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The Football Hall Of Fame Has A Receiver Problem
Description
The raw data behind the story "The Football Hall Of Fame Has A Receiver Problem" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-football-hall-of-fame-has-a-receiver-problem/.
Usage
nflwr_hist
Format
A data frame with 6496 rows representing National Football League wide receivers and 6 variables:
- pfr_player_id
Player identification code at https://www.pro-football-reference.com/
- player_name
The player's name
- career_try
Career True Receiving Yards
- career_ranypa
Adjusted Net Yards Per Attempt (relative to average) of player's career teams, weighted by TRY w/ each team
- career_wowy
The amount by which
career_ranypaexceeds what would be expected from his QBs' (age-adjusted) performance without the receiver- bcs_rating
The number of yards per game by which a player would outgain an average receiver on the same team, after adjusting for teammate quality and age
Source
See https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-football-hall-of-fame-has-a-receiver-problem/