Program field guide · 2026

Mountain West · Texas

UTEP

Miners

UTEP’s Texas-developed core fell from 65 to 62 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 65 of 123 roster spots were filled by Texas players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 62 of 110 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 4 to 19.

In 2016 the median player grew up 624 mi from campus. Now it is 586 mi.

Of the 19 players who came from another college, 10 are from Texas. Those home-state players make up 53% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2551.5%48.5%5.5%11.6%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core51.5%48.5%
Transfer stock5.5%11.6%

The roster, at a glance

  • 680 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 104 located players.
  • 66.1%In-state66.1% of the roster is from Texas.
  • 9.6%Backyard9.6% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 17.3%Detected transfers17.3% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where UTEP ranks

Most In-State#766.1%Most Transfers#10717.3%Closest to Home#115680 miFarthest From Home#24680 miBiggest Localism Shift#6066.1%Most Backyard Players#1159.6%Fewest Transfers#3217.3%Biggest Transfer Shift#11117.3%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0200400600FBS 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 UTEP's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611066.1%17.3%586 mi
202512053.8%20.8%649 mi
202410952.8%15.6%649 mi
202312254.5%8.2%608 mi
202211553.0%7.0%633 mi
202112458.1%6.5%572 mi
202012759.8%3.9%570 mi
201911659.3%5.2%585 mi
201811855.2%6.8%584 mi
201712452.5%6.5%602 mi
201612353.3%3.3%624 mi
201511356.3%1.8%572 mi
201411565.5%3.5%583 mi
201310169.7%1.0%583 mi
201210469.6%0.0%639 mi
201110967.9%0.9%601 mi
201010767.0%0.9%626 mi
200910966.1%0.0%617 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: 586 mi

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

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