From Combine to Draft Day: AWS Powers NFL's Next-Gen Analytics

Explore how AWS and NFL Next Gen Stats are revolutionizing player evaluation with Combine IQ and Draft IQ. Dive into real-time insights, AI-powered predictions, and expert analysis as we transform the NFL Draft experience.

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Every movement measured

Step into a new era of NFL athlete evaluation with the interactive Combine IQ dashboard, powered by Amazon QuickSight, where performance data comes to life in near real time. The system processes detailed athlete performance data—from acceleration profiles to route-running precision—and transforms it into meaningful insights through dynamic visualizations, providing a sophisticated, data-driven complement to traditional NFL scouting methods.

Building a real-time analytics platform for the NFL Combine

The NFL's Next Gen Stats team faced a unique technical challenge: Deliver complex player performance analytics to hundreds of thousands of concurrent users with near real-time updates during the NFL Combine. The NGS team architected a solution using Amazon QuickSight that handles massive scale while maintaining sub-second query performance.

Custom Highcharts Integration

Advanced visualization layer built on QuickSight's Highcharts capabilities, enabling dynamic player comparisons and position-specific metrics rendering.

SPICE In-Memory Engine

Optimized query performance for millions of records with heavy concurrent access, delivering sub-second response times during peak load.

Real-Time Data Pipeline

Continuous ingestion of biometric sensor data collected at 0.1-second intervals, with automated SPICE dataset refreshes in near real-time.

Serverless Architecture

Zero-maintenance scaling to support hundreds of thousands of concurrent users during live events.

Public Embedding

Simplified deployment through QuickSight's one-step embedding, eliminating complex authentication while maintaining enterprise security.

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Front Office Sports Partnership

Go behind the scenes with Front Office Sports to explore how Combine IQ is transforming NFL prospect evaluation. From Next Gen Stats' evolution to real-time analytics, see how this revolutionary dashboard is changing the game for scouts and fans alike.

The Combine IQ dashboard represents a quantum leap in how we share NFL Combine data with fans and analysts.

Mike Band

NFL Next Gen Stats Research & Analytics

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QuickSight really is this tool that has a low barrier to entry in terms of technical skill set. If you know the data and you know what you're trying to build, it is more than likely possible to build it.

Mike Band

NFL Next Gen Stats Research & Analytics

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For the first time, we're able to provide real-time insights that previously were only available to professional scouts and team personnel. That's the power we're putting in fans' hands.

Mike Band

NFL Next Gen Stats Research & Analytics

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