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"))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: 2025-05-01 02:04:15 UTC
#> # A tibble: 20,758 × 32
#> college_conference current_team_id display_name draft_club draft_number
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int>
#> 1 NA 4400 'Omar Ellis… NA NA
#> 2 Southeastern Conference 0750 A'Shawn Rob… DET 46
#> 3 Big Ten Conference 2510 A.J. Arcuri LA 261
#> 4 Big Ten Conference 4600 A.J. Barner SEA 121
#> 5 American Athletic Confe… 0750 A.J. Bouye NA NA
#> 6 Southeastern Conference 3700 A.J. Brown TEN 51
#> 7 Southeastern Conference 2120 A.J. Cann JAX 67
#> 8 Atlantic Coast Conferen… 2520 A.J. Cole NA NA
#> 9 NA 2700 A.J. Cruz NA NA
#> 10 NA 1540 A.J. Dalton NA NA
#> # ℹ 20,748 more rows
#> # ℹ 27 more variables: draftround <int>, entry_year <int>, esb_id <chr>,
#> # first_name <chr>, football_name <chr>, gsis_id <chr>, gsis_it_id <int>,
#> # jersey_number <int>, last_name <chr>, position <chr>, position_group <chr>,
#> # rookie_year <int>, short_name <chr>, status <chr>,
#> # status_description_abbr <chr>, status_short_description <chr>,
#> # team_abbr <chr>, uniform_number <chr>, height <dbl>, weight <int>, …
# }