Player information lookup
Arguments
- search_term
(String required): Search term for the player you are trying to look up
- position
(string optional): Position 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
- team
(String optional): Team - Select a valid team, D1 football
- year
(Integer optional): Year, 4 digit format (YYYY). If left NULL, API default will only provide results for most recent year of final rosters: 2020
Value
cfbd_player_info() - A data frame with 12 variables:
athlete_id:character.Unique player identifier
athlete_id.team:character.Team of the player.
name:character.Player name.
first_name:character.Player first name.
last_name:character.Player last name.
weight:integer.Player weight.
height:integer.Player height.
jersey:integer.Player jersey number.
position:character.Player position.
home_town:character.Player home town.
team_color:character.Player team color.
team_color_secondary:character.Player team secondary color.
Examples
# \donttest{
try(cfbd_player_info(search_term = "James", position = "DB", team = "Florida State", year = 2017))
#> ── Player information from CollegeFootballData.com ─────────── cfbfastR 1.9.5 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2024-02-01 16:00:51 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 12
#> athlete_id team name first_name last_name weight height jersey position
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <int> <int> <chr>
#> 1 3691739 Florida S… Derw… Derwin James 211 75 3 DB
#> # ℹ 3 more variables: home_town <chr>, team_color <chr>,
#> # team_color_secondary <chr>
try(cfbd_player_info(search_term = "Lawrence", team = "Clemson"))
#> ── Player information from CollegeFootballData.com ─────────── cfbfastR 1.9.5 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2024-02-01 16:00:52 UTC
#> # A tibble: 2 × 12
#> athlete_id team name first_name last_name weight height jersey position
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <int> <int> <chr>
#> 1 4035483 Clemson Dexter … Dexter Lawrence 340 76 90 DT
#> 2 4360310 Clemson Trevor … Trevor Lawrence 220 78 16 QB
#> # ℹ 3 more variables: home_town <chr>, team_color <chr>,
#> # team_color_secondary <chr>
# }