Football APIs - Player Id Linking

You can now reference a player’s NCAA profile within the NFL API!

When available, each player’s profile includes the corresponding ID from the NCAA Football API under player.reference(s), making it easier to connect college and pro profiles for analysis, draft prep, and career stats.

☑️ Sample Requests:

Player Profile (NFL) - https://api.sportradar.com/nfl/official/trial/v7/en/players/11cad59d-90dd-449c-a839-dddaba4fe16c/profile.json

Team Profile (NFL) - https://api.sportradar.com/nfl/official/trial/v7/en/teams/0d855753-ea21-4953-89f9-0e20aff9eb73/profile.xml

🔢 Versions

🔁 Endpoints Affected

Player Profile, Team Profile, Team Roster

⚙️ Return Sample

{
    "id": "11cad59d-90dd-449c-a839-dddaba4fe16c",
    "name": "Patrick Mahomes",
    "jersey": "15",
    "last_name": "Mahomes",
    "first_name": "Patrick",
    "abbr_name": "P.Mahomes",
    "birth_date": "1995-09-17",
    "weight": 225.0,
    "height": 74,
    "position": "QB",
    "birth_place": "Tyler, TX, USA",
    "high_school": "Whitehouse (TX)",
    "college": "Texas Tech",
    "college_conf": "Big Twelve Conference",
    "rookie_year": 2017,
    "status": "ACT",
    "sr_id": "sr:player:1129537",
    "experience": 9,
    "salary": 1255000,
    "team": {
        "id": "6680d28d-d4d2-49f6-aace-5292d3ec02c2",
        "name": "Chiefs",
        "market": "Kansas City",
        "alias": "KC",
        "sr_id": "sr:competitor:4422"
    },
    "draft": {
        "year": 2017,
        "round": 1,
        "number": 10,
        "team": {
            "id": "6680d28d-d4d2-49f6-aace-5292d3ec02c2",
            "name": "Chiefs",
            "market": "Kansas City",
            "alias": "KC",
            "sr_id": "sr:competitor:4422"
        }
    },
    "references": [
        {
            "source_id": "531fa6d3-9c8e-437b-8eca-8ca79bf12cc0",
            "scope": "NCAAFB",
            "id_type": "league_profile"
        }
    ],

    <players>
        <player id="0226b03b-f91d-4223-9813-9fcd2e9c3acc" name="Juwan Johnson" jersey="83" last_name="Johnson" first_name="Juwan" abbr_name="J.Johnson" birth_date="1996-09-13" weight="231.0" height="76" position="TE" birth_place="Glassboro, NJ, USA" high_school="Glassboro (NJ)" college="Oregon" college_conf="Pacific Twelve Conference" rookie_year="2020" status="ACT" sr_id="sr:player:2040489" experience="6" salary="1170000">
            <reference source_id="ac27c288-92a8-4e5a-839d-ccacfc017120" scope="NCAAFB" id_type="league_profile"/>
        </player>
        <player id="0560d134-d316-4cda-9d48-34d32267af68" name="Jack Stoll" jersey="88" last_name="Stoll" first_name="Jack" abbr_name="J.Stoll" birth_date="1998-01-28" weight="247.0" height="76" position="TE" birth_place="Lone Tree, CO, USA" high_school="Regis Jesuit (CO)" college="Nebraska" college_conf="Big Ten Conference" rookie_year="2021" status="ACT" sr_id="sr:player:2197596" experience="5" salary="1170000">
            <reference source_id="3df3b9b4-3ee8-4ad7-bf29-67ef11f81de4" scope="NCAAFB" id_type="league_profile"/>
        </player>
        <player id="07814d30-072a-11ef-ba75-176276cf11f0" name="Treyton Welch" jersey="82" last_name="Welch" first_name="Treyton" abbr_name="T.Welch" birth_date="2001-01-10" weight="240.0" height="76" position="TE" birth_place="Buffalo, MN, USA" high_school="Buffalo (MN)" college="Wyoming" college_conf="Mountain West Conference" rookie_year="2024" status="ACT" sr_id="sr:player:1855572" experience="1" salary="840000">
            <reference source_id="15e48a8f-805b-4ff0-b843-2c90bd1761e1" scope="NCAAFB" id_type="league_profile"/>
        </player>