Load a dataframe of player-level information, including IDs and other mostly-immutable data (birthdates, college, draft position etc.)
Usage
load_players(file_type = getOption("nflreadr.prefer", default = "rds"))Arguments
- file_type
One of
c("rds", "qs", "csv", "parquet"). Can also be set globally withoptions(nflreadr.prefer)
See also
Issues with this data should be filed here: https://github.com/nflverse/nflreadr and it will be triaged appropriately.
Examples
# \donttest{
try({ # prevents cran errors
load_players()
})
#> ── nflverse players ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2023-04-01 01:28:00 UTC
#> # A tibble: 19,274 × 32
#> status display_name first_name last_name esb_id gsis_id suffix birth_date
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 RET 'Omar Ellison 'Omar Ellison ELL71… 00-000… NA NA
#> 2 RES A'Shawn Robinson A'Shawn Robinson ROB36… 00-003… NA 1995-03-21
#> 3 ACT A.J. Arcuri A.J. Arcuri ARC71… 00-003… NA NA
#> 4 RES A.J. Bouye Arlandus Bouye BOU65… 00-003… NA 1991-08-16
#> 5 ACT A.J. Brown Arthur Brown BRO41… 00-003… NA 1997-06-30
#> 6 ACT A.J. Cann Aaron Cann CAN36… 00-003… NA 1991-10-03
#> 7 ACT A.J. Cole A.J. Cole COL21… 00-003… III 1995-11-27
#> 8 RET A.J. Cruz A.J. Cruz CRU77… 00-003… NA NA
#> 9 RET A.J. Dalton A.J. Dalton DAL64… 00-003… NA NA
#> 10 RET A.J. Davis A.J. Davis DAV11… 00-002… NA NA
#> # ℹ 19,264 more rows
#> # ℹ 24 more variables: college_name <chr>, position_group <chr>,
#> # position <chr>, jersey_number <int>, height <chr>, weight <chr>,
#> # team_abbr <chr>, team_seq <int>, current_team_id <chr>,
#> # football_name <chr>, entry_year <int>, rookie_year <int>, draft_club <chr>,
#> # college_conference <chr>, status_description_abbr <chr>,
#> # status_short_description <chr>, gsis_it_id <int>, short_name <chr>, …
# }