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2013 NFL Draft Prospects
We've added a table of NFL Draft prospects with their ages, schools, and links to their college stats (where available). If you're wondering who that guy is you've heard your team is working out, this is the place to look.
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Video: S-R Stat Table SHARE Tutorial
Here's a 2-minute tutorial on how to embed professional-looking stat tables on your own blog:
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NFL Free Agent List
NFL free agency begins tomorrow afternoon, so we've put up our yearly list of available free agents that will be updated as players sign. Keep an eye on it to see who's still available & who's worth signing.
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Check Out Our College Basketball Site!
With March Madness coming up soon, here's a quick reminder to check out S-R/College Basketball, our college hoops site. It has all of the team ratings and player stats you need to help fill out your bracket this season, plus historical data (including scanned stat sheets going back to the 1940s) and a Play Index just for college basketball. Give it a try today!
3 Comments | Posted in Announcement, Baseball-Reference.com, Basketball-Reference.com, CFB at Sports Reference, General, Hockey-Reference.com, Pro-Football-Reference.com
Passing, Rushing, and Receiving Stats Back to 1977
Today I'm happy to announce a major addition to College Football at Sports-Reference.com. We now have passing, rushing, and receiving stats for all FBS (nee Division I-A) schools dating back to the 1977 season, and for schools from prominent conferences (ACC, Big 8/Big 7, Big Ten, Pac-12/Pac-10/Pac-8/AAWU/PCC, SEC, and SWC) we have passing, rushing, and receiving stats dating back to the 1956 season.
For more information about our data coverage, please see this summary. And if you have any questions or comments regarding these changes, please let us know.
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Approximate Value and Hall of Fame Standards
PFR user Oscar asked today about whether we had a football version of Baseball-Reference's Hall of Fame standards using Weighted Career Approximate Value. To that end, I analyzed weighted career AV data on retired players who started their careers in 1950 or later. Here was a breakdown of all Hall of Famers in that group:
| Maximum | 159 |
| 90th percentile | 130 |
| 75th percentile | 114 |
| Average | 101 |
| Median | 101 |
| 25th percentile | 88 |
| 10th percentile | 73 |
| Minimum (non-kickers) | 31 |
| Minimum | 0 |
Using a regression formula, we can also say what your odds of making the Hall are at any given Weighted Career AV threshold:
| Wgtd Career AV | p(HoF) |
|---|---|
| 160 | 100% |
| 140 | 98% |
| 130 | 94% |
| 125 | 91% |
| 120 | 85% |
| 115 | 78% |
| 110 | 69% |
| 105 | 57% |
| 100 | 45% |
| 95 | 33% |
| 90 | 23% |
| 85 | 16% |
| 80 | 10% |
| 75 | 7% |
| 70 | 4% |
| 60 | 2% |
| 50 | 1% |
| 45 | 0% |
2 Comments | Posted in Announcement, Pro-Football-Reference.com, Stat Questions
PFR Uniform Number Finder
Here's a neat tool that lets you find every player in NFL history (since 1950) to wear a certain number... It can even allow you search by team.
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Brief Downtime (for new db server) Monday, Feb 18, 2:30 PM ET
We are spinning up a new database server (transitioning from unitas => rice (Jerry)) and will have what I expect to be a minute or so of downtime as we make the switch. I expect to flip the switch at 2:30 pm.
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Future Schedules up for 2013 (and beyond)
Using the NFL's scheduling formula combined with the final records of everyone from 2012, it's possible to determine who will be playing who in 2013 -- and more. Follow the "Schedules" links from your team's franchise page and we'll list at least fourteen games of the season for the next four years, and all 16 for the upcoming season (including last year's won-loss and total opponent winning percentage). Unfortunately, the "when" for these games will have to wait until the NFL officially releases its schedule in April, but hopefully this can tide you over till then.
2 Comments | Posted in Announcement, Pro-Football-Reference.com
Super Bowl Option Added to Player Game Finder
Two quick notes:
- We now have a "Super Bowl" option under Game Type in the Player Game Finder. This will let you run searches for things like the most kick return yards in a Super Bowl (almost, Jacoby Jones, almost).
- You can also search all plays from scrimmage in Super Bowl history using the special Super Bowl Play Finder. (Flacco-to-Jones was one of the longest pass plays in Super Bowl history.)
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