Load Rosters
Usage
load_rosters(
seasons = most_recent_season(roster = TRUE),
file_type = getOption("nflreadr.prefer", default = "rds")
)Arguments
- seasons
a numeric vector of seasons to return, defaults to returning this year's data if it is March or later. If set to
TRUE, will return all available data. Data available back to 1920.- file_type
One of
c("rds", "qs", "csv", "parquet"). Can also be set globally withoptions(nflreadr.prefer)
See also
https://nflreadr.nflverse.com/articles/dictionary_rosters.html for a web version of the data dictionary
dictionary_rosters for the data dictionary as a dataframe
Issues with this data should be filed here: https://github.com/nflverse/nflverse-data
Examples
.for_cran()
# \donttest{
try({ # prevents cran errors
load_rosters(2020)
})
#> ── nflverse roster data ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2023-09-13 01:04:45 UTC
#> # A tibble: 3,068 × 36
#> season team position depth_chart_position jersey_number status full_name
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2020 IND K K 4 UFA Adam Vinatie…
#> 2 2020 TB QB QB 12 ACT Tom Brady
#> 3 2020 NO QB QB 9 ACT Drew Brees
#> 4 2020 HOU QB QB 3 INA Josh McCown
#> 5 2020 LV TE TE 82 ACT Jason Witten
#> 6 2020 KC LB OLB 94 UFA Terrell Suggs
#> 7 2020 DET LS LS 48 ACT Don Muhlbach
#> 8 2020 PHI OL T 71 RES Jason Peters
#> 9 2020 ATL QB QB 8 ACT Matt Schaub
#> 10 2020 ARI P P 4 ACT Andy Lee
#> # ℹ 3,058 more rows
#> # ℹ 29 more variables: first_name <chr>, last_name <chr>, birth_date <date>,
#> # height <dbl>, weight <int>, college <chr>, gsis_id <chr>, espn_id <chr>,
#> # sportradar_id <chr>, yahoo_id <chr>, rotowire_id <chr>, pff_id <chr>,
#> # pfr_id <chr>, fantasy_data_id <chr>, sleeper_id <chr>, years_exp <int>,
#> # headshot_url <chr>, ngs_position <chr>, week <int>, game_type <chr>,
#> # status_description_abbr <chr>, football_name <chr>, esb_id <chr>, …
# }