Every year the staff at Tracking Football researches recruiting class information for all FBS & FCS teams. We track a variety of basic information on prospects such as; location, position, height, weight, star rating and scholarship offers. In addition we document athletic background metrics such as; multi-sport participation, track & field performance and combine event […]
Highlights on football recruiting
Want more insights from the Tracking Football team? Read our blog posts, which cover college football recruiting, NFL Combine, NFL Draft, and all the in-season action. This is the only place to find the multi-sport breakdown of players in the NFL Draft and athletic insights on the NFL Combine.
Class of 2021 Top247 5 Star Athletic Comps
Tracking Football has been dedicated to the development of creative new tools which leverage the millions of data points the company has collected on football players. Recently our team has been testing out a new ‘comp algorithm’. The idea is that users can select any player from HSFB, CFB or NFL population and identify their […]
Insights on 2020 NFL Draft selections as high school multiple sport athletes
Tracking Football is an NCAA compliant football scouting service providing NFL, FBS and FCS programs with athletic analytics and insights on over 80,000 current and former football players. Tracking Football has studied the high school multiple sport backgrounds of all NFL Draft picks since 2008. Player Athletic Index score breakdown: PAI Average: 3.6/5.0 5.0 PAI: 6 (2%) […]
247Sports to utilize Tracking Football in rankings process
We are very excited to announce an official partnership between Tracking Football and 247Sports. Steve Wiltfong, 247 Director of Recruiting, and Barton Simmons, 247 Director of Scouting, along with their committee will use Tracking Football’s service and insights to help expand and improve their national rankings. Additionally, Tracking Football will provide 247 with advanced insights […]
Multiple Sports Background of Super Bowl LIV Rosters
For the 5th consecutive year Tracking Football has researched the high school multiple sports background of players on Super Bowl rosters. This year’s insights are below. 92% (98/106) of active roster Super Bowl LIV players participated in HS multiple sports. 58% Track & Field 54% Basketball 15% Baseball < 5% Wrestling, Soccer, Lacrosse, Rugby, Volleyball […]
Doak Walker Finalist Help Set Standards for Evaluators
Helpful facts about Doak Walker semi-finalist. -10 semi-finalists named – 9 Track and Field participants – Best PAI score is 4.9 – Fastest 100m time 10.49, and the slowest 11.44 – Fastest 400 Relay time 42.07 and the slowest 44.54 – Minimum jump distances: Long Jump 21’07” and Triple Jump 42’02” […]
Tracking Football begins partnership with Senior Bowl
Release 7/29/2019 Tracking Football is pleased to announce a partnership with the Senior Bowl. We want to thank Senior Bowl Executive Director, Jim Nagy, for his role in making this partnership a reality. The partnership positions Tracking Football as an official data supplier to the Senior Bowl. Tracking Football will supply proprietary athletic scores, verified […]
College Football’s analytics revolution has arrived
Terrific article by 247Sports Chris Hummer, taking us all on a deep dive into college football’s expanding need for recruiting analytics and increased capacity for quantifying athletic information. Tracking Football is prominently mentioned in the article and we are pleased to be a part of a select group of analytic services used by college football […]
‘Feldman’s Freaks’ didn’t just focus on football in high school
Each year Bruce Feldman assembles a college football “Freaks List” based on their physical athletic abilities. Coaches, players and sports information directors assist Feldman in this compilation and many in the football community anticipate the release of this article. This year the staff at Tracking Football decided to provide a few overall insights using our […]
CFC Prospect Game Review
Tracking Football recently partnered with CanadaFootballChat.com for the first annual CFC Canada Football Prospect game. Athletes across the country competed in showcase and tryout events throughout the spring where they were tested in the 40 yard dash, shuttle, vertical jump and football specific drills. The event series culminated with a TSN televised all-star game in […]