NCAA Division I coaches are permitted to subscribe to Tracking Football for football scouting services. We currently have FBS clients in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, MAC, Independent and Pac-12 conferences. Tracking Football focuses on the analysis of athletic data when evaluating football players. Our databases have 15,000 current high school football player profiles that can be compared to over 30,000 current and former Division 1 football players. We have also studied the multiple sport background of high school football players for decades including an annual study of NFL draft picks.
Below are the results of a study we recently conducted of 2018 US Army All American and Under Armour All American game participants:
170 out of 219 (77.6%) players invited to these games have played multiple sports.
Number of sports played:
4 Sports: 3 (1.4%)
3 Sports: 49 (22.4%)
2 Sports: 118 (53.9%)
Football only: 49 (22.4%)
Participation percentages by sport:
Track & Field: 137 (62.6%)
Basketball: 61 (27.9%)
Baseball: 11 (5.0%)
Wrestling: 7 (3.2%)
Soccer, Lacrosse, Volleyball, Rugby: Each under 2.0% participation
Multiple sport participation percentages by position:
RB: 15/15 (100%) / 93% T&F
DB: 34/37 (91.9%) / 84% T&F
WR: 32/36 (88.9%) / 81% T&F
QB: 12/15 (80.0%) / 67% T&F
DL: 26/33 (78.8%) / 46% T&F
LB: 15/21 (71.4%) / 57% T&F
TE: 5/7 (71.4%) / 71% T&F
OL: 26/43 (60.5%) / 42% T&F
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Tracking Football uses proprietary algorithms to score the raw athleticism of football athletes. These scores have been showcased at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference and covered by numerous publications. Our most popular score is the Player Athletic Index. This score takes into account a player’s height, weight, position, track and field results & multiple sport participation information. It provides a 0.0 – 5.0 comparison to 30,000+ current and former division 1 football players
All American game participants averaged a 3.5/5.0 PAI score:
5.0 PAI: 9 (4.1%)
4.0-4.9 PAI: 28 (12.8%)
3.0-3.9 PAI: 49 (22.4%)
2.0-2.9 PAI: 29 (13.2%)
1.0-1.9 PAI: 6 (2.7%)
0.0-0.9 PAI: 0
Player Athletic Index averages by position:
WR: 3.6 PAI average
RB: 3.5 PAI average
DB: 3.5 PAI average
QB: 3.5 PAI average
LB: 3.4 PAI average
OL: 3.4 PAI average
TE: 3.3 PAI average
DL: 2.9 PAI average
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