calculate_player_stats_def: Get Official Game Stats on Defense

In nflfastR: Functions to Efficiently Access NFL Play by Play Data

Get Official Game Stats on Defense

Description

Build columns that aggregate official defense stats either at the game level or at the level of the entire data frame passed.

Usage

calculate_player_stats_def(pbp, weekly = FALSE)

Arguments

pbp	A Data frame of NFL play-by-play data typically loaded with load_pbp() or build_nflfastR_pbp(). If the data doesn't include the variable qb_epa, the function add_qb_epa() will be called to add it.
weekly	If TRUE, returns week-by-week stats, otherwise, stats for the entire Data frame.

Value

A data frame of defensive player stats. See dictionary (# TODO)

See Also

The function load_player_stats() and the corresponding examples on the nflfastR website

Examples

try({# to avoid CRAN test problems
  pbp <- nflfastR::load_pbp(2020)

  weekly <- calculate_player_stats_def(pbp, weekly = TRUE)
  dplyr::glimpse(weekly)

  overall <- calculate_player_stats_def(pbp, weekly = FALSE)
  dplyr::glimpse(overall)
})

nflfastR documentation built on Oct. 20, 2023, 5:14 p.m.