NFL Players 2016 Dataset

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NFLplayers2016.csv

NFLpositions.csv

Description

Data about all National Football League (NFL) players in 2016.

Variables—NFL Players 2016 Dataset

• Jersey: player jersey number
• Name: player name
• Position: player position
• Age: player age
• Height: player height in inches
• Weight: player weight in pounds
• Years: number of years played prior to the 2016 season
• College: college the player attended
• Team: team played for in the 2016 season
• PositionGrp: groupings for player positions (Position)
• Side: offense, defense, or special teams
• Playtime: grouping for number of years played (Years)

Rows: 2,764
Columns: 12
$ Jersey      <dbl> 53, 77, 65, 28, 1, 35, 43, 25, 46, 39, NA, 21, NA, 21, NA,…
$ Name        <chr> "A.Q. Shipley", "Evan Boehm", "Taylor Boggs", "Justin Beth…
$ Position    <chr> "C", "C", "C", "CB", "CB", "CB", "CB", "CB", "CB", "CB", "…
$ Age         <dbl> 30, 22, 29, 26, 22, 25, 31, 29, 26, 26, 24, 23, NA, 26, NA…
$ Height      <dbl> 73, 74, 75, 72, 72, 69, 70, 70, 70, 70, 70, 71, 73, 73, 74…
$ Weight      <dbl> 307, 309, 302, 200, 182, 200, 197, 187, 183, 190, 174, 197…
$ Years       <dbl> 5, 0, 4, 5, 0, 2, 9, 8, 4, 4, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 5, 0, 11, 7, …
$ College     <chr> "Penn State", "Missouri", "Humboldt State", "Presbyterian …
$ Team        <chr> "Arizona", "Arizona", "Arizona", "Arizona", "Arizona", "Ar…
$ PositionGrp <chr> "Offensive Line", "Offensive Line", "Offensive Line", "Def…
$ Side        <chr> "Offense", "Offense", "Offense", "Defense", "Defense", "De…
$ Playtime    <chr> "5-8 Yrs", "Rookie", "1-4 Yrs", "5-8 Yrs", "Rookie", "1-4 …

# A tibble: 6 × 12
  Jersey Name       Position   Age Height Weight Years College Team  PositionGrp
   <dbl> <chr>      <chr>    <dbl>  <dbl>  <dbl> <dbl> <chr>   <chr> <chr>      
1     53 A.Q. Ship… C           30     73    307     5 Penn S… Ariz… Offensive …
2     77 Evan Boehm C           22     74    309     0 Missou… Ariz… Offensive …
3     65 Taylor Bo… C           29     75    302     4 Humbol… Ariz… Offensive …
4     28 Justin Be… CB          26     72    200     5 Presby… Ariz… Defensive …
5      1 Harlan Mi… CB          22     72    182     0 Southe… Ariz… Defensive …
6     35 Cariel Br… CB          25     69    200     2 Adams … Ariz… Defensive …
# ℹ 2 more variables: Side <chr>, Playtime <chr>

Variables—NFL Positions Dataset

• Position: position abbreviation
• PositionExp: full position name

Rows: 71
Columns: 2
$ Position    <chr> "B", "BB", "C", "CB", "DB", "DE", "DG", "DL", "DT", "E", "…
$ PositionExp <chr> "Back", "Blocking Back", "Center", "Cornerback", "Defensiv…

# A tibble: 6 × 2
  Position PositionExp   
  <chr>    <chr>         
1 B        Back          
2 BB       Blocking Back 
3 C        Center        
4 CB       Cornerback    
5 DB       Defensive Back
6 DE       Defensive End 

References

Wikipedia: American Football Positions

Wikipedia: Glossary of American Football Terms

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