cfbd_rushing_players_season(): Get player season rushing production, split by run direction.cfbd_rushing_players_games(): Get player game rushing production, split by run direction.cfbd_rushing_teams_season(): Get team season rushing production for and against, split by run direction.cfbd_rushing_teams_games(): Get team game rushing production for and against, split by run direction.cfbd_rushing_plays(): Get individual rushing plays with direction and attribution detail.
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Get player season rushing production
cfbd_rushing_players_season(year = 2025, team = "Texas")Get player game rushing production
cfbd_rushing_players_games(year = 2025, week = 5)Get team season rushing production
cfbd_rushing_teams_season(year = 2025, team = "Texas")Get team game rushing production
cfbd_rushing_teams_games(year = 2025, week = 5)Get individual rushing plays
cfbd_rushing_plays(year = 2025, week = 5, team = "Texas")The rushing production block
Every rushing endpoint below shares one production block, documented once here
rather than repeated in each returns table. Player frames carry 24 of these
columns; team frames carry 26, adding touchdown_status_available and
rushing_touchdowns.
| col_name | types | description |
| attempts | integer | Rush attempts. |
| rushing_yards_available | integer | Attempts for which rushing yards were parsed (denominator for yardage means). |
| total_rushing_yards | integer | Sum of rushing yards over those attempts. |
| yards_per_carry | numeric | Mean rushing yards per carry. |
| individual_attempts | integer | Attempts attributed to a single identified ball carrier. |
| unattributed_attempts | integer | Attempts with no ball carrier resolved from the play text. |
| sacks | integer | Sacks counted within the rushing play set. |
| kneels | integer | Quarterback kneel-downs. |
| team_rushes | integer | Attempts recorded as a team rush rather than an individual. |
| multi_carrier_attempts | integer | Attempts where more than one carrier was identified. |
| direction_eligible_attempts | integer | Attempts eligible for a direction split. |
| direction_available_attempts | integer | Attempts for which a direction was actually parsed. |
| success_rate | numeric | Proportion of attempts meeting the success threshold (0-1). |
| ppa | numeric | Predicted points added per attempt. |
| total_ppa | numeric | Sum of predicted points added. |
| line_yards | numeric | Line yards per carry (Football Outsiders methodology). |
| line_yards_total | numeric | Sum of line yards. |
| second_level_yards | numeric | Second-level yards per carry (5-10 yards past the line of scrimmage). |
| second_level_yards_total | numeric | Sum of second-level yards. |
| open_field_yards | numeric | Open-field yards per carry (10+ yards past the line of scrimmage). |
| open_field_yards_total | numeric | Sum of open-field yards. |
| stuff_rate | numeric | Proportion of carries stopped at or behind the line of scrimmage (0-1). |
| power_success | numeric | Conversion rate on short-yardage power runs (0-1). |
| explosiveness | numeric | Mean PPA on successful carries. |
| touchdown_status_available | integer | Team frames only. Attempts for which touchdown status was parsed. |
| rushing_touchdowns | integer | Team frames only. Rushing touchdowns over those attempts. |
As with passing, the *_available columns are denominators, not statistics:
CFBD parses these fields out of play text, so an attempt can be counted while
its yardage or direction stays unknown. Dividing by attempts instead of the
matching *_available column understates every mean.
Direction splits
A 15-column subset repeats for each of four run directions, prefixed
directions_<bucket>_: left, middle, right and unknown (direction
could not be parsed).
Each bucket carries carries, yards, yards_per_carry, success_rate,
ppa, total_ppa, line_yards, line_yards_total, second_level_yards,
second_level_yards_total, open_field_yards, open_field_yards_total,
stuff_rate, power_success and explosiveness.
So a player frame is 5 identity + 24 production + 4 x 15 direction =
89 columns, and a team frame is 3 identity + 2 x (26 + 4 x 15) = 175,
split across offense_ and defense_.