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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, count = 10))
#> ── Player season stats from Yahoo Sports (shangrila) ───────── cfbfastR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-11-06 08:27:39 UTC
#> # A tibble: 10 × 89
#>    player_id    display_name team  team_abbreviation rushing_yards games_rushing
#>    <chr>        <chr>        <chr> <chr>             <chr>         <chr>        
#>  1 ncaaf.p.647… Trey Sanders TCU   TCU               46            5            
#>  2 ncaaf.p.176… Alexander D… Kenn… KENN              29            2            
#>  3 ncaaf.p.177… Carson Kent  Pitt… PITT              NA            NA           
#>  4 ncaaf.p.218… Eric Goins   Notr… ND                NA            NA           
#>  5 ncaaf.p.220… Rico Watson… Sout… S FLA             NA            NA           
#>  6 ncaaf.p.263… Cam McCormi… Miam… MIA               NA            NA           
#>  7 ncaaf.p.264… Danarius Jo… Kenn… KENN              NA            NA           
#>  8 ncaaf.p.270… Keenan Pili  Tenn… TENN              NA            NA           
#>  9 ncaaf.p.276… Spencer Cur… Hawa… HAW               NA            NA           
#> 10 ncaaf.p.276… Logan Lutui  BYU   BYU               NA            NA           
#> # ℹ 83 more variables: receiving_yards_per_game <chr>, games_receiving <chr>,
#> #   field_goal_attempts <chr>, kickoff_return_yards <chr>,
#> #   extra_point_attempts <chr>, field_goal_attempts_30_39 <chr>,
#> #   passing_touchdowns <chr>, rushing_attempts_per_game <chr>,
#> #   passing_interceptions <chr>, longest_kickoff_return <chr>,
#> #   passing_completions <chr>, rushing_touchdowns <chr>,
#> #   field_goals_40_to_49 <chr>, sacks_taken <chr>, longest_field_goal <chr>, …
# }