Program field guide · 2026

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UTSA

Roadrunners

UTSA’s Texas-developed core fell from 85 to 68 players.

2026 roster · Roster geography

In 2016, 85 of 127 roster spots were filled by Texas players with no earlier college team detected. On the 2026 roster, 68 of 118 fit the same definition. Detected transfers went from 7 to 29.

In 2016 the median player grew up 234 mi from campus. Now it is 203 mi.

Of the 29 players who came from another college, 19 are from Texas. Those home-state players make up 66% of detected-transfer stock on this roster.

Then → now

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2566.4%64.3%5.2%18.7%
  • Local-developed core
  • Transfer stock
Measure2016–182021–25
Local-developed core66.4%64.3%
Transfer stock5.2%18.7%

The roster, at a glance

  • 344 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 114 located players.
  • 73.7%In-state73.7% of the roster is from Texas.
  • 23.7%Backyard23.7% grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 24.6%Detected transfers24.6% of the roster arrived after playing at another school.

Across the FBS

Where UTSA ranks

Most In-State#273.7%Most Transfers#6524.6%Closest to Home#24344 miFarthest From Home#115344 miBiggest Localism Shift#12673.7%Most Backyard Players#5623.7%Fewest Transfers#7424.6%Biggest Transfer Shift#7924.6%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

050100150200250FBS median (250 mi)201220152018202020232026

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 transfer201220152018202020232026

Where do UTSA's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateTransfer signalRadius
202611873.7%24.6%203 mi
202512069.7%25.8%240 mi
202411879.5%22.9%240 mi
202311479.5%13.2%212 mi
202211277.3%17.9%197 mi
202111878.4%13.6%188 mi
202011875.2%9.3%197 mi
201911666.1%10.3%241 mi
201811667.8%6.0%240 mi
201712371.9%4.1%216 mi
201612772.2%5.5%234 mi
201511680.2%3.4%197 mi
201411787.9%0.0%180 mi
201311587.7%0.0%134 mi
20129990.8%0.0%111 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: 203 mi

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

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