Get ESPN athlete info for NFL players

Get ESPN athlete info for NFL players

get_athlete(athlete_id)

Arguments

athlete_id

The player's unique athlete id

Value

Returns a tibble

Examples

# Get ALL Playoff QBR from 2016 season
get_athlete("2580")
#> # A tibble: 1 × 21
#>   player_id player…¹ team_id pos   playe…² playe…³ playe…⁴ playe…⁵ weight height
#>   <chr>     <chr>    <chr>   <chr> <chr>   <chr>   <chr>   <chr>    <dbl>  <dbl>
#> 1 2580      a3d4f44… NA      QB    Drew    Brees   Drew B… D. Bre…    209     72
#> # … with 11 more variables: age <int>, dob <chr>, debut_year <int>,
#> #   headshot_url <chr>, jersey <chr>, nfl_exp <int>, draft_txt <chr>,
#> #   draft_year <int>, draft_round <int>, draft_slot <int>, draft_team_id <chr>,
#> #   and abbreviated variable names ¹​player_guid, ²​player_first_name,
#> #   ³​player_last_name, ⁴​player_full_name, ⁵​player_short_name