SackSEER is a
statistical model
A statistical model is a mathematical model that embodies a set of statistical assumptions concerning the generation of Sample (statistics), sample data (and similar data from a larger Statistical population, population). A statistical model repre ...
for predicting the performance of collegiate
American football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...
players who are trying to play in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...
. SackSEER was developed in 2010 by Nate Forster of
Football Outsiders.
SackSEER only applies to
defensive ends who are "edge rushers". The first version of SackSEER was published in the 2010 Football Outsiders Almanac.
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, url = https://www.footballoutsiders.com/nfl-draft/2010/introducing-sackseer
, archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120107130952/http://www.footballoutsiders.com/nfl-draft/2010/introducing-sackseer
, url-status = dead
, archive-date = January 7, 2012
, publisher = footballoutsiders.com
, title = Introducing SackSEER
, date = 2010-04-10
, last = Forster
, first = Nate
, accessdate = 2018-12-18]
Methodology
According to the SackSEER chapter in the 2010 Football Outsiders Almanac, the formula considers four factors:
*
vertical leap
*short shuttle time
*SRAM (an adjusted measure of per-game
sack
A sack usually refers to a rectangular-shaped bag.
Sack may also refer to:
Bags
* Flour sack
* Gunny sack
* Hacky sack, sport
* Money sack
* Paper sack
* Sleeping bag
* Stuff sack
* Knapsack
Other uses
* Bed, a slang term
* Sack (band), ...
productivity in college)
*The total number of eligible games missed for any reason other than early entry into the
NFL draft
The NFL draft, officially known as the Annual Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the most common source of player recruitment in the National Football League. Each team is given a position in the drafting order in reve ...
References
NFL mass media