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The Upside Index combines college production, athletic testing, and team-fit analysis into a single, unified player grade. Built for scouts, analysts, and serious fans.

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54,735
Player Seasons
11
Positions Graded
2015–2024
Historical Range
32
Team Fit Profiles
100%
Measurement Coverage
Pricing
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    Top 100 players per position
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    Basic draft status
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    Athletic testing data
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    Team fit analysis
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    Historical season data
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    Export & API access
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$19
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Full database access with athletic data, team fits, and historical seasons. The complete scouting toolkit.
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    Full database — all 54,735 records
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    All scores, tiers & detailed breakdowns
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    Athletic profile — height, weight, arm, RAS
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    Combine & pro-day testing numbers
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    Team fit scores for all 32 NFL teams
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    Full historical season-by-season data
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    Senior Bowl & injury flags
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    CSV/JSON export
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    API access
Analyst
$49
per month, billed monthly
Everything in Scout plus bulk export, API access, and custom filtering for serious analysts and content creators.
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    Everything in Scout
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    CSV & JSON export — full database
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    REST API access — query by player, position, team
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    Advanced filters — conference, year, measurements
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    Draft probability ML scores for all prospects
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    Comparison mode — side-by-side player analysis
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    Custom watchlists & saved filters
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    Priority email support
Who It's For
Built for the draft community

From serious hobbyists to professional analysts, The Upside Index scales with your needs.

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Podcast & Media

Back your takes with real data. Cite Upside Index scores, combine rankings, and team-fit analysis on-air or in written content.

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Fantasy & DFS

Identify breakout prospects early. Use draft probability scores and athletic profiles to spot Day-3 steals before anyone else.

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Independent Analysts

Export the full dataset, build your own models, and cross-reference with PFF grades, depth charts, and team needs.

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Researchers & Students

Historical data from 2015–2024 with consistent methodology. Perfect for academic research, capstone projects, and sports analytics coursework.

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What's included

Every feature, broken down by plan.

Feature Free Scout Analyst
Database Access
Player seasons available Top 100 / position All 54,735 All 54,735
Historical seasons (2015–2024) — ✓ ✓
Current prospects (2024 season) ✓ ✓ ✓
Scoring & Grades
Upside Index (UI) & tier ✓ ✓ ✓
Sub-score breakdowns — ✓ ✓
ML draft probability — Prospects only All records
Athletic Data
Height / Weight / Arm length — ✓ ✓
Combine & pro-day testing — ✓ ✓
RAS (Relative Athletic Score) — ✓ ✓
Senior Bowl standout badge — ✓ ✓
Injury flag indicators — ✓ ✓
Team Fit Analysis
Team fit scores (all 32 teams) — ✓ ✓
Scheme fit breakdown — ✓ ✓
GM draft tendency profiles — ✓ ✓
Export & API
CSV export — — ✓
JSON export — — ✓
REST API access — — ✓
Watchlists & saved filters — — ✓
Support
Community forum ✓ ✓ ✓
Email support — Standard Priority
FAQ
Common questions

Everything you need to know before signing up.

The Upside Index (UI) is a composite grade (0–100) that measures a college football player's NFL draft viability. It combines college production via a z-score model, conference strength weighting, athletic measurements, and multi-season consistency into a single number. Scores above 85 indicate elite prospects; scores above 95 are Blue Chip talents.
In holdout validation (2022–2024 seasons), the model identifies 60–97% of eventual top draft picks within the top-30 players per position. EDGE rushers and WRs score highest (93% and 97% precision respectively). OG and C are more difficult to project at 77% and 73%. The ML draft probability layer further calibrates raw scores into actionable percentages.
The database is updated annually after the NFL Draft concludes (typically late April/early May). Draft outcomes, AV data, and NFL team assignments are retroactively applied to all historical records. In-season prospect scores for the current college football year are refreshed after the bowl season ends.
Yes. Monthly subscriptions can be cancelled at any time and you retain access until the end of your billing period. Annual subscriptions can also be cancelled but are non-refundable after 14 days per our refund policy.
The Analyst plan includes 10,000 API calls per month with a rate limit of 100 requests per minute. Additional API usage is available as an add-on at $0.001 per call. The API supports queries by player name, position, season, draft status, and team fit — with JSON responses following the same schema as the database export.
College production data is sourced from Pro Football Focus (PFF) annual grades. Athletic testing data is sourced from the NFL Combine, verified pro-day results, and RAS (Relative Athletic Score) calculations by Kent Lee Platte. Draft and NFL career data comes from Pro Football Reference. All data is cleaned, normalized, and quality-checked before inclusion.

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