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.

All-Access Pass to NFL Draft Intelligence

Dive into the war room experience with Draft IQ, powered by Amazon QuickSight, where team strategies and prospect evaluations unfold in real time. This comprehensive platform processes vast amounts of data—from team needs and draft capital to prospect rankings and historical trends—transforming it into actionable insights through interactive visualizations. With hourly updates leading to the draft and 5-minute refresh intervals during the live event, Draft IQ brings the complexity of NFL draft decisions to life through team profile pages, trade likelihood predictions, and an AI-powered draft assistant, giving users unprecedented access to the decision-making process behind every pick.

Beyond the stopwatch

Learn how the NFL uses Amazon QuickSight to deliver sophisticated player performance insights at scale. By combining live drill performance with historical comparisons and position-specific benchmarks, Combine IQ generates comprehensive player draft scores from 50-99, providing a new lens through which to evaluate tomorrow's NFL stars.

See how Combine IQ transforms raw athletic data into predictive models for NFL success

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Learn how the Combine IQ system transforms raw performance data into intuitive visualizations at scale

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See how AWS and NFL Next Gen Stats delivers near real-time insights from sensor to screen in just minutes

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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

SPICE In-Memory Engine

Real-Time Data Pipeline

Serverless Architecture

Public Embedding

Bleacher Report Partnership

Bleacher Report Live: Expert Analysis Using Combine IQ

How It Works: AWS Powers NFL Draft Score Analytics

From Field to Dashboard: NFL's Data Revolution

Breaking Down the Numbers: 2025 Draft Class Standouts

Quick Take: Quarterback Arm Talent Metrics

Fast Facts: Wide Receiver Speed Rankings

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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