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FLORIDA GATOR FOOTBALL HISTORICAL ATLAS

Two source-labeled roster geographies · not a recruiting footprint
PAST · PRESENT · FUTURE / SOURCE-LED ATLAS

Where the Teams Came From · 1996 and 2026

Compare the hometown fields printed in the Florida rosters for two seasons 30 years apart. The cartograms count explicit state labels; they are not birthplace or recruiting maps.

THE FOOTPRINT · TWO VERIFIED ROSTER WINDOWS

Two teams.
Different source footprints.

The 1996 and 2026 roster pages use different eras of roster data and different source formatting. This comparison counts states written explicitly in each hometown field. It does not claim where players were born, recruited, or developed.

1996 · 89 roster entries

WA—OR—CA—ID—NV—AZ—MT—WY—UT—NM—ND—SD—CO—KS1OK—MN—NE—MO—AR—TX2WI—IA—IL—LA2MI—IN—KY—TN2MS3OH1WV—AL—GA4FL1NY—PA1VA2NC2SC—VT—NJ—MD1DE—MA—CT—NH—ME—RI—AK—HI—DC—

22 entries have an explicitly parseable state abbreviation; 67 hometown entries have no state abbreviation. No states are inferred from school names.

2026 · 117 roster entries

WA—OR—CA1ID—NV—AZ1MT—WY—UT—NM—ND—SD—CO—KS1OK—MN—NE1MO—AR—TX—WI—IA—IL1LA1MI—IN—KY—TN—MS4OH—WV—AL8GA14FL62NY1PA2VA1NC2SC1VT—NJ—MD2DE—MA2CT—NH—ME—RI—AK—HI—DC—

105 entries have an explicitly parseable state abbreviation; 12 hometown entries have no state abbreviation. No states are inferred from school names.

A roster field can change between pages or editions. The 1996 source is Florida’s modern historical roster page; the 2026 source is the current official team roster. State abbreviations were normalized only when the abbreviation was explicit in that field. Hometown strings, school names, measurements and class wording remain available on each roster entry.

Game Location Explorer → · 1996 story → · Current Gators HQ →

THE GATOR GRAPH · CANONICAL, SOURCE-BACKED EDGES

Local constellation

Starting from Shawnee, Kan. · 2026 roster · KS · explicit roster hometown labels

People

hometown wording in Florida rosterAaron Chiles →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterAaron Philo →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

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hometown wording in Florida rosterAce Ciongoli →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterAidan Warner →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterAlec Clark →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterAmir Jackson →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterBrendan Bett →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterBrian Case →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterBryce Lovett →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterByron Louis →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterCaden Jones →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterCam Dooley →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown field explicitly gives this stateCedric Warren →

Evidence: 1996 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterCJ Bronaugh →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterCJ Hester →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterCorey Brown →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown field explicitly gives this stateDaryl Owens →

Evidence: 1996 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterDavian Groce →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown field explicitly gives this stateDaymon Carroll →

Evidence: 1996 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterDJ Coleman →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterDK Kalu →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterDrake Stubbs →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterDuke Clark →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown field explicitly gives this stateDwight Edge →

Evidence: 1996 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterDylan Purter →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterEagan Boyer →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterElijah Owens →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterEmeka Ugorji →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterEric Parks →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterErich Seager →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown field explicitly gives this stateErnie Badeaux →

Evidence: 1996 Football Roster

hometown field explicitly gives this stateErron Kinney →

Evidence: 1996 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterEvan Chieca →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterEvan Pryor →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterG'Nivre Carr →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterHeze Kent →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown field explicitly gives this stateIke Hilliard →

Evidence: 1996 Football Roster

hometown field explicitly gives this stateJacquez Green →

Evidence: 1996 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterJadan Baugh →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterJamari Lyons →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterJavier Jones →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterJayden Gross →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterJayden Woods →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterJaylen Lloyd →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterJordy Lowery →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterKaiden Hall →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterKamran James →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterKanye Clark →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterKJ Ford →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterKofi Asare →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterLiam Padron →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterLJ McCray →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterMalik Morris →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterMason Jordan →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterMatthew Kade →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterMicah Jones →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterMiller Fealy →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown field explicitly gives this stateMo Collins →

Evidence: 1996 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterMyles Graham →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown field explicitly gives this stateNafis Karim →

Evidence: 1996 Football Roster

hometown field explicitly gives this stateRod Graddy →

Evidence: 1996 Football Roster

hometown field explicitly gives this stateSean Ladd →

Evidence: 1996 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterTJ Abrams →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterTJ Bullard →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterTJ Dice Jr. →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterTy Jackson →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

hometown wording in Florida rosterWill Griffin →

Evidence: 2026 Football Roster

Every connection above comes from a typed graph relationship with its source record shown beside the destination.