| gsis_id | 
character | 
GSIS ID for player. Primary key for all data. | 
| display_name | 
character | 
Full name of player | 
| common_first_name | 
character | 
Common first name of player | 
| first_name | 
character | 
First name of player | 
| last_name | 
character | 
Last name of player | 
| short_name | 
character | 
Player short name (i.e. F.Last) | 
| football_name | 
character | 
Common player name (i.e. in most cases
common_first_name last_name) | 
| suffix | 
character | 
Name suffix of player | 
| esb_id | 
character | 
ESB ID of player | 
| nfl_id | 
character | 
NFL ID of player (this is used in Big Data Bowl
Data) | 
| pfr_id | 
character | 
Pro-Football-Reference ID for player | 
| pff_id | 
character | 
PFF ID for player | 
| otc_id | 
character | 
Over the Cap ID for player | 
| espn_id | 
character | 
ESPN ID for player | 
| smart_id | 
character | 
SMART ID for player (that’s in raw pbp. It includes a
hashed ESB_ID) | 
| birth_date | 
character | 
Player birth date (sourced from NFL. Other sources may
differ) | 
| position_group | 
character | 
Postion group of player as listed by NFL | 
| position | 
character | 
Position of player as listed by NFL | 
| ngs_position_group | 
character | 
Position group of player as listed by Next Gen
Stats | 
| ngs_position | 
character | 
Position of player as listed by Next Gen Stats | 
| headshot | 
character | 
NFL headshot url for player | 
| college_name | 
character | 
Official college (usually the last one attended) | 
| college_conference | 
character | 
Conference of college | 
| jersey_number | 
character | 
Latest jersey number of player | 
| latest_team | 
character | 
Latest team the player was listed in | 
| status | 
character | 
Roster status: describes things like Active, Inactive,
Injured Reserve, Practice Squad etc | 
| ngs_status | 
character | 
Next Gen Stats variant of status | 
| ngs_status_short_description | 
character | 
Next Gen Stats status description | 
| pff_position | 
character | 
Position of player as listed by PFF | 
| pff_status | 
character | 
Roster status as listed by PFF | 
| draft_team | 
character | 
Team that drafted player | 
| height | 
numeric | 
Height of player (inches) | 
| weight | 
numeric | 
Weight of player (lbs) | 
| rookie_season | 
numeric | 
4 digit number indicating which season the player was a
rookie | 
| last_season | 
numeric | 
4 digit number indicating which season the player was
active the last time | 
| years_of_experience | 
numeric | 
Years played in league | 
| draft_year | 
numeric | 
Year that player was drafted | 
| draft_round | 
numeric | 
Round that player was drafted in | 
| draft_pick | 
numeric | 
Pick number of player |