Get college football position group recruiting information. — cfbd_recruiting

Get college football position group recruiting information.

Usage

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

Value

cfbd_recruiting_position() - A data frame with 7 variables:

team: character.: Recruiting team.
conference: character.: Recruiting team conference.
position_group: character.: Position group of the recruits.
avg_rating: double.: Average rating of the recruits in the position group.
total_rating: double.: Sum of the ratings of the recruits in the position group.
commits: integer.: Number of commits in the position group.
avg_stars: double.: Average stars of the recruits in the position group.

Examples

# \donttest{
  try(cfbd_recruiting_position(2018, team = "Texas"))
#> ── Recruiting position group info from CollegeFootballData.com ─────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:53:41 UTC
#> # A tibble: 16 × 7
#>    team  conference position_group avg_rating total_rating commits avg_stars
#>    <chr> <chr>      <chr>               <dbl>        <dbl>   <dbl>     <dbl>
#>  1 Texas SEC        Defensive Back      0.937         37.5      40      4.05
#>  2 Texas SEC        Defensive Line      0.916         39.4      43      3.79
#>  3 Texas SEC        Linebacker          0.898         20.7      23      3.61
#>  4 Texas SEC        Offensive Line      0.908         31.8      35      3.77
#>  5 Texas SEC        Quarterback         0.927         11.1      12      4   
#>  6 Texas SEC        Receiver            0.919         33.1      36      3.72
#>  7 Texas SEC        Running Back        0.918         12.8      14      3.93
#>  8 Texas SEC        Special Teams       0.879         21.1      24      3.42
#>  9 Texas SEC        All Positions       0.937         37.5      41      4.05
#> 10 Texas SEC        All Positions       0.916         39.4      43      3.79
#> 11 Texas SEC        All Positions       0.898         20.7      23      3.61
#> 12 Texas SEC        All Positions       0.908         31.8      35      3.77
#> 13 Texas SEC        All Positions       0.927         11.1      12      4   
#> 14 Texas SEC        All Positions       0.919         33.1      36      3.72
#> 15 Texas SEC        All Positions       0.918         12.8      14      3.93
#> 16 Texas SEC        All Positions       0.879         21.1      24      3.42

  try(cfbd_recruiting_position(2016, 2020, team = "Virginia"))
#> ── Recruiting position group info from CollegeFootballData.com ─────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:53:41 UTC
#> # A tibble: 16 × 7
#>    team     conference position_group avg_rating total_rating commits avg_stars
#>    <chr>    <chr>      <chr>               <dbl>        <dbl>   <dbl>     <dbl>
#>  1 Virginia ACC        Defensive Back      0.833        11.7       14      2.86
#>  2 Virginia ACC        Defensive Line      0.854        13.7       16      3.12
#>  3 Virginia ACC        Linebacker          0.848        15.3       18      3   
#>  4 Virginia ACC        Offensive Line      0.837        14.2       17      2.94
#>  5 Virginia ACC        Quarterback         0.851         4.26       5      3   
#>  6 Virginia ACC        Receiver            0.841        16.0       19      2.95
#>  7 Virginia ACC        Running Back        0.848         5.94       7      3   
#>  8 Virginia ACC        Special Teams       0.837         9.21      11      2.91
#>  9 Virginia ACC        All Positions       0.833        11.7       16      2.86
#> 10 Virginia ACC        All Positions       0.854        13.7       16      3.12
#> 11 Virginia ACC        All Positions       0.848        15.3       18      3   
#> 12 Virginia ACC        All Positions       0.837        14.2       17      2.94
#> 13 Virginia ACC        All Positions       0.851         4.26       5      3   
#> 14 Virginia ACC        All Positions       0.841        16.0       20      2.95
#> 15 Virginia ACC        All Positions       0.848         5.94       8      3   
#> 16 Virginia ACC        All Positions       0.837         9.21      11      2.91

  try(cfbd_recruiting_position(2015, 2020, conference = "SEC"))
#> ── Recruiting position group info from CollegeFootballData.com ─────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:53:42 UTC
#> # A tibble: 224 × 7
#>    team     conference position_group avg_rating total_rating commits avg_stars
#>    <chr>    <chr>      <chr>               <dbl>        <dbl>   <dbl>     <dbl>
#>  1 Alabama  SEC        Defensive Back      0.947        21.8       23      4   
#>  2 Alabama  SEC        Defensive Line      0.951        27.6       29      4.17
#>  3 Alabama  SEC        Linebacker          0.935        15.9       17      3.94
#>  4 Alabama  SEC        Offensive Line      0.937        20.6       22      4.05
#>  5 Alabama  SEC        Quarterback         0.894         8.94      10      3.7 
#>  6 Alabama  SEC        Receiver            0.920        20.2       22      3.82
#>  7 Alabama  SEC        Running Back        0.919        13.8       15      3.8 
#>  8 Alabama  SEC        Special Teams       0.880         9.68      11      3.45
#>  9 Arkansas SEC        Defensive Back      0.863        17.3       20      3.25
#> 10 Arkansas SEC        Defensive Line      0.883        21.2       24      3.38
#> # ℹ 214 more rows
# }