Homegrown – An interactive map of every 2025 FBS college football player

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troad•1 day ago

Very neat!

I tried to drag left to get to Asia / Oceania, and got stuck on the International Date Line. Would be neater if it wrapped around, and didn't put Samoa and Australia on the opposite ends of the Earth. :)

brockbedard•1 day ago

Good callout. I'll change this tomorrow! Thanks for the feedback.

Caged•1 day ago

Looks great! I did something similar to this back in 2014. It surprisingly still runs: https://labratrevenge.com/cfb-recruiting/

brockbedard•1 day ago

Awesome! I really like the visualization.

Beestie•1 day ago

This is really cool. I took a couple guesses as to which team had the most states represented (Colorado, Notre Dame, USC, K State) but it was too close to call.

So easy to use. Bravo.

brockbedard•1 day ago

Thanks! Very fun to see the breakdown by state. I'll be updating for 2026 rosters once the dust settles going into fall camp. Will be interesting to see how it changes with the transfer portal comings and goings.

phreeza•1 day ago

It seems like college towns have a lot of players even if they are small, what's the reason for that?

brockbedard•1 day ago

Sometimes the football culture is big in those specific places. Also generational players (kids of coaches/players) stick around the area. Walk-ons, as well.

brockbedard•1 day ago

(vanilla JS + Vite + MapLibre, data source = CFBD, audited 15K records to find ~250 misplaced ones

sinoue•1 day ago

Nice job!

brockbedard•1 day ago

Thank you! Anything you particularly liked about it? Any additional feature you'd like to see? No pressure.

Homegrown – An interactive map of every 2025 FBS college football player

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