Ron Yurko

A multilevel model with heterogeneous variances for snap timing in the National Football League Abstract. Player tracking data have provided great opportunities to generate insights into understudied areas of American football, such as pre-snap motion

My paper (coauthored w/ @stat-ron.bsky.social) on modeling variability in QB snap timing using #BigDataBowl data is published in JRSSA.

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you should fix the axes so that the units are the same (i.e., make 0.1 along the x-axis the same actual length as 0.1 along the y-axis)

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We are 2 DAYS away from the #CMSAC in-person registration deadline! cmsaconference.com with the full schedule available here: cmsaconference.com/schedule-1 including this year's #ReproducibleResearch competition finalists! www.cmsaconference.com/research-com... #sportsanalytics #datascience

We’re excited to launch the 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐗 𝐏𝐲𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐩 - a hackathon-style challenge that will bring together the community to collaborate, compete, and innovate using open-source SkillCorner data.

👉 Sign up pysport.org/analytics-cup

That's right folks, the in-person registration deadline for #CMSAC is this FRIDAY OCT 17TH!!! REGISTER NOW and reserve your spot for what should be a fantastic event www.cmsaconference.com

We'll be announcing the research competition finalists soon... #sportsanalytics #datascience #AI

YouTube video by Mark Glickman 2025 NESSIS - Talk by Quang Nguyen

My recent #NESSIS talk at Harvard on evaluating change of direction of NFL players #NFLCoD is available online: youtu.be/mIn-d7iBt1g

You can find a link to my slides and all of the other great work, including research by
PhD students Quang Nguyen and Michele Sezgin here: nessis.org/nessis25.html

YouTube video by Mark Glickman 2025 NESSIS - Talk by Ron Yurko

My recent talk from #NESSIS #CollegeFootball Volatility: A Bayesian State-Space Model of the #TransferPortal and #NIL Impact is now available to watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=SdXp... #sportsanalytics

Open role with our Football/Media Data & Analytics teams at the NFL - please reach out if this seems like a good fit

ESPN's receiver scores have been updated through Week 4!

espnanalytics.com/receivers

🏈 The 8th annual NFL Big Data Bowl is here!

This year, we’re excited to launch two competitions in collaboration with NFL. Participants will use NFL player tracking (Next Gen Stats) to generate insights that enhance the game.

Pro tip: you can compete in both 😎
More info 👇

Thanks to NextGenStats and @awscloud.bsky.social for the partnership, @kaggle.com for hosting, and to all of our loyal participants for ensuring that our competition is changing the game

#BigDataBowl

The analytics competition will allow folks to creatively identify characteristics or visualizations of player movement, either on the offensive or defensive sides of the ball

www.kaggle.com/c/nfl-big-da...

The leaderboard competition will use the last 5 weeks of 2025 to identify who builds the best model/algorithm

www.kaggle.com/c/nfl-big-da...

The 2026 Big Data Bowl #BigDataBowl is live!

Participants can sign up for two competitions:
- leaderboard
- traditional analytics competition

This year's task: predict/understand player movement when the ball is in the air

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This is the most beautiful time of year here Jonathan...

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Great article on the cutting-edge #NFL #BigDataBowl data research by PhD student Quang Nguyen (@qntkhvn.bsky.social) - #Steelers fans should read this! Watt vs. Garrett? Metcalf vs. Pickens? Quang Nguyen Uses #NextGenStats To Evaluate Player Performance www.cmu.edu/dietrich/new...

Really enjoyed talking to @alex-andorra.bsky.social on @learnbayesstats.bsky.social! I've always enjoyed listening to this podcast and encourage you to check out all of the awesome episodes Alex has recorded: learnbayesstats.com #statistics #Bayesian #datascience #sportsanalytics

🏈 NFL meets Bayesian stats!

In this episode @alex-andorra.bsky.social chats with Ron Yurko on

👉 Writing your own models
👉 Building a sports analytics portfolio
👉 Pitfalls of modelling expectations
👉 Using tracking data for player insights
👉 Causal thinking in football data

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SCORES: Idaho Department of Education releases 2025 ISATs The author was correct to begin the article by stating “overall scores remained mostly stable when compared to last year’s results.” However, I take issue with the author’s subsequent interpretation o...

I've seen a lot of incorrect uses and understandings of p-values, but this one made me do a literal LOL. It's a hilarious example of how a certain type of smug person who writes letters to the editor to take issue with news stories can get things so, so wrong. cdapress.com/news/2025/se...

GitHub - nickwan/2025-sabersem-inspo: not exactly replications, but loosely based not exactly replications, but loosely based. Contribute to nickwan/2025-sabersem-inspo development by creating an account on GitHub.

Spent the last week "replicating" several sabersem presentations from the last sabersem. Was pretty fun! Going to highlight each one I did here. Shoutout to @srbrown70.bsky.social for the list of slides, very helpful.

if you want the repo, it's here github.com/nickwan/2025...

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when are we going to see the Positron data viewer instead Seth??? positron.posit.co

October in Pittsburgh for some sports analytics.

I'm speaking, as is Alok Pattani, my former right hand at ESPN. We'll have stories to tell, for sure.

Don’t miss out the best #sportsanalytics conference out there!

Excited to host the godfather of #basketballanalytics @deanolytics.bsky.social as the Keynote Address at this year's Carnegie Mellon #SportsAnalytics Conference on Oct 24-25! You can REGISTER NOW to see talks by Dean and other leaders/experts in the field: www.cmsaconference.com #NBA