cfbd_recruiting_position: *Get college football position group recruiting information.*

In cfbfastR: Access College Football Play by Play Data

Get college football position group recruiting information.

Description

Get college football position group recruiting information.

Usage

cfbd_recruiting_position(
  start_year = NULL,
  end_year = NULL,
  team = NULL,
  conference = NULL,
  recruit_type = NULL
)

Arguments

start_year	(Integer optional): Start Year, 4 digit format (YYYY). Note: 2000 is the minimum value
end_year	(Integer optional): End Year, 4 digit format (YYYY). Note: 2020 is the maximum value currently
team	(String optional): Team - Select a valid team, D-I football
conference	(String optional): Conference abbreviation - Select a valid FBS conference Conference abbreviations P5: ACC, B12, B1G, SEC, PAC Conference abbreviations G5 and FBS Independents: CUSA, MAC, MWC, Ind, SBC, AAC
recruit_type	(String optional): HighSchool, PrepSchool or JUCO.

Value

cfbd_recruiting_position() - A data frame with 7 variables:

col_name	types	description
team	character	Recruiting team (school) name.
conference	character	Conference affiliation of the recruiting team.
position_group	character	Position group of the recruits (e.g. Offensive Line, Defensive Back).
avg_rating	numeric	Average 247Sports composite rating of recruits in the position group.
total_rating	numeric	Sum of the 247Sports composite ratings of recruits in the group.
commits	integer	Number of commits in the position group.
avg_stars	numeric	Average star rating of recruits in the position group.

See Also

Other CFBD Recruiting: cfbd_recruiting_player(), cfbd_recruiting_team(), cfbd_recruiting_transfer_portal()

Examples

  try(cfbd_recruiting_position(2018, team = "Texas"))

  try(cfbd_recruiting_position(2016, 2020, team = "Virginia"))

  try(cfbd_recruiting_position(2015, 2020, conference = "SEC"))

cfbfastR documentation built on Aug. 24, 2026, 5:13 p.m.