load_espn_cfb_adv_defensive_players: *Load college football advanced defensive players from the...

In cfbfastR: Access College Football Play by Play Data

Load college football advanced defensive players from the SportsDataverse data repo

Description

Loads season-level advanced defensive player stats – one row per player with tackles, TFL, sacks, pressures, and coverage counting stats. Published to the espn_cfb_adv_defensive_players release tag on the sportsdataverse-data repo.

Usage

load_espn_cfb_adv_defensive_players(
  seasons = most_recent_cfb_season(),
  ...,
  dbConnection = NULL,
  tablename = NULL
)

Arguments

seasons	A vector of 4-digit years associated with given college football seasons. Published coverage runs 2004 through the most recent season. Pass seasons = TRUE for every published season. (Min: 2004)
...	Additional arguments passed to an underlying function that writes the season data into a database.
dbConnection	A DBIConnection object, as returned by DBI::dbConnect()
tablename	The name of the data table within the database

Value

Returns a cfbfastR_data tibble.

col_name	types	description
def_pos_team_id	integer	ESPN team id of the team on defense. Present for every season 2004+.
def_pos_team	character	Display name of the team on defense (e.g. 'Ohio State Buckeyes'). Held an ESPN team id until the 2026-08 republish; the id now lives in def_pos_team_id.
player_name	character	Display name of the defender.
sacks	integer	Sacks recorded by the defender. Available from 2005 on; null for 2004.
sacks_yards	integer	Yards lost by the offense on the defender's sacks. Available from 2005 on; null for 2004.
fumble_recoveries	integer	Fumbles recovered by the defender. Available for every season 2004+.
fumble_recoveries_yards	integer	Yards returned on the defender's fumble recoveries. Available for every season 2004+.
game_id	integer
season	integer
week	integer
pass_breakups	integer	Passes broken up by the defender. Available from 2005 on; null for 2004.
interceptions	integer	Passes intercepted by the defender. Available from 2014 on; null for 2004-2013, which ESPN ships without interception statistics in this block.
interceptions_yards	integer	Yards returned on the defender's interceptions. Available from 2014 on; null for 2004-2013.
forced_fumbles	integer	Fumbles forced by the defender. Available from 2005 on; null for 2004, which ESPN ships with only the fumble-recovery statistics.

Author(s)

Saiem Gilani

Examples

  try(load_espn_cfb_adv_defensive_players(2004))

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