The NFL now has NextGen Stats which record and calculate player running speed during games. The concept is new and interesting…gives viewers an idea of how fast a player is in pads during a variety of play scenarios. The question is how much does this data really tell us that we didn’t already know? For example, […]
Joe Lemire (SportTechie.com) spent the past week putting together a nice feature on Tracking Football’s PAI Score and scouting service. Link: Startup Scouting Service Uses Track & Field Data To Evaluate Football Prospects
It was a tremendous honor for our company to be selected to participate and present at the 2017 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Start-Up Competition. Our co-founder, Aaron Hunter, and mathematician, Frank Bogaert, presented our proprietary methods of athletic analysis on football players along with our scouting service which has grown quickly since the start of the […]
Tracking Football has researched and athletically rated the MAC recruiting classes of 2017. Northern Illinois led the way this year with 7 recruits possessing PAI scores above 3.0. FBS programs recruiting large numbers of players with PAI scores above 3.0 have historically done well in the win/loss column. Below are two charts indicating the conference’s breakdown […]
Tracking Football has researched and athletically rated the Big Ten recruiting classes of 2017. The University of Michigan led the way this year with 15 recruits possessing PAI scores above 3.0. FBS programs recruiting large numbers of players with PAI scores above 3.0 have historically done well in the win/loss column. Below are two charts indicating […]
Tracking Football has researched and athletically rated the SEC recruiting classes of 2017. The University of Georgia led the way this year with 14 recruits possessing PAI scores above 3.0. FBS programs recruiting large numbers of players with PAI scores above 3.0 have historically done well in the win/loss column. Below are two charts indicating the […]
100% of 2016 college football award winners played another sport in high school. Nine award winners were track and field athletes, eight played basketball, one played soccer, one wrestled, and one played Australian Rules football. In addition seven award winners played three different sports in high school. Here is Tracking Football’s multi-sport breakdown of each […]
While many people assume that we are in an “age of sport specialization,” Tracking Football’s research shows that over 80% of current Division 1 football scholarship recruits played another sport in high school. The Heisman Trophy Finalists are no exception and not one of them “specialized” during high school. Actually three of the finalists were three […]
The Indiana state track and field championships being held this weekend in Bloomington, Indiana, will provide 4-star Michigan football recruit Chris Evans, one last opportunity to showcase his considerable athleticism. Evans has been a valuable member of Ben Davis High School’s football and track programs for several years. Frequently, Evans participates in three or four […]
As this year’s NFL Draft inches closer we take a look back at last year’s NFL Draft study and an article which used our numbers. The article, written by Jon Styf and Mike DeFabo, examined summer sports schedules of current high school athletes and whether those schedules promote specialization and discourage multi-sport participation. See the article […]