cfb_player_info: Player Information Search

In meysubb/cfbscrapR: A Scraping and Aggregating Interface to the CollegeFootballData API

Description

A player search function with 'search_term' as a required input. If left NULL, API default will only provide results for most recent year of final rosters: 2019 Would not recommend using the position group filter,it feels arbitrary and pernicious, but it is there. May fortune favor you should you choose to use it.

Usage

cfb_player_info(search_term, position = NULL, team = NULL, year = NULL)

Arguments

search_term	(String required): Search term for the player you are trying to look up
position	(string optional): Position of the player you are searching for. Position Group - options include: * Offense: QB, RB, FB, TE, OL, G, OT, C, WR * Defense: DB, CB, S, LB, DE, DT, NT, DL * Special Teams: K, P, LS, PK
team	(String optional): Team - Select a valid team, D1 football
year	(Integer optional): Year, 4 digit format (YYYY). If left NULL, API default will only provide results for most recent year of final rosters: 2020

Value

A data frame with 12 variables:

athlete_id

character. Unique player identifier - 'athlete_id'.

team

character. Team of the player.

name

character. Player name.

first_name

character. Player first name.

last_name

character. Player last name.

weight

integer. Player weight.

height

integer. Player height.

jersey

integer. Player jersey number.

position

character. Player position.

home_town

character. Player home town.

team_color

character. Player team color.

team_color_secondary

character. Player team secondary color.

Source

https://api.collegefootballdata.com/player/search

Examples

cfb_player_info(search_term = 'James', position = 'DB', team = 'Florida State', year = 2017)

cfb_player_info(search_term = 'Lawrence', team = "Clemson")

cfb_player_info(search_term = 'Duggan')

meysubb/cfbscrapR documentation built on Dec. 15, 2020, 11:26 p.m.