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Get Yahoo Sports college football player season stats (modern)

Source: R/yahoo_cfb.R
yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats.Rd

Flattens the shangrila leagueStatsIndividual response (all stat groups in one call) into one wide tibble with one row per player. NCAAF data is available 2013-present.

Usage

yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats(
  season = most_recent_cfb_season(),
  league_structure = "ncaaf.struct.div.1",
  count = 200,
  qualified = FALSE
)

Arguments

season

(integer): Season year (e.g. 2024). Defaults to most_recent_cfb_season().

league_structure

(character): Division filter. Defaults to "ncaaf.struct.div.1" (FBS).

count

(integer): Max players. Defaults to 200.

qualified

(logical): Restrict to qualified leaders. Defaults to FALSE.

Value

A cfbfastR-tagged tibble with one row per player. Core columns:

  • player_id: character.: Yahoo player id (ncaaf.p.*).

  • display_name: character.: Player name.

  • team: character.: Team display name.

  • team_abbreviation: character.: Team abbreviation.

  • season: integer.: Season echoed back.

Remaining columns are one per statId (e.g. passing_yards, rushing_yards, receptions, ...), value as displayed (character). Column set grows over time.

See also

Other Yahoo CFB Functions: yahoo_cfb_boxscore(), yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats_legacy(), yahoo_cfb_scoreboard(), yahoo_cfb_team_season_stats(), yahoo_cfb_team_season_stats_legacy()

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats(season = 2024))
#> ── Player season stats from Yahoo Sports (shangrila) ──── cfbfastR 3.0.0.9000 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-09-03 22:43:01 UTC
#> # A tibble: 200 × 89
#>    player_id      display_name    team  team_abbreviation sacks_yards_lost sacks
#>    <chr>          <chr>           <chr> <chr>             <chr>            <chr>
#>  1 ncaaf.p.64742  Trey Sanders    TCU   TCU               NA               NA   
#>  2 ncaaf.p.176026 Alexander Diggs Kenn… KENN              NA               NA   
#>  3 ncaaf.p.177536 Carson Kent     Pitt… PITT              NA               NA   
#>  4 ncaaf.p.218709 Eric Goins      Notr… ND                NA               NA   
#>  5 ncaaf.p.220824 Rico Watson III Sout… S FLA             NA               2.5  
#>  6 ncaaf.p.263248 Cam McCormick   Miam… MIA               NA               NA   
#>  7 ncaaf.p.264043 Danarius Johns… Kenn… KENN              NA               0.0  
#>  8 ncaaf.p.270875 Keenan Pili     Tenn… TENN              NA               0.0  
#>  9 ncaaf.p.276361 Spencer Curtis  Hawa… HAW               NA               NA   
#> 10 ncaaf.p.276368 Logan Lutui     BYU   BYU               NA               0.0  
#> # ℹ 190 more rows
#> # ℹ 83 more variables: interception_return_yards <chr>,
#> #   extra_points_made <chr>, field_goals_made_30_39 <chr>,
#> #   tackle_assists <chr>, forced_fumbles <chr>, tackles_for_loss <chr>,
#> #   field_goals_made_40_49 <chr>, return_yards_per_punt <chr>, targets <chr>,
#> #   passing_yards <chr>, passing_yards_per_game <chr>,
#> #   field_goals_40_to_49 <chr>, field_goals_0_to_19 <chr>, receptions <chr>, …
# }