Today, the National Football League announced a multi-year agreement with Sportradar US. Beginning in the 2015, NFL season, Sportradar US will become the NFL’s exclusive distributor of comprehensive statistics to digital outlets. It will also become the sole provider for the NFL’s own Next Gen Stats, as well as the Game Statistics and Information System (GSIS) which is comprised of official real-time scores, player statistics and play-by-play data.
This new partnership will build upon the successes of Next Gen Stats, which was introduced by the NFL last season. These Next Gen Stats will provide real-time, location-based data such as speed, acceleration and distance traveled for all players, for all games starting with the 2015-16 season (think MLB Statcasts for NFL).