Category: Data & Analytics Research

Wide Receiver College All-Purpose Yards: Does It Matter? A Comprehensive Analysis

In part 39 of our “Does It Matter?” series, we dove into the potential correlation between a wide receiver’s best college yardage season and their success in the NFL. Using statistical analysis, we hoped to determine if there’s a pattern that could lead us to value specific players over others for fantasy football purposes. Here […]

Linebacker RAS: Does It Matter? A Comprehensive Analysis

In Part 38 of our “Does It Matter?” series, we looked to solve the question of whether a Linebacker’s Relative Athletic Score (RAS) can predict their success in the NFL. After running the numbers, we found an optimal range, tested our data for statistical significance, and applied our optimal range against the 2024 NFL Rookie […]

Linebacker 40 Yard Dash: Does It Matter? A Comprehensive Analysis

For part 37 of our “Does It Matter?” series, we attempted to find whether a linebacker’s 40-yard dash time can predict their success in fantasy football. From looking into our data, we found an optimal range and 10 rookies who fell within that range. Here is the breakdown of all our findings: Methodology For our […]

Linebacker Weight: Does It Matter? A Comprehensive Analysis

In Part 35 of our “Does It Matter?” series, we looked to find whether a linebacker’s weight could predict their success in the NFL. By crunching the numbers, we found an optimal weight range that might help inform your future rookie draft decisions. Methodology To conduct this research, we examined the top 50 fantasy football […]

Linebacker Height: Does It Matter? A Comprehensive Analysis

In the pursuit of finding whether a linebacker’s height plays a critical role in their NFL success, we found a height range that occurs at a higher rate in the top 10 versus the bottom 10 and found fifteen rookie Linebackers who fell within this optimal height range. We investigated this question for part 36 […]

Running Backs: When To Sell? A Comprehensive Analysis

In part 35 of our “Does It Matter?” series, we looked to answer to the question of when to sell Running Backs throughout their career. To do this, we formulated a calculation to identify when the average career decline began, and identified when the longest career occurred to give us a range of when to […]