Advancing Next Gen Stats: 2024 Big Data Bowl analyzes tackling performance across the NFL

The article discusses the 2024 Big Data Bowl, an annual competition where data scientists analyze NFL's Next Gen Stats to gain insights into player and team performance. The key points are:

• The 2024 competition focuses on tackling performance across the NFL, aiming to quantify good tackling and understand factors like tackle probability, angles, acceleration, etc.
• Participants have access to tracking data of all players and the ball, along with advanced statistics like expected points and win probability.
• There are different tracks, including a coaching track for coaches to partner with data scientists, an undergraduate track, and a metric track to create new performance metrics.
• The competition provides mentorship opportunities, networking, and a potential path to employment in sports analytics.
• AWS plays a crucial role in enabling the Next Gen Stats and facilitating the Big Data Bowl competition through its cloud computing infrastructure.