Get college football position group recruiting information.
Source:R/cfbd_recruiting_position.R
cfbd_recruiting_position.RdGet 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"))
#> Request failed [400]. Retrying in 1 seconds...
#> Request failed [400]. Retrying in 3.3 seconds...
#> 2026-06-13 04:34:22.200116: Invalid arguments or no position group recruiting data available!
#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
try(cfbd_recruiting_position(2016, 2020, team = "Virginia"))
#> ── Recruiting position group info from CollegeFootballData.com ─────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 04:34:22 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 0.831 9.15 11 2.82
#> 2 Virginia ACC Defensive Line 0.851 7.66 9 3.22
#> 3 Virginia ACC Linebacker 0.848 7.63 9 3
#> 4 Virginia ACC Offensive Line 0.827 7.44 9 2.89
#> 5 Virginia ACC Quarterback 0.853 1.71 2 3
#> 6 Virginia ACC Receiver 0.835 10.0 12 2.92
#> 7 Virginia ACC Running Back 0.836 3.35 4 3
#> 8 Virginia ACC Special Teams 0.839 7.55 9 2.89
#> 9 Virginia ACC All Positions 0.831 9.15 11 2.82
#> 10 Virginia ACC All Positions 0.851 7.66 9 3.22
#> 11 Virginia ACC All Positions 0.848 7.63 9 3
#> 12 Virginia ACC All Positions 0.827 7.44 9 2.89
#> 13 Virginia ACC All Positions 0.853 1.71 2 3
#> 14 Virginia ACC All Positions 0.835 10.0 12 2.92
#> 15 Virginia ACC All Positions 0.836 3.35 4 3
#> 16 Virginia ACC All Positions 0.839 7.55 9 2.89
try(cfbd_recruiting_position(2015, 2020, conference = "SEC"))
#> ── Recruiting position group info from CollegeFootballData.com ─────────────────
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 04:34:22 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 0.950 20.9 22 4.05
#> 2 Alabama SEC Defensive Line 0.951 27.6 29 4.17
#> 3 Alabama SEC Linebacker 0.941 15.1 16 4
#> 4 Alabama SEC Offensive Line 0.939 19.7 21 4.05
#> 5 Alabama SEC Quarterback 0.894 8.94 10 3.7
#> 6 Alabama SEC Receiver 0.923 19.4 21 3.86
#> 7 Alabama SEC Running Back 0.919 13.8 15 3.8
#> 8 Alabama SEC Special Teams 0.892 7.13 8 3.62
#> 9 Arkansas SEC Defensive Back 0.861 13.8 16 3.25
#> 10 Arkansas SEC Defensive Line 0.891 14.3 16 3.5
#> # ℹ 214 more rows
# }