As such, the 0–100 Player Grades are not truly quantitative and could be seen as being prone to bias, poor sample sizing, or other issues.With the professional football season now officially underway, the rush of cheering on their favorite team isn’t the only thing fans are looking forward to. In contrast to the purely quantitative ratings released by sources like Football Outsiders, TeamRankings, and numberFire, PFF uses qualitative and opinion-based grading as the root of its 0–100 Player Grades – not its advanced statistics. PFF has been criticized by the analytics community regarding the accuracy and veracity of its ratings. PFF claims to cover every player on every play of every game at the NFL and major college football level and creates advanced stats based on the information gleaned from this. One example is how frequently individual offensive linemen yield pressure. In watching every game, PFF is also able to record information and create data that is typically unavailable.

The average grade is meant to be zero, and raw grades are normalized. Beyond just an overall grade, an offensive lineman receives one grade for pass-blocking and one for run-blocking. A quarterback who makes a good pass that a receiver tips into the arms of a defender will not negatively affect the quarterback's grade on that play, despite the overall negative result for the team.įurthermore, grades are separated by play type. A four-yard run that gains a first down after two broken tackles will receive a better grade than a four-yard run on 3rd and 5, where the ball carrier does nothing more than expected. The grades are based on context and performance. PFF grades every NFL player on every play on a scale of -2 to +2 using half point increments. PFF began collecting data for every NCAA Division-I college football game in 2014.Īs of 2021, PFF provides customized data to all 32 NFL teams, 102 NCAA FBS teams, 7 CFL teams, national/regional media (i.e., The Washington Post, The Athletic, ESPN) and sports agencies/agents. In 2014, sports commentator and former NFL player Cris Collinsworth bought a majority interest in the service, which moved its operations to Cincinnati, near where Collinsworth lives in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. For the 2011 season, PFF provided customized data to three NFL teams, agents, media and NFL players. The 2006 NFL season is the first season for which PFF has complete data. The staff gradually expanded over the next few years, and the site was launched in 2007. Dissatisfied with some limitations of standard statistics, Hornsby began grading players in 2004.

PFF was founded by Neil Hornsby in the United Kingdom.

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