NCAA Division I coaches are permitted to subscribe to Tracking Football for football scouting services. We currently have FBS clients in the Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12 conferences. Tracking Football focuses on the analysis of athletic data when evaluating football players. We have studied the multiple sport background of high school football players for decades including an annual study of NFL draft picks.
Below are the results of a study we recently conducted of Nike’s 2017 The Opening Finalists:
137 out of 166 (82.5%) players invited to ‘The Opening’ finals have played multiple sports in high school.
Number of sports played in high school:
4 Sports: 3 (1.8%)
3 Sports: 31 (18.7%)
2 Sports: 103 (62.0%)
Football only: 29 (17.5%)
Participation percentages by sport:
Track & Field: 113 (68.1%)
Basketball: 44 (26.5%)
Baseball: 8 (4.8%)
Wrestling: 4 (2.4%)
Multiple Sport Participation percentages by position:
OL: 12/20 (60.0%) / 40% T&F
DL: 21/23 (91.3%) / 65% T&F
LB: 16/20 (80.0%) / 60% T&F
WR: 27/31 (87.1%) / 74% T&F
CB: 23/26 (88.5%) / 81% T&F
RB: 12/13 (92.3%) / 77% T&F
DB: 12/15 (80.0%) / 80% T&F
QB: 10/12 (83.3%) / 67% T&F
TE: 4/6 (66.7%) / 67% T&F
Article: What if The Opening Finals were a track and field meet?
Tracking Football uses proprietary algorithms to score the raw athleticism of football athletes. These scores have been showcased at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference and covered by numerous publications. Our most popular score is the Player Athletic Index. This score takes into account a player’s height, weight, position, track and field results & multiple sport participation information. It provides a 0.0 – 5.0 comparison to 30,000+ current and former division 1 football players
Article: Seven 5.0 PAI athletes on The Opening Finals Roster
The Opening finalists averaged a 3.4/5.0 Player Athletic Index score:
5.0 PAI: 7 (4.2%)
4.0-4.9 PAI: 23 (13.9%)
3.0-3.9 PAI: 39 (23.5%)
2.0-2.9 PAI: 28 (16.9%)
1.0-1.9 PAI: 7 (4.2%)
0.0-0.9 PAI: 0
Player Athletic Index averages by position:
OL: 3.2 PAI average
DL: 3.1 PAI average
LB: 3.3 PAI average
WR: 3.7 PAI average
CB: 3.6 PAI average
RB: 3.6 PAI average
DB: 2.9 PAI average
QB: 3.2 PAI average
TE: 3.6 PAI average
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