We received over 500 applications to the 2025/26 Big Data Bowl mentorship program, and expect to have decisions made next week. As Tom Bliss said, we roughly have the same acceptance rate as Harvard #BigDataBowl

The Broncos hired Meyappan Subbaiah as a Senior Data Scientist, per sources. Subbaiah had been a data scientist in the NFL league office and previously worked for Zelus Analytics.

🏈 The 8th annual NFL Big Data Bowl is here! This year, we’re excited to launch two competitions in collaboration with NFL. Participants will use NFL player tracking (Next Gen Stats) to generate insights that enhance the game. Pro tip: you can compete in both 😎 More info 👇

We are live with the 2026 Big Data Bowl #BigDataBowl Participants can sign up for two competitions, one a leaderboard and the other a more traditional analytics competition. This year's task: predict player movement when the ball is in the air

2026 #BigDataBowl is Live!!!!!

Thinking about entering this year's #BigDataBowl? Then you're going to need to attend #CMSAC and learn about transformers for player-tracking data w/ Udit Ranasaria and Vishakh Sandwar from SūmerSports! cmsaconference.com #NFL #AI

Luck dashboard thru wk 4. Most impactful plays: - GB made FG at end of Q4 to tie (-22% for DAL) - SEA made FG at end of Q4 to win (-18% for ARI) - ARI dropped pass to interception in Q2 (+17% for SEA)

Open role with our Football/Media Data & Analytics teams at the NFL - please reach out if this seems like a good fit

Please be sure to check out NFL Sr Coordinator of Football Data & Analytics Ally Blake's talk "Generating New Data Through Simulating an NFL Game" from the 2025 The Data Science & AI Conference put on by Lander Analytics in August. Valuable insights and fresh takeaways! youtu.be/SpjFVoaFg_4

Luck Dashboard for wk 5 Most impactful plays: - NE made FG at end of Q4 (-24.0% for BUF) - SF recovers LAR fumble near end of Q4 (+22.7% for SF, -22.7% for LAR) - SF made 59-yd FG in Q4 (-22.5% for LAR)

NFL team strength tends to persist year-over-year. How quickly does that correlation fade over time? Measuring team strength w/ net points per game (the avg difference between points scored & points allowed), we see it starts at ~0.4 after year 1 & levels out to ~0.1 after yr 6.

Luck dashboard thru week 6: Most impactful plays: - DEN recovers own fumble in Q4 (+17.3% for DEN, -17.3% for NYJ) - CAR dropped pass to int in Q1 (+16.5% for DAL) - CHI game-winning FG in Q4 (-14.5% for WAS)

We are hiring someone to work in Football/Media Data & Analytics at the NFL - please reach out if you are interested

Congrats to those selected for the 2025/26 Big Data Bowl Mentorship Program! #BigDataBowl

Thru week 7, teams have attempted to draw teams offside on 4th and 5 or less more than any other season since 2016. During this timeframe, teams have been successful only ~8% of the time.

Luck dashboard thru week 7. Most impactful plays: - GB 61-yd FG at end of Q2 (-17.5% for ARI) - SF dropped pass that was intercepted in Q2 (+13.9% for ATL) - SF dropped deep pass in Q4 (+13.9% for ATL)

This season, we will honor our first Protector of the Year. Have these offensive linemen grabbed your attention through Week 7? Tap the graphic and this link to learn more: ops.nfl.com/POTY25

Among the items discussed this week at the league meeting was the success of changes to the Kickoff. Here’s a look at how it’s kept the foot in football as ⁦Troy Vincent, Sr.⁩ says and turned what had become a ceremonial play into an exciting and safer play.