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USC Trojans football roster hometowns

Where are USC players from?

On the 2026 USC football roster, 50.8% of players with a known home state are from California. The median listed hometown is 330 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

The 2026 snapshot was collected before the season. Sources and definitions

Players from California with no earlier college roster elsewhere in the data filled 65% of roster spots in 2016 and 47% on the 2026 roster.

In 2016, 68 of 105 roster spots were filled by California players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 59 of 126 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 1 to 19.

Of the 19 players previously rostered elsewhere, 5 are from California.

The median hometown distance moved from 52 mi in 2016 to 330 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2565.0%46.7%0.3%21.8%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere65.0%46.7%
Previously rostered elsewhere0.3%21.8%

The 2026 roster

  • 765 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 123 located players.
  • 50.8%In-state50.8% of players with a known home state are from California.
  • 42.3%Backyard42.3% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 15.1%Previously rostered elsewhere15.1% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where USC ranks

Most In-State#2750.8%Most Transfers#11515.1%Closest to Home#123765 miFarthest From Home#16765 miBiggest In-State Shift#4550.8%Most Backyard Players#1142.3%Fewest Transfers#2415.1%Biggest Transfer Shift#10215.1%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0100200300400FBS median (250 mi)200920122016201920232026

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.

In-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, rostered elsewhere200920122016201920232026

Where do USC's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202612650.8%15.1%330 mi
202511443.0%21.9%365 mi
202410650.0%24.5%332 mi
202311053.2%28.2%316 mi
202211057.4%23.6%306 mi
202113059.4%10.8%148 mi
202013265.4%0.8%101 mi
201911467.3%0.0%75 mi
20189964.3%0.0%66 mi
201711167.3%0.0%54 mi
201610565.7%1.0%52 mi
201512168.6%0.8%52 mi
201412268.9%0.0%47 mi
201311265.2%0.9%101 mi
201211875.2%0.8%47 mi
201111376.8%0.0%50 mi
201010874.5%0.9%52 mi
200910777.6%2.8%48 mi

In-state shares use players with a known home state. Radius uses located hometowns.

Where the roster grew up

Located hometowns on the 2026 roster, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.

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Homecoming Radius: 330 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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