Loads every draft pick since 1980 courtesy of PFR.
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: 2022-05-08 09:58:54 UTC
#> # A tibble: 11,897 × 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 NA SimsBi00 billy-sims-1 Billy Sims
#> 2 1980 1 2 NYJ NA JoneLa00 lam-jones-1 Lam Jones
#> 3 1980 1 3 CIN NA MunoAn00 NA Anthony Munoz
#> 4 1980 1 4 GNB NA ClarBr23 bruce-clark-1 Bruce Clark
#> 5 1980 1 5 BAL NA DickCu00 curtis-dickey… Curtis Dickey
#> 6 1980 1 6 STL NA GreeCu21 curtis-greer-1 Curtis Greer
#> 7 1980 1 7 ATL NA MillJu00 junior-miller… Junior Miller
#> 8 1980 1 8 NYG NA HaynMa00 mark-haynes-1 Mark Haynes
#> 9 1980 1 9 MIN NA MartDo21 NA Doug Martin
#> 10 1980 1 10 SEA NA GreeJa01 jacob-green-2 Jacob Green
#> # … with 11,887 more rows, and 28 more variables: hof <lgl>, position <chr>,
#> # category <chr>, side <chr>, college <chr>, age <dbl>, to <int>,
#> # allpro <dbl>, probowls <dbl>, seasons_started <dbl>, w_av <dbl>,
#> # car_av <dbl>, dr_av <dbl>, games <dbl>, pass_completions <dbl>,
#> # pass_attempts <dbl>, pass_yards <dbl>, pass_tds <dbl>, pass_ints <dbl>,
#> # rush_atts <dbl>, rush_yards <dbl>, rush_tds <dbl>, receptions <dbl>,
#> # rec_yards <dbl>, rec_tds <dbl>, def_solo_tackles <dbl>, def_ints <dbl>, …
# }