WR Advanced Season Stats from Pro Football Reference (PFR)

Obtain WR advanced season stats from nflreadr, to acquire Pro Football Reference (PFR) data.

Usage

get_wr_pfr_advstats_season(seasons = NULL)

Format

A data frame with 22 variables that are described below.

player_display_name: Player name (e.g., Malik Nabers)
age: Player age
position: Player position
g: Number of games played
gs: Number of games started
tgt: Total targets
rec: Total receptions
yds: Total receiving yards
td: Total receiving touchdowns
x1d: First downs receiving
ybc: Total yards passes traveled in the air before being caught or yards before catch (YBC)
ybc_r: Yards before catch per reception
yac: Yards after catch (YAC)
yac_r: Yards after catch (YAC) per reception
adot: Average depth of target (ADOT) when targeted, whether completed or not.
brk_tkl: Number of broken tackles
rec_br: Receptions per broken tackle
drop: Number of dropped passes
drop_percent: Dropped pass percentage when targeted
int_tgt: Interceptions on passes where targeted
rat: Passer rating on passes when targeted
pfr_player_id: Pro Football Reference player ID (e.g., NabeMa00)

Arguments

seasons: NFL Season(s) where seasons = 2024

Value

Dataframe with WR advanced stats from Pro Football Reference (PFR) for a defined season

Details

get_wr_pfr_advstats_season is a function to obtain advanced stats from Pro Football Reference (PFR). The function utilizes the nflreadr function load_pfr_advstats to load player level season stats starting with the 2018 season. For receivers, the stat_type is defined as rec. More information is available about WR PFR advanced stats from seasons on the PFR site such as PFR 2024 NFL Advanced Receiving.

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