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Get college football position group recruiting information.

Usage

cfbd_recruiting_position(
  start_year = NULL,
  end_year = NULL,
  team = NULL,
  conference = NULL
)

Arguments

start_year

(Integer optional): Start Year, 4 digit format (YYYY). Note: 2000 is the minimum value

end_year

(Integer optional): End Year, 4 digit format (YYYY). Note: 2020 is the maximum value currently

team

(String optional): Team - Select a valid team, D-I football

conference

(String optional): Conference abbreviation - Select a valid FBS conference Conference abbreviations P5: ACC, B12, B1G, SEC, PAC Conference abbreviations G5 and FBS Independents: CUSA, MAC, MWC, Ind, SBC, AAC

Value

cfbd_recruiting_position() - A data frame with 7 variables:

team: character.

Recruiting team.

conference: character.

Recruiting team conference.

position_group: character.

Position group of the recruits.

avg_rating: double.

Average rating of the recruits in the position group.

total_rating: double.

Sum of the ratings of the recruits in the position group.

commits: integer.

Number of commits in the position group.

avg_stars: double.

Average stars of the recruits in the position group.

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(cfbd_recruiting_position(2018, team = "Texas"))
#> ── Recruiting position group info from CollegeFootballData.com ─────────────────
#>  Data updated: 2024-09-10 01:24:07 UTC
#> # A tibble: 9 × 7
#>   team  conference position_group avg_rating total_rating commits avg_stars
#>   <chr> <chr>      <chr>               <dbl>        <dbl>   <int>     <dbl>
#> 1 Texas SEC        Defensive Back      0.945        29.3       31      4.10
#> 2 Texas SEC        Defensive Line      0.911        30.1       33      3.70
#> 3 Texas SEC        Linebacker          0.906        16.3       18      3.72
#> 4 Texas SEC        Offensive Line      0.915        28.4       31      3.90
#> 5 Texas SEC        Quarterback         0.928         8.35       9      4   
#> 6 Texas SEC        Receiver            0.919        23.9       26      3.73
#> 7 Texas SEC        Running Back        0.937         9.37      10      4.2 
#> 8 Texas SEC        Special Teams       0.875        16.6       19      3.37
#> 9 Texas SEC        All Positions       0.917       162.       177      3.82

  try(cfbd_recruiting_position(2016, 2020, team = "Virginia"))
#> ── Recruiting position group info from CollegeFootballData.com ─────────────────
#>  Data updated: 2024-09-10 01:24:08 UTC
#> # A tibble: 9 × 7
#>   team     conference position_group avg_rating total_rating commits avg_stars
#>   <chr>    <chr>      <chr>               <dbl>        <dbl>   <int>     <dbl>
#> 1 Virginia ACC        Defensive Back      0.833        11.7       14      2.86
#> 2 Virginia ACC        Defensive Line      0.851        14.5       17      3.12
#> 3 Virginia ACC        Linebacker          0.846        16.1       19      3   
#> 4 Virginia ACC        Offensive Line      0.845        16.1       19      3.05
#> 5 Virginia ACC        Quarterback         0.847         5.08       6      3   
#> 6 Virginia ACC        Receiver            0.840        16.8       20      2.95
#> 7 Virginia ACC        Running Back        0.845         5.92       7      3   
#> 8 Virginia ACC        Special Teams       0.836         7.52       9      2.89
#> 9 Virginia ACC        All Positions       0.843        93.6      111      2.99

  try(cfbd_recruiting_position(2015, 2020, conference = "SEC"))
#> ── Recruiting position group info from CollegeFootballData.com ─────────────────
#>  Data updated: 2024-09-10 01:24:08 UTC
#> # A tibble: 126 × 7
#>    team     conference position_group avg_rating total_rating commits avg_stars
#>    <chr>    <chr>      <chr>               <dbl>        <dbl>   <int>     <dbl>
#>  1 Alabama  SEC        Defensive Back      0.946        22.7       24      4   
#>  2 Alabama  SEC        Defensive Line      0.954        29.6       31      4.19
#>  3 Alabama  SEC        Linebacker          0.939        16.0       17      4   
#>  4 Alabama  SEC        Offensive Line      0.933        21.5       23      3.96
#>  5 Alabama  SEC        Quarterback         0.906         8.16       9      3.89
#>  6 Alabama  SEC        Receiver            0.925        21.3       23      3.83
#>  7 Alabama  SEC        Running Back        0.930        13.0       14      3.93
#>  8 Alabama  SEC        Special Teams       0.886         8.86      10      3.5 
#>  9 Arkansas SEC        Defensive Back      0.863        22.4       26      3.23
#> 10 Arkansas SEC        Defensive Line      0.879        22.8       26      3.31
#> # ℹ 116 more rows
# }