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Get player season averages for predicted points added (PPA)

Source: R/cfbd_metrics.R
cfbd_metrics_ppa_players_season.Rd

Get player season averages for predicted points added (PPA)

Usage

cfbd_metrics_ppa_players_season(
  year = NULL,
  team = NULL,
  conference = NULL,
  position = NULL,
  athlete_id = NULL,
  threshold = NULL,
  excl_garbage_time = FALSE
)

Arguments

year

(Integer optional): Year, 4 digit format (YYYY). Required if athlete_id not provided

team

(String optional): D-I Team.

conference

(String optional): Conference abbreviation - S&P+ information by conference Conference abbreviations P5: ACC, B12, B1G, SEC, PAC Conference abbreviations G5 and FBS Independents: CUSA, MAC, MWC, Ind, SBC, AAC

position

(string optional): Position abbreviation of the player you are searching for. Position Group - options include:

  • Offense: QB, RB, FB, TE, OL, G, OT, C, WR

  • Defense: DB, CB, S, LB, DE, DT, NT, DL

  • Special Teams: K, P, LS, PK

athlete_id

(Integer optional): Athlete ID filter for querying a single athlete. Required if year not provided Can be found using the cfbd_player_info() function.

threshold

(Integer optional): Minimum threshold of plays.

excl_garbage_time

(Logical default FALSE): Select whether to exclude Garbage Time (TRUE or FALSE)

Value

cfbd_metrics_ppa_players_season() - A data frame with 23 variables:

season: integer.

Season.

athlete_id: character.

Athlete referencing id.

name: character.

Athlete name.

position: character.

Athlete Position.

team: character.

Team name.

conference: character.

Team conference.

countable_plays: integer.

DEPRECATED Number of plays which can be counted.

avg_PPA_all: double.

Average overall predicted points added (PPA).

avg_PPA_pass: double.

Average passing predicted points added (PPA).

avg_PPA_rush: double.

Average rushing predicted points added (PPA).

avg_PPA_first_down: double.

Average 1st down predicted points added (PPA).

avg_PPA_second_down: double.

Average 2nd down predicted points added (PPA).

avg_PPA_third_down: double.

Average 3rd down predicted points added (PPA).

avg_PPA_standard_downs: double.

Average standard down predicted points added (PPA).

avg_PPA_passing_downs: double.

Average passing down predicted points added (PPA).

total_PPA_all: double.

Total overall predicted points added (PPA).

total_PPA_pass: double.

Total passing predicted points added (PPA).

total_PPA_rush: double.

Total rushing predicted points added (PPA).

total_PPA_first_down: double.

Total 1st down predicted points added (PPA).

total_PPA_second_down: double.

Total 2nd down predicted points added (PPA).

total_PPA_third_down: double.

Total 3rd down predicted points added (PPA).

total_PPA_standard_downs: double.

Total standard down predicted points added (PPA).

total_PPA_passing_downs: double.

Total passing down predicted points added (PPA).

See also

Other CFBD Metrics: cfbd_metrics_fg_ep(), cfbd_metrics_ppa_games(), cfbd_metrics_ppa_players_games(), cfbd_metrics_ppa_predicted(), cfbd_metrics_ppa_teams(), cfbd_metrics_wepa_players_kicking(), cfbd_metrics_wepa_players_passing(), cfbd_metrics_wepa_players_rushing(), cfbd_metrics_wepa_team_season(), cfbd_metrics_wp(), cfbd_metrics_wp_pregame()

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(cfbd_metrics_ppa_players_season(year = 2019, team = "TCU"))
#> ── Player season PPA data from CollegeFootballData.com ─────── cfbfastR 2.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2025-08-30 00:55:19 UTC
#> # A tibble: 19 × 23
#>    season athlete_id name     position team  conference avg_PPA_all avg_PPA_pass
#>     <int> <chr>      <chr>    <chr>    <chr> <chr>            <dbl>        <dbl>
#>  1   2019 3676818    TreVont… WR       TCU   B12              0.117        0.462
#>  2   2019 3886634    Alex De… QB       TCU   B12             -0.023       -0.124
#>  3   2019 4038533    Darius … RB       TCU   B12              0.076       -0.144
#>  4   2019 4038536    Dylan T… WR       TCU   B12              1.18         1.18 
#>  5   2019 4038539    Sewo Ol… RB       TCU   B12              0.157       -0.104
#>  6   2019 4038556    Artayvi… TE       TCU   B12              0.506        0.506
#>  7   2019 4241795    Al'Dont… WR       TCU   B12              3.18         3.18 
#>  8   2019 4241802    Jalen R… WR       TCU   B12              0.299        0.347
#>  9   2019 4259331    Carter … TE       TCU   B12              0.808        0.808
#> 10   2019 4362430    Taye Ba… WR       TCU   B12              0.591        0.55 
#> 11   2019 4362442    Pro Wel… TE       TCU   B12              0.642        0.642
#> 12   2019 4362477    Derius … WR       TCU   B12              0.243        0.296
#> 13   2019 4362478    Emari D… RB       TCU   B12             -0.149       NA    
#> 14   2019 4362483    Tevaila… WR       TCU   B12              0.385        0.385
#> 15   2019 4362489    John St… WR       TCU   B12              0.421        0.726
#> 16   2019 4426635    Darwin … RB       TCU   B12              0.166       -0.881
#> 17   2019 4426965    Blair C… WR       TCU   B12              1.07         1.07 
#> 18   2019 4427105    Max Dug… QB       TCU   B12              0.176        0.092
#> 19   2019 4427217    Daimarq… RB       TCU   B12              0.365       NA    
#> # ℹ 15 more variables: avg_PPA_rush <dbl>, avg_PPA_first_down <dbl>,
#> #   avg_PPA_second_down <dbl>, avg_PPA_third_down <dbl>,
#> #   avg_PPA_standard_downs <dbl>, avg_PPA_passing_downs <dbl>,
#> #   total_PPA_all <dbl>, total_PPA_pass <dbl>, total_PPA_rush <dbl>,
#> #   total_PPA_first_down <dbl>, total_PPA_second_down <dbl>,
#> #   total_PPA_third_down <dbl>, total_PPA_standard_downs <dbl>,
#> #   total_PPA_passing_downs <dbl>, countable_plays <int>
# }