.
The record reaches back to 2002, when 27% of the roster came from Connecticut. Today it is 7%.
Then → now
2016–18 compared with 2021–25
- Local-developed core
- Transfer stock
| Measure | 2016–18 | 2021–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local-developed core | 28.5% | 17.8% | |
| Transfer stock | 1.6% | 21.0% |
The roster, at a glance
- 658 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 85 located players.
- 7.4%In-state7.4% of the roster is from Connecticut.
- 12.9%Backyard12.9% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
- 58.3%Detected transfers58.3% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.
Across the FBS
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: 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.
Where do UConn's players come from?
| Season | Roster | In-state | Transfer signal | 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 | — |
‡ 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.
Homecoming Radius: 563 mi
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