College football fourth down conversion model

Distribution of yards gained on a fourth down attempt (76 classes, -10 to 65 yards); the probability of gaining at least the distance is the conversion probability.

Usage

cfb_fd_model

Format

A raw vector representation of an 'xgboost' model (multi:softprob, 76 classes). Features, in order: down, distance, yards_to_goal, posteam_total, posteam_spread, era0, era1, era2, era3.

Source

The cfb_model_artifacts release of https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data.

Examples

model <- xgboost::xgb.load.raw(cfb_fd_model)
xgboost::getinfo(model, "feature_name")
#> [1] "down"           "distance"       "yards_to_goal"  "posteam_total" 
#> [5] "posteam_spread" "era0"           "era1"           "era2"          
#> [9] "era3"