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Vanderbilt Commodores football roster hometowns

Where are Vanderbilt players from?

On the 2026 Vanderbilt football roster, 17.5% of players with a known home state are from Tennessee. The median listed hometown is 417 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

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

The Vanderbilt roster story

In 2016, 17 of 98 roster spots were filled by Tennessee players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 18 of 115 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 1 to 28.

The median hometown distance moved from 350 mi in 2016 to 417 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2514.5%14.1%2.3%15.1%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere14.5%14.1%
Previously rostered elsewhere2.3%15.1%

The 2026 roster

  • 476 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 110 located players.
  • 17.5%In-state17.5% of players with a known home state are from Tennessee.
  • 13.6%Backyard13.6% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 24.3%Previously rostered elsewhere24.3% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where Vanderbilt ranks

Most In-State#10917.5%Most Transfers#6924.3%Closest to Home#70476 miFarthest From Home#69476 miBiggest In-State Shift#13017.5%Most Backyard Players#9913.6%Fewest Transfers#7024.3%Biggest Transfer Shift#6524.3%

Homecoming Radius over time

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

0100200300400500FBS 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 Vanderbilt's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202611517.5%24.3%417 mi
202511317.9%25.7%498 mi
202412018.6%21.7%493 mi
202311419.5%9.6%336 mi
202210912.0%10.1%420 mi
202110814.0%8.3%398 mi
202011211.9%8.0%442 mi
201911514.8%7.8%435 mi
201810515.5%3.8%466 mi
201710012.0%2.0%407 mi
20169817.5%1.0%350 mi
20159817.3%0.0%279 mi
201410818.5%1.9%263 mi
201310619.8%0.9%291 mi
201210417.3%1.0%344 mi
201110315.5%0.0%338 mi
20109917.2%1.0%290 mi
200910221.6%1.0%286 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: 417 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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