Hudl IQ: The Essentials

Hudl IQ tools help coaches quickly analyze defensive schemes, spot tendencies, and find weaknesses to create smarter, more effective game plans.

With the 2024 NFL draft approaching, the football world is filled with speculation on the who, where and when of a much heralded quarterback class. Here's our evaluation of this years class. 

Every college program has its own criteria and procedures for evaluating players. Here's how you can use Hudl IQ to find the right players to fit your needs this offseason. 

We go under the hood to examine how Hudl IQ captures, analyzes and builds data models for American football teams to give your staff a better understanding of how and where to focus when getting started with advanced analytics.

Special teams, the third phase, is one of the most important plays in all of football, and is often the difference between winning and losing. So why is it sometimes an afterthought? Our data gives teams with limited staff the opportunity to turn special teams into a winning piece of their strategy.

Our Hudl IQ data scientists dive into our expected sacks model by analyzing the fundamentals that make up this critical stat for defensive staffs. Here’s a glimpse into our model, with a closer look at some of the results.

Run blocking is one of the fundamental components of offensive line play. While the possible assignments are nearly unlimited, they can be categorized into one of several different block types. Our data science team dives into these classifications to help understand both individual player performance and team schemes and tendencies.

American football is a game of power, strategy, and precision. Behind the thrilling touchdowns and bone-crushing tackles lies a world of physical metrics that play a crucial role in determining a player's success on the field.

Analytics and scouting are tools that help give organizations more information to make better decisions. Here’s how the two facets of your front office can work more closely together to make more informed decisions.

Using our expected completion percentage models, we examine the class of quarterbacks from the 2023 class– deriving analytical insights and interrogating the narratives  to help understand their strengths at a deeper level.