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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Introducing Draft IQ: Draft Day Decisions Backed by Data

NFL Draft IQ, developed by the NFL Next Gen Stats team and powered by Amazon QuickSight, is an interactive analytics dashboard that processes complex data to deliver real-time draft insights previously available only to NFL teams. By crunching vast amounts of information—from historical patterns to live draft data—Draft IQ helps fans anticipate team moves, analyze trade probabilities, and gain an unprecedented information advantage, with updates every 5 minutes during the live draft.

See how ESPN NFL analyst, Benjamin Solak, is using Draft IQ to make his draft predictions, while ESPN analysts Mina Kimes and Field Yates use the tool to analyze which teams are in the running for a quarterback.

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How AWS Powers NFL Draft IQ's Real-Time Analytics

Draft IQ, powered by Amazon QuickSight, brings unprecedented access to NFL draft analytics through eight innovative features that process real-time data at enterprise scale. Discover how AWS technology transforms team strategies, prospect evaluations, and draft-day decisions into immediate insights:

Draft IQ updates every 5 minutes during the live draft, providing real-time forecasting of what might happen and what "best available" prospects might look like for each club throughout every round.

Draft IQ offers a personalized dashboard for all 32 teams, leveraging various data points to analyze prospects and help fans understand complex draft strategies and team decisions in real-time.

The platform pulls in live data for each team on their biggest needs, offensive/defensive schemes, draft capital, reported interest, and even GM's and front office's strategic tendencies to identify who teams might be targeting.

Draft IQ provides "trade up likelihood" and "trade down likelihood" ratings for each team, giving fans insight into potential draft day moves.

Powered by AWS, the platform uses machine learning to evolve into a real-time forecasting model throughout every round of the draft.

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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.

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

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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.

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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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