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AI & Data in the NFL
AI and Data Recruitment for the NFL.
Specialist hiring for the front offices, performance departments and SportsTech vendors building the next decade of NFL analytics. Data scientists, ML engineers, computer vision specialists and heads of football operations.
The state of play
The NFL's Analytics Arms Race Is Real.
Front offices that two seasons ago had a single quant now run double-digit analytics teams. Player tracking and Next Gen Stats have moved from broadcast gimmick to in-meeting decision input. Cap models, draft simulators, route-running pipelines - none of it is optional any more.
Talent moves fast, and most of it never reaches a public job board. The best NFL-data hires are quiet hires, made through networks that took years to build.
That's what we bring. Sport-literate technical recruiting, focused on people who can hold a room of coaches as well as a deep learning notebook.
The work
NFL-Specific Hiring, End-to-End.
Every NFL search is run by Kev personally. Twenty years hiring data and AI talent, four of them now exclusively in sport.
NFL roles we hire
- Football Analytics Analyst (NFL front offices)
- Sports Data Scientist (NFL)
- Computer Vision Engineer (player tracking)
- AI / ML Engineer (NFL applications)
- Data Engineer (Next Gen Stats, scouting pipelines)
- Head of Football Research
- Director of Analytics / VP, Football Operations
Who we work with in the NFL
- NFL franchises - front offices, scouting, performance science
- League-level analytics groups
- SportsTech vendors selling into the NFL - tracking, scouting tools, broadcast AI
- Broadcasters and rights-holders integrating AI into live production
- Investor groups doing technical diligence on franchise acquisitions
The process
Brief, Scout, Shortlist and Sign.
Most recruiters work the funnel - hundreds of CVs filtered down to a few. We work like a scouting department: a small number of genuinely qualified candidates, presented with full context, after we've already had the difficult conversations.
- 01
The brief
A proper conversation about the role, the technical stack, who already sits in the NFL data team and the wider strategic context. Job specs come out of this - not the other way round.
- 02
The scout
Targeted outreach across our NFL network and adjacent industries. We're already in the conversations the people you want are having. We don't post and pray.
- 03
The shortlist
A small number of qualified candidates, each with a written summary covering technical fit, NFL literacy, motivation and honest reservations. Full picture, not the pitch.
- 04
The signing
We support the offer process, manage counter-offer conversations and stay in the loop through onboarding and beyond.
Next step
Hiring Inside the NFL?
For candidates
You work in NFL data.
If you're an analyst, data scientist or ML engineer working in or near the NFL - or curious about a move into it - get in touch. No pressure, no spam.
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