Ron Yurko
@stat-ron.bsky.social
Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Statistics & Data Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Director of Carnegie Mellon #SportsAnalytics Center (CMSAC) https://stat.cmu.edu/cmsac
Does anyone (buzzing in the same circles as me) want to team up for a stats project? Just trying to break out of a funk, maybe try something new, nothing ambitious...
Ron Yurko@stat-ron.bsky.social · 3w agoEnter this year's Carnegie Mellon #SportsAnalytics Conference (Oct 23-24) #ReproducibleResearch Competition! forms.gle/GUXbxGbkkoiq... NEW: Winning authors receive an exclusive invitation to submit to the Journal of Statistics and Data Science in Sports jsds-sports.github.io
Enter this year's Carnegie Mellon #SportsAnalytics Conference (Oct 23-24) #ReproducibleResearch Competition! forms.gle/GUXbxGbkkoiq... NEW: Winning authors receive an exclusive invitation to submit to the Journal of Statistics and Data Science in Sports jsds-sports.github.io
Reproducible Research Competition
Submit an abstract to present your sports analytics work in the Reproducible Research Competition at the annual Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Conference on Oct 23-24 2026! In this year's competit...
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It's a privilege and honor to be able to work w/ #Heisman - I consider the #HeismanTrophy to be the most prestigious award in American sports, and I'm beyond excited for #CMSAC to play a role in its rich history! #CollegeFootball #sportsanalytics
Carnegie Mellon University@cmu.edu · 4w agoCMU x #Heisman 🏈📊🏆 @heismantrophy.bsky.social has partnered with Carnegie Mellon and the Sports Analytics Center to develop metrics and tools to make it easier for fans to access and evaluate performance data for all positions.
CMU's statisticians and data scientists will work closely with Heisman to redevelop a dynamic fan voting, providing fans with deeper insight into the race for college football's most prestigious award. #SportsAnalytics Read more:
Heisman Taps Carnegie Mellon University to Enhance Heisman Hopefuls Fan Voting and Analytics
Heisman has signed a memorandum of understanding with Carnegie Mellon University and the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center (CMSAC) to develop metrics and tools that make it easier for fans to ac...
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CMU x #Heisman 🏈📊🏆 @heismantrophy.bsky.social has partnered with Carnegie Mellon and the Sports Analytics Center to develop metrics and tools to make it easier for fans to access and evaluate performance data for all positions.
If you like sports data, be sure to check out espnanalytics.com @deanolytics.bsky.social @sethwalder.bsky.social and the entire ESPN Analytics team have put together some very cool and insightful data products.
ESPN Analytics
Models and data visualization from ESPN Analytics. NBA & NFL Draft, schedule analysis, receiver scores and more.
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Strongly recommend checking out a new #sportsanalytics book by (one of the best in the field) Stephanie Kovalchik called - 'Out of Left Field: Improbable stories in sports analytics' leftfieldanalytics.com Order it now! sellercentral.amazon.com/nms/redirect...
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Yo this is the last week (last days!) for abstracts! I just submitted mine today :) All baseball teams are represented at this conference. Most (all?) doing informational interviews for job seekers or the curious. May 15 is the deadline for abstracts. See y’all there in a few months
Saberseminar@saberseminar.bsky.social · 4mo agoReminder: abstract submissions are open for Saberseminar 2026. We always aim for a mix of talks on a wide variety of subjects, from established professionals to hobbyists to students looking to get a foot in the door. Submit your abstract ASAP! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
CMU's sports analytics education produces big league talent. Shravan Ramamurthy and Toby Junker both have professions in research and development for #NFL teams. Today's sports analysts have access to more data than ever. CMU equips students with the skills to turn data into actionable insights. 📊
What is the value of a pick in the #NFLDraft? 📈 Carnegie Mellon researchers are tackling the question. A joint project from the NFL and CMU researchers Quang Nguyen and Ron Yurko explores the math behind how Draft value charts are built and which teams have the best track record for picks. #Data
Building An NFL Draft Value Chart | NFL Football Operations
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Data is powering the future of sports. 📊 “Every tenth of a second, the NFL’s Next Gen data chips provide information for where every single player is positioned on the field — the direction they’re moving, the speed they’re moving." CMU researchers are tackling how to use the data at our disposal.
Sports Generate More Data Than Ever. CMU's Sports Analytics Center Asks What It Means
Carnegie Mellon University experts are turning that data into insight, using statistics and data science to help professional teams gain a competitive edge.
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Carnegie Mellon research is helping #NFL teams see what game film can’t. Smarter #data means smarter draft picks. By measuring traits that aren't always obvious, from shiftiness to arm angle, we can study their impact on the game. Analyzing this data is shaping the way teams draft. @cbsnews.com
Carnegie Mellon analytics helping shape NFL draft decisions
With technology used in just about every facet of everyday life, it's also changing how NFL teams look at athletes.
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Poorly Drawn Lines@poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 4mo agoDisappointment.
Many thanks to @realfrankbrank.bsky.social for getting this started! #CMSAC is excited to work with FTN data - with multiple student #sportsanalytics projects already underway!
frank brank@realfrankbrank.bsky.social · 4mo agoFTN is partnering with the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center to provide advanced charted data to students to help prepare them for a career in sports data and analysis. Special thanks to @stat-ron.bsky.social for being a leader in this partnership.
FTN is partnering with the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center to provide advanced charted data to students to help prepare them for a career in sports data and analysis. Special thanks to @stat-ron.bsky.social for being a leader in this partnership.
Official publication of ' #NFL ghosts: A framework for evaluating defender positioning with conditional density estimation' is now available in the Annals of Applied Statistics projecteuclid.org/journals/ann... #BigDataBowl #sportsanalytics #CMSAC
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We have summer internships y'all! Come work at Posit on the PyData, tidymodels, shiny, or Connect teams: grnh.se/tigz810a3us. You will have an awesome time, learn a ton, and help advance our open source and pro tools 🧰 #rstats #pydata
This framework enables comparison of observed movement against a distribution of hypotheticals at each frame within a play We focus on evaluating RB movement after handoff in run plays, and present examples of play valuation breakdown & player performance metrics
Simulation details: Given an observed path, at each frame along this path, generate a local distribution of hypothetical next steps (only simulate the immediate next movement, 1 frame ahead) (work in progress: full path sim by repeatedly drawing posterior predictive steps & turns)
Full framework: 1. Movement characterization with tracking data features (step length & turn angle, inspired by animal movement literature) 2. Bayesian multilevel step-and-turn models 3. Posterior predictive simulation of player movement 4. Ghosting/hypothetical evaluation
Check out the latest from Quang Nguyen in the #CMSAC research lab #sportsanalytics #NFL #BigDataBowl
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qntkhvn@qntkhvn.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew paper by myself & @stat-ron.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2603.17866 We introduce a generative modeling framework to evaluate continuous-time player movement against a distribution of frame-level hypotheticals #cmsac #nfl #bigdatabowl #sportsanalytics #ghosting
New paper by myself & @stat-ron.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2603.17866 We introduce a generative modeling framework to evaluate continuous-time player movement against a distribution of frame-level hypotheticals #cmsac #nfl #bigdatabowl #sportsanalytics #ghosting
Bayesian multilevel step-and-turn models for evaluating player movement in American football
In sports analytics, player tracking data have driven significant advancements in the task of player evaluation. We present a novel generative framework for evaluating the observed frame-by-frame play...
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🔔 New preprint w/ Catalina Medina ❓ We ran a quasi-experiment in an introductory stats course to see if giving students a choice of real data context on homework actually has impact 📄 Engaging students with statistics through choice of real data context on homework 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2603.04541
Engaging students with statistics through choice of real data context on homework
Statistics educators recommend teaching with real data with relevant contexts, but defining relevancy is challenging and varies by student. We investigated whether providing student choice of data con...
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👍 Our recs based on our findings are 1️⃣ use real data with authentic contexts, 2️⃣ select contexts students care about 3️⃣ incorporate variety across data contexts 4️⃣ consider choice as a pedagogical tool.
Today we're releasing AI for RStudio. It's really, really good—I'd encourage you to point it at the messiest data sources you have and see what it can do. www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2026-03...
Teamworks—which calls itself as "The Operating System for Sports"—is closing in on acquiring Pro Football Focus per @arif.bsky.social . PFF's valuation in the deal is between $130M-$140M. Cris Collinsworth purchased PFF for $6M in 2014. www.wideleft.football/p/breaking-t...
BREAKING: Teamworks to Acquire Pro Football Focus
Wide Left has learned that Teamworks will acquire football charting firm Pro Football Focus.
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