Loads every draft pick since 1980 courtesy of PFR.
Usage
load_draft_picks(
seasons = TRUE,
file_type = getOption("nflreadr.prefer", default = "rds")
)
See also
https://nflreadr.nflverse.com/articles/dictionary_draft_picks.html for the web data dictionary
dictionary_draft_picks
for the data dictionary as bundled within the package
Issues with this data should be filed here: https://github.com/nflverse/nflverse-data
Examples
# \donttest{
try({ # prevents cran errors
load_draft_picks()
})
#> ── nflverse Draft Picks, via Pro Football Reference ────────────────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2024-09-11 05:09:25 UTC
#> # A tibble: 12,413 × 36
#> season round pick team gsis_id pfr_player_id cfb_player_id pfr_player_name
#> <int> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 1980 1 1 DET "" SimsBi00 "billy-sims-1" Billy Sims
#> 2 1980 1 2 NYJ "" JoneLa00 "lam-jones-1" Lam Jones
#> 3 1980 1 3 CIN "" MunoAn00 "" Anthony Munoz
#> 4 1980 1 4 GNB "" ClarBr23 "bruce-clark-… Bruce Clark
#> 5 1980 1 5 BAL "" DickCu00 "curtis-dicke… Curtis Dickey
#> 6 1980 1 6 STL "" GreeCu21 "curtis-greer… Curtis Greer
#> 7 1980 1 7 ATL "" MillJu00 "junior-mille… Junior Miller
#> 8 1980 1 8 NYG "" HaynMa00 "mark-haynes-… Mark Haynes
#> 9 1980 1 9 MIN "" MartDo21 "" Doug Martin
#> 10 1980 1 10 SEA "" GreeJa01 "jacob-green-… Jacob Green
#> # ℹ 12,403 more rows
#> # ℹ 28 more variables: hof <lgl>, position <chr>, category <chr>, side <chr>,
#> # college <chr>, age <int>, to <int>, allpro <int>, probowls <int>,
#> # seasons_started <int>, w_av <int>, car_av <lgl>, dr_av <int>, games <int>,
#> # pass_completions <int>, pass_attempts <int>, pass_yards <int>,
#> # pass_tds <int>, pass_ints <int>, rush_atts <int>, rush_yards <int>,
#> # rush_tds <int>, receptions <int>, rec_yards <int>, rec_tds <int>, …
# }