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Player information lookup

Usage

cfbd_player_info(search_term, position = NULL, team = NULL, year = NULL)

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 ──
#>  Data updated: 2024-09-10 01:23:45 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 ──
#>  Data updated: 2024-09-10 01:23:46 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>
# }