yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats_legacy: *Get Yahoo Sports CFB legacy per-category player leaders*

In cfbfastR: Access College Football Play by Play Data

Get Yahoo Sports CFB legacy per-category player leaders

Description

Flattens a legacy ⁠seasonStatsFootball{Category}Ncaaf⁠ query (one category per call) into a wide player tibble.

Usage

yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats_legacy(
  season = most_recent_cfb_season(),
  category = "Passing",
  sort_stat = "PASSING_YARDS",
  league_structure = "ncaaf.struct.div.1",
  count = 200
)

Arguments

season	(integer): Season year. Defaults to most_recent_cfb_season().
category	(character): One of Passing, Rushing, Receiving, Defense, Kicking, Punting, Returns. Defaults to "Passing".
sort_stat	(character): Required sort stat id (a FootballStatId, e.g. "PASSING_YARDS"). Defaults to "PASSING_YARDS".
league_structure	(character): Defaults to "ncaaf.struct.div.1".
count	(integer): Defaults to 200.

Value

A cfbfastR-tagged tibble: player_id, display_name, team, team_abbreviation, season, category, plus one column per statId.

See Also

Other Yahoo CFB Functions: yahoo_cfb_boxscore(), yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats(), yahoo_cfb_scoreboard(), yahoo_cfb_team_season_stats(), yahoo_cfb_team_season_stats_legacy()

Examples

  try(yahoo_cfb_player_season_stats_legacy(season = 2024, category = "Rushing",
                                           sort_stat = "RUSHING_YARDS"))

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