Advancing Player Health and Safety with the Digital Athlete

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The NFL continuously drives innovation to make the game safer for players and help keep them healthy – and the Digital Athlete is a key part of that progress.

The Digital Athlete is an injury prediction tool that leverages data and artificial intelligence to help clubs keep players healthy and performing at their best on the field. It does this by providing a complete view of an NFL player’s experience, taking video and data from training, practice and games and using AWS technology to run millions of simulations of NFL games and specific scenarios to tell teams when players are at the highest risk of injury.

All 32 clubs have access to the Digital Athlete team portal, which includes daily training volume and injury risk information for their team, as well as league-wide trends and benchmarks. Coaches and training staff use the information to develop individualized injury prevention, training and recovery regimens for players.

The Digital Athlete has also been used to inform rules changes, including the Dynamic Kickoff. The league simulated 10,000 seasons’ worth of games under the new rule, which provided valuable insights into how the new structure could reduce injury rates and increase kick returns, making it safer for players and more exciting for fans.

By harnessing the power of data and AI, the NFL is revolutionizing player health and safety with the Digital Athlete.

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