CFBD Plays Endpoint Overview

College football plays data

cfbd_plays():

CFBD's college football play-by-play.

cfbd_play_stats_player():

Gets player info associated by play.

cfbd_play_stats_types():

Gets CFBD play stat types.

cfbd_play_types():

Gets CFBD play types.

Details

Pull first 3 weeks of 2020 season using cfbd_plays()

 year_vector <- 2020
 week_vector <- 1:3
 weekly_year_df <- expand.grid(year = year_vector, week = week_vector)
 tictoc::tic()
 year_split <- split(weekly_year_df, weekly_year_df$year)
 for (i in 1:length(year_split)) {
   i <- 1

   progressr::with_progress({
      year_split[[i]] <- year_split[[i]] %>%
         dplyr::mutate(
            pbp = purrr::map2(
                .x = year,
                .y = week,
                cfbd_plays,
                season_type = "both"
            )
         )
     Sys.sleep(1)
   })
 }

 tictoc::toc()
 year_split <- lapply(year_split, function(x) {
     x %>% tidyr::unnest(pbp, names_repair = "minimal")
 })

 all_years <- dplyr::bind_rows(year_split)
 glimpse(all_years)

Gets player info associated by play

cfbd_play_stats_player(game_id = 401110722)

Gets CFBD play stat types

cfbd_play_stats_types()

Gets CFBD play types

cfbd_play_types()