Get list of NFL draft picks

Get list of NFL draft picks

Usage

cfbd_draft_picks(
  year = NULL,
  nfl_team = NULL,
  college = NULL,
  conference = NULL,
  position = NULL
)

Arguments

year

(Integer required): NFL draft class, 4 digit format (YYYY)

nfl_team

(String): NFL drafting team, see cfbd_draft_teams() for valid selections.

college

(String): NFL draftee college team, see cfbd_team_info() for valid selections.

conference

(String): NFL draftee college team conference, see cfbd_conferences() for valid selections.

position

(String): NFL position abbreviation, see cfbd_draft_positions() for valid selections.

Value

cfbd_draft_picks() - A data frame with 24 variables:

col_name	types	description
college_athlete_id	integer	College athlete referencing id.
nfl_athlete_id	integer	NFL athlete referencing id.
college_id	integer	College team referencing id.
college_team	character	College team name.
college_conference	character	Conference of college team.
nfl_team_id	integer	NFL team ID.
nfl_team	character	NFL team name of drafted player.
year	integer	NFL draft class year.
overall	integer	Overall draft pick number.
round	integer	Round of NFL draft the draftee was picked in.
pick	integer	Pick number of the NFL draftee within the round they were picked in.
name	character	NFL draftee name.
position	character	NFL draftee position.
height	numeric	NFL draftee height.
weight	integer	NFL draftee weight.
pre_draft_ranking	integer	Pre-draft ranking (ESPN).
pre_draft_position_ranking	integer	Pre-draft position ranking (ESPN).
pre_draft_grade	numeric	Pre-draft scouts grade (ESPN).
hometown_info_city	character	Hometown of the NFL draftee.
hometown_info_state_province	character	Hometown state of the NFL draftee.
hometown_info_country	character	Hometown country of the NFL draftee.
hometown_info_latitude	character	Hometown latitude of the NFL draftee.
hometown_info_longitude	character	Hometown longitude of the NFL draftee.
hometown_info_county_fips	character	Hometown FIPS code of the NFL draftee.

See also

Other CFBD Draft: cfbd_draft_positions(), cfbd_draft_teams()

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(cfbd_draft_picks(year = 2020))
#> ── NFL draft data from CollegeFootballData.com ─────────────── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 04:18:04 UTC
#> # A tibble: 255 × 24
#>    college_athlete_id nfl_athlete_id college_id college_team college_conference
#>                 <int>          <int>      <int> <chr>        <chr>             
#>  1            3915511         104204         99 LSU          SEC               
#>  2            4241986         104097        194 Ohio State   Big Ten           
#>  3            4241984         104096        194 Ohio State   Big Ten           
#>  4            4259566         104112         61 Georgia      SEC               
#>  5            4241479         104093        333 Alabama      SEC               
#>  6            4038941         104099       2483 Oregon       Pac-12            
#>  7            4035495         104098          2 Auburn       SEC               
#>  8            4035462         104106        228 Clemson      ACC               
#>  9            4240596         104104         57 Florida      SEC               
#> 10            4241482         104425        333 Alabama      SEC               
#> # ℹ 245 more rows
#> # ℹ 19 more variables: nfl_team_id <int>, nfl_team <chr>, year <int>,
#> #   overall <int>, round <int>, pick <int>, name <chr>, position <chr>,
#> #   height <int>, weight <int>, pre_draft_ranking <int>,
#> #   pre_draft_position_ranking <int>, pre_draft_grade <int>,
#> #   hometown_info_city <chr>, hometown_info_state <chr>,
#> #   hometown_info_country <chr>, hometown_info_latitude <chr>, …

  try(cfbd_draft_picks(year = 2016, position = "PK"))
#> ── NFL draft data from CollegeFootballData.com ─────────────── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 04:18:04 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 24
#>   college_athlete_id nfl_athlete_id college_id college_team  college_conference
#>                <int>          <int>      <int> <chr>         <chr>             
#> 1             535422          50410         52 Florida State ACC               
#> # ℹ 19 more variables: nfl_team_id <int>, nfl_team <chr>, year <int>,
#> #   overall <int>, round <int>, pick <int>, name <chr>, position <chr>,
#> #   height <int>, weight <int>, pre_draft_ranking <int>,
#> #   pre_draft_position_ranking <int>, pre_draft_grade <int>,
#> #   hometown_info_city <chr>, hometown_info_state <chr>,
#> #   hometown_info_country <chr>, hometown_info_latitude <chr>,
#> #   hometown_info_longitude <chr>, hometown_info_county_fips <chr>
# }