2 papers
stat.AP2025
NFL Ghosts: A framework for evaluating defender positioning with conditional density estimation
Ronald Yurko, Quang Nguyen, Konstantinos Pelechrinis
Player attribution in American football remains an open problem due to the complex nature of twenty-two players interacting on the field, but the granularity of player tracking dat…
stat.AP2025
Fractional Tackles: Leveraging Player Tracking Data for Within-Play Tackling Evaluation in American Football
Quang Nguyen, Ruitong Jiang, Meg Ellingwood +1
Tackling is a fundamental defensive move in American football, with the main purpose of stopping the forward motion of the ball-carrier. However, current tackling metrics are manua…