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Get Yahoo Sports CFB legacy per-category player leaders

Source: R/yahoo_cfb.R
yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats_legacy.Rd

Flattens a legacy seasonStatsFootball{Category}Ncaaf query (one category per call) into a wide player tibble.

Usage

yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats_legacy(
  season = most_recent_cfb_season(),
  category = "Passing",
  sort_stat = "PASSING_YARDS",
  league_structure = "ncaaf.struct.div.1",
  count = 200
)

Arguments

season

(integer): Season year. Defaults to most_recent_cfb_season().

category

(character): One of Passing, Rushing, Receiving, Defense, Kicking, Punting, Returns. Defaults to "Passing".

sort_stat

(character): Required sort stat id (a FootballStatId, e.g. "PASSING_YARDS"). Defaults to "PASSING_YARDS".

league_structure

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

count

(integer): Defaults to 200.

Value

A cfbfastR-tagged tibble: player_id, display_name, team, team_abbreviation, season, category, plus one column per statId.

See also

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

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats_legacy(season = 2024, category = "Rushing",
                                           sort_stat = "RUSHING_YARDS"))
#> ── Legacy player season stats from Yahoo Sports (shangrila) ── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 04:24:12 UTC
#> # A tibble: 200 × 13
#>    player_id display_name team  team_abbreviation games_rushing rushing_attempts
#>    <chr>     <chr>        <chr> <chr>             <chr>         <chr>           
#>  1 ncaaf.p.… Ashton Jean… Bois… BSU               14            374             
#>  2 ncaaf.p.… Cam Skattebo Ariz… ASU               13            293             
#>  3 ncaaf.p.… Omarion Ham… N. C… UNC               12            281             
#>  4 ncaaf.p.… Bryson Daily Army  ARMY              13            310             
#>  5 ncaaf.p.… Tre Stewart  Jack… JVST              14            278             
#>  6 ncaaf.p.… RJ Harvey    UCF   UCF               12            232             
#>  7 ncaaf.p.… Kaleb Johns… Iowa  IOWA              12            240             
#>  8 ncaaf.p.… Tahj Brooks  Texa… TTU               11            286             
#>  9 ncaaf.p.… Dylan Samps… Tenn… TENN              13            258             
#> 10 ncaaf.p.… Makhi Hughes Hous… HOU               14            265             
#> # ℹ 190 more rows
#> # ℹ 7 more variables: rushing_yards <chr>, rushing_yards_per_game <chr>,
#> #   rushing_yards_per_attempt <chr>, rushing_touchdowns <chr>,
#> #   longest_rush <chr>, season <dbl>, category <chr>
# }