Program field guide · 2026

Mountain West · Nevada

UNLV

Rebels

UNLV’s Nevada-developed core fell from 21 to 16 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 21 of 106 roster spots were filled by Nevada players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 16 of 108 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 3 to 29.

In 2016 the median player grew up 259 mi from campus. Now it is 608 mi.

None of the 29 players who came from another college grew up in Nevada.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2519.3%8.8%4.6%21.3%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core19.3%8.8%
Transfer stock4.6%21.3%

The roster, at a glance

  • 818 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 105 located players.
  • 14.8%In-state14.8% of the roster is from Nevada.
  • 15.2%Backyard15.2% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 26.9%Detected transfers26.9% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where UNLV ranks

Most In-State#11614.8%Most Transfers#5426.9%Closest to Home#126818 miFarthest From Home#13818 miBiggest Localism Shift#11014.8%Most Backyard Players#8815.2%Fewest Transfers#8526.9%Biggest Transfer Shift#5926.9%

Homecoming Radius over time

The median hometown-to-campus distance, by season. The dotted line is the FBS median.

02004006008001000FBS 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-developedOutsider developedOutsider transfer200920122016201920232026

Where do UNLV's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202610814.8%26.9%608 mi
202511011.8%40.9%1,075 mi
202411412.4%24.6%680 mi
20231105.5%20.9%842 mi
20221057.7%12.4%410 mi
202111313.0%8.0%355 mi
202014418.0%6.3%264 mi
201910719.6%5.6%259 mi
201810521.9%5.7%259 mi
201711619.0%5.2%258 mi
201610620.2%2.8%259 mi
201510122.8%0.0%259 mi
201410522.9%0.0%259 mi
201310126.7%2.0%254 mi
20128822.7%0.0%227 mi
201110127.7%0.0%223 mi
201010028.0%0.0%231 mi
20098615.3%0.0%254 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: 608 mi

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

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