TruMedia and AWRE Sports are excited to announce a partnership that will bring AWRE’s industry-leading video into TruMedia’s best-in-class college baseball platform.

Starting in the 2025 season, all AWRE clients will be able to view their game and practice video directly on TruMedia. AWRE’s multi-angle camera system automatically records and clips every pitch, and that video will integrate seamlessly into TruMedia’s research and scouting platform already used by over 200 Division I college baseball teams. Through this combination of each company’s strengths, coaches can utilize video in new and innovative ways never before possible at the college level.

For more information on this partnership, please stop by AWRE’s booth at ABCA 2025 in Washington, D.C. this week, or schedule a personalized TruMedia demo there using this link.

 TruMedia – info@trumedianetworks.com

AWRE Sports – info@awresports.com

The NFCA welcomes TruMedia, a Boston-based engineering firm that develops tier one sports analytics solutions, as a new Official Sponsor of the Association.

“We are thrilled to welcome TruMedia as a new Official Sponsor,” said NFCA Executive Director Carol Bruggeman. “Their user-friendly product provides detailed data and video information to help coaches and student-athletes perform at a high level. TruMedia is committed to the sport of softball and this commitment has led to unprecedented growth in the softball space. We look forward to working with them to grow the game.”

TruMedia will have a pronounced presence at the Association’s in-person events, including the NFCA Convention and NFCA Coaches Clinics, as well as the NFCA’s website, NFCA.org, in publications, and at all other NFCA events. 

“TruMedia wants to empower everyone working in sports to do more with data and video,” said Lexie Elkins, Softball Team Lead. “Collaborating with the NFCA, which does amazing work growing the game of softball at all levels, is a natural partnership to ensure collegiate softball coaches know they can access the same industry-leading product used by hundreds of softball and baseball programs, media, agencies, facilities and the vast majority of MLB teams.”

TruMedia's baseball, football and soccer platforms provide professional teams as well as sports media properties with the ability to conduct granular analysis associated with integrated play-by-play video. TruMedia's open API provides its partners with maximum confidentiality and unlimited customization. In late 2023, TruMedia launched its softball product, which provides teams the ability to quickly analyze data and video within one intuitive user interface.

TruMedia Networks is excited to announce that its partnership with Reboot motion to provide Major League Baseball clubs with access to Reboot’s most powerful Biomechanics data within TruMedia’s industry leading baseball analytics platform

Reboot Motion is known throughout Major League Baseball as the industry leader in biomechanics- taking in movement data of any form (including raw video) and outputting simple, objective, and actionable metrics. Reboot Motion works closely throughout organizations to deliver the right data to the right people.

Reboot’s mission is to empower coaches, data scientists, and biomechanics, allowing them to help athletes and drive change. To learn more about Reboot Motion, visit www.rebootmotion.com or follow Reboot Motion on Twitter.

TruMedia Networks is excited to announce that its industry-leading baseball analytics platform is available to NCAA Division I college baseball teams beginning in the 2022 season.

In the past decade, TruMedia’s Major League Baseball and minor-league baseball products have become the primary way a majority of MLB teams watch video, build advance scouting reports and automate player-development reports. Coaches, players and front offices use the TruMedia analytics platform to query, filter and visualize traditional statistics and tracking data across all levels of professional baseball. Using Synergy video and Trackman data, TruMedia is bringing the same software to the college game.

Over 20 Division I schools have already signed up for 2022, including the 2021 NCAA champion Mississippi State Bulldogs, who trialed the product last season. For more information, please email ncaasupport@trumedianetworks.com.

In his post-draft NFL power rankings, Sheil Kapadia suggest the 49ers are set to bounce back after a tough 2020 season:

“There are a number of statistical indicators to suggest the 49ers could be due for a bounce-back season in 2021. According to TruMedia’s Expected Points Added (EPA) model, only two teams were hurt more by turnovers than the 49ers last season. It’s true that bad teams often get crushed by turnovers. But there’s also luck and randomness involved. A little regression to the mean with turnovers would help San Francisco in a big way.”

Full article: The Athletic

James Benge uses TruMedia’s ProVision research platform and graphics to make predictions for the UEFA Champions League semifinals:

“Some of the defensive numbers emerging from Stamford Bridge are simply staggering. In 18 Premier League and Champions League matches since appointing Tuchel Chelsea have faced shots on their goals worth an average of 0.58 xG per game. Only two teams have had a shot profile that was better than one expected goal, the aforementioned Porto in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal and a West Bromwich Albion side that were playing against 10 men for over an hour.”

Full article: CBS Sports

Neil Greenberg uses TruMedia’s research site to look at the numbers behind Jacob deGrom’s incredible bad luck:

“Since 2018, the year of his first Cy Young Award, deGrom has made 78 starts and pitched 503 innings. Seventy-eight percent (61) of those starts were quality starts, meaning he lasted six or more innings and surrendered three or fewer earned runs. He’s struck out 649 batters, walked 110 and allowed just 115 earned runs (2.06 ERA) over that span. Yet the Mets are 36-42 in those matchups. No, that’s not a typo. …

How does that happen? A lack of run support is part of it. Over the past four seasons, the Mets have given deGrom 4.1 runs of support per nine innings pitched, the third-lowest of any starting pitcher over the past four years. If he had been given an average number of runs (4.6 per data from TruMedia) in support of his 2.06 ERA, we’d expect the Mets to be 45-10 in those starts. Instead they went 36-19, nine fewer wins.”

Full article: The Washington Post

How valuable is starting a drive with a pass play? The Athletic’s Andy Staples and Jason Starrett talked to. coaches and used TruMedia’s research site to crunch the numbers:

“Sometimes, the numbers can identify something that was painfully obvious in the most excruciating manner possible. For example, only one team in the entire FBS gained more on opening runs than it did on opening passes: Kentucky. From 2019-20, the Wildcats averaged 7.2 yards per rush on the first play of a drive and 5.5 yards a pass. Every other team in the country was at least equal, and that level of dysfunction in the passing game is why Kentucky coach Mark Stoops fired coordinator Eddie Gran and replaced him with former Los Angeles Rams assistant Liam Coen.

Not surprisingly, Wisconsin ranked near the bottom in first-play pass rate at No. 120. The Badgers, who make clear that they intend to establish the run and have built a very successful identity doing that, only threw on 30.5 percent of first plays. But if you’re averaging 6.6 yards per carry on those plays and 8.8 yards per pass attempt, that’s not nearly as big a difference as when other programs make that choice.”

Full article: The Athletic

James Benge looks at Liverpool’s struggles and sees Sadio Mane taking similar shots to last season, but not converting at the same rate:

“Despite taking half a shot more than last season he is logging the same quality of shots per game -- as measured by expected goals (xG) -- and Opta's xG on target metric shows that a player who was averaging half a goal per game last season based on where his shots actually ended up is now only a small fraction over one goal per three games. In other words, Mane is getting into similar positions to last season but making far less of the opportunities that come his way. Just look at his shot points below, there are a lot of good quality looks in red.”

Full article: CBS Sports

Michael-Shawn Dugar uses TruMedia’s PFF-powered research platform to look at what Aldon Smith brings to the Seahawks:

“Smith had 50 quarterback pressures, five sacks and a generated pressure on 12.1 percent of his pass-rush reps, ranking 35th among qualifying edge defenders, according to TruMedia. He was one spot behind Chicago’s Khalil Mack and one above Cleveland’s Myles Garrett, both of whom made the Pro Bowl in 2020. Smith’s total pressures would have led the Seahawks last season; his pressure percentage would have ranked second among Seattle defensive linemen and would have been third overall behind safety Jamal Adams and defensive end Carlos Dunlap.”

Full article: The Athletic

For The Athletic, Sheil Kapadia ponders what he’s learned about all 32 NFL teams this offseason, including the Raiders' questionable moves:

“In 2019 and 2020, the Raiders’ offense ranked eighth in TruMedia’s Expected Points Added (EPA) per snap metric. Translation: The offense has worked, and offensive efficiency is the biggest key to sustained success in the NFL. A big part of that was the play of the offensive line. But in the offseason, Jon Gruden decided to move on from offensive tackle Trent Brown, center Rodney Hudson and guard Gabe Jackson.

The initial thought was to use some of those financial resources on the defensive side of the ball, but then they signed running back Kenyan Drake to a two-year, $11 million deal with $8.5 million guaranteed.”

Full article: The Athletic

Can Sam Darnold follow Ryan Tannehill's career path? Sheil Kapadia analyzes the Jets-Panthers trade:

“As for the Panthers, they’ve done nothing to hide the fact that they want an upgrade over Teddy Bridgewater. So what’s the case for taking a chance on Darnold? One, trading for players who underachieved under Adam Gase is not a bad plan. The name that will come up often is Ryan Tannehill. In three seasons (2016-2018) on the Miami Dolphins with Gase, Tannehill produced -0.04 Expected Points Added (EPA) per play, according to TruMedia’s model. That ranked 33rd out of 39 qualifying quarterbacks. As a point of reference, Darnold has performed at a similar level (-0.06 EPA per play) over the last three seasons — two with Gase.

Tannehill turned his career around with the Tennessee Titans and has produced 0.27 EPA per play, which ranks second. The Panthers will hope that Darnold can make a similar leap in a new scheme with better coaching and an improved supporting cast, led by Christian McCaffrey, D.J. Moore and Robby Anderson (a former Jets teammate of Darnold).”

Full article: The Athletic

Can Manchester City shut down Dortmund dynamo Erling Haaland? James Benge analyzes their matchup:

“City are exceptional at stopping the ball from reaching Haaland's spot. The English giants have only conceded one goal because they have faced a ludicrously small number of shots (35 in eight games) and most of those have been low probability efforts. According to Opta, City's combined expected goals (xG) conceded tally -- a metric that assesses the probability of any shot being scored -- is 2.26, a comically low number when the competition's next best defense is Chelsea with more than double that figure (5.73).”

Full article: CBS Sports

Mike Goodman uses TruMedia’s ProVision research platform to analyze Tottenham’s struggles under Jose Mourinho this season:

“Same coach, different players indeed. Jose Mourinho's players are not particularly good at defending. You might not recognize that from their topline numbers, which are deceiving. They've only conceded 1.07 goals per match, that's the third-best total in the league. Look a little deeper, however, and the numbers get uglier. Spurs conceded 12.57 shots per match, there are only eight teams in the league that concede more. They concede 1.30 expected goals per match, exactly league average.

Their stingy defensive record is not the result of a side that is difficult to score goals against, rather it's the result of Hugo Lloris having another excellent shot-stopping season in goal. No team has a larger gap between its expected goals on target conceded and actual goals conceded than Spurs' 4.66.”

Full article: CBS Sports

NFL executives and talent evaluators give Mike Sando their thoughts on every team's free-agency period so far, including one evaluator thinking the Rams overpaid for Matthew Stafford:

“I think really the Rams overpaid for Stafford,” an evaluator said. “He’s an upgrade over Goff, but they gave up a ton. They are clearly in win-now mode. Are they better this year? Yeah, but the amount of capital they gave up to get Stafford was outrageous. I don’t think Goff is that much worse than Stafford. He is not as good, but not terrible. Maybe I’m mis-evaluating Goff.”

Stafford’s Lions went 11-5 and 10-6 in the only two seasons they ranked among the top 10 in defensive expected points added (EPA), according to TruMedia. They ranked 20th or worse eight times. The Rams were No. 1 in that category last season. Over the past 15 seasons, every team that finished first in defensive EPA had a winning record, including teams that got 10-plus starts from Mitch Trubisky, Blake Bortles, Mark Sanchez, Kyle Orton and Trevor Siemian.”

Full article: The Athletic

Max Olson writes on the last season’s most efficient college quarterback, with Ole Miss’ Matt Corral landing in the second spot…

“Among returning Power 5 passers, nobody enjoyed a greater improvement in their YPP average than Ole Miss’ Matt Corral. He jumped from 6.37 YPP to 8.77 in just one year with Lane Kiffin and Jeff Lebby, turning into a 71 percent passer after completing just 59 percent of his throws in 2019. Nobody in college football hit more 50-plus-yard passes (11), and his 57 plays of 20 or more yards ranked fifth nationally according to TruMedia. Corral averaged 39.5 yards per completion on throws of 20-plus yards. If you want explosive offense, you want this dude.”

Full article: The Athletic

Michael-Shawn Dugar uses TruMedia’s PFF-powered research platform to assess the Seahawks’ extension of star receiver Tyler Lockett:

“After signing his first contract extension in August 2018, Lockett began performing like a top-10 receiver. Since 2018, Lockett ranks 13th in receiving yards, fifth in receiving touchdowns and second in reception percentage among qualifying receivers, according to TruMedia. In 2020, Lockett ranked sixth in receiving touchdowns, 10th in reception percentage and 15th in receiving yards.”

Full article: The Athletic

Matt Pentz looks at the challenges the Seattle Sound will face this season, including the absence of left winger Jordan Morris:

“Just look at this heat map from TruMedia, which shows the average position of all Seattle players over the course of last season, and keep in mind that Morris played on the left wing.

Other advanced metrics from last season bode more positively for the Sounders. They finished close to the top of the league in possession, touches, passes attempted and pass completion in the final third. They like to proactively take control of games and dictate tempo; that’s unlikely to change given that most of the midfield remains intact, and such a style can help teams ride out stretches when they might not be their sharpest. Their expected goals and assists were both third in MLS, a good sign that they aren’t due for too much regression. “

Full article: The Athletic

The Athletic continues to use TruMedia’s PFF-powered research platform extensively in offseason coverage of teams including:

Seahawks: “Seattle is likely attracted to his physical tools. (Akhello) Witherspoon is 6-foot-3 with long arms and a 4.45 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine. He hasn’t gotten his hands on the ball much, totaling just 24 passes defensed in his career. That ranks 93rd since 2017, with only four interceptions. In 2020, Witherspoon had four passes defensed in 203 coverage snaps (per TruMedia) and one interception – all in San Francisco’s final three games.”

49ers: “Although (Alex) Mack may have lost a step since his dominant prime, he’s still a solid pass protector who allowed only one sack over 633 pass-blocking snaps in 2020, per TruMedia. Mack will mark a surefire improvement for a 49ers’ center situation that endured a few disasters in 2020. By the end of the season, the 49ers were starting their fourth-string center, Daniel Brunskill. This also created a big issue at right guard, Brunskill’s original position.”

Giants: “(Leonard) Williams, who turns 27 in June, recorded a career-high 11.5 sacks in 2020. Per TruMedia, his 12.7 percent pressure rate ranked among the league’s top-five interior defensive linemen. Williams has also been a stout run defender throughout his entire career, which began with the New York Jets in 2015. The Giants traded a third- and fifth-round pick for him in October of 2019.”

Michael-Shawn Dugar looks at Seahawks free-agent running back options, including former Packer Jamaal Williams:

“Williams, who will be 26 at the start of the season, also has potential to create a nice 1-2 punch with Penny. The former Green Bay Packer put together an efficient season complementing Aaron Jones in 2020. Williams ranked third in EPA per carry and 15th in total EPA on rushes, per TruMedia. He caught 31 of 35 targets (with two drops) and averaged as many yards per reception (7.6) as Jones. Production by Green Bay running backs must be taken with a grain of salt because the Packers’ offensive line is elite, and it’s unreasonable to assume someone carrying the ball behind that front will bring that same exact efficiency to a team with a lesser run-blocking group. Still, Williams would be a low-risk option and has shown to have talent that may be showcased regardless of the O-line.”

Full article: The Athletic

Aaron Reiss checks in on the Texans free-agency board, including their defensive line options:

“DT Sheldon Rankins (27): The No. 12 overall pick in 2016 was solid but unspectacular in five seasons with the Saints. He played 40 percent of defensive snaps last season and recorded nine QB hits and 1.5 sacks. He produced pressure on 8.9 percent of opportunities, according to TruMedia and Pro Football Focus. That would’ve ranked second among Texans defensive linemen, behind only Charles Omenihu.”

Full article: The Athletic

With Dak Prescott returning to Dallas, Jake Ciely breaks down what it means for the fantasy football value of Prescott and other Cowboys:

“If you go super deep with TruMedia metrics, particularly EPA (Expected Points Added — the difference between expected points at the start of a play and its end), the differences are a stark contrast.

EPA with Dak vs. without

PassEPA/Snap: 12.4 vs. -2.0
RushEPA/Snap: 0.7 vs. -4.7
EPA/Snap: 13.0 vs. -7.5”

Full article: The Athletic

Michael-Shawn Dugar outlines three paths for the Seahawks to have a successful offseason, including the signing of Carl Lawson:

“Defensive end is still a need so Seattle goes after another former Bengal and replaces Dunlap with former teammate Carl Lawson, who turns 26 this summer and has been consistently effective rushing the passer. His 99 QB pressures the last two seasons rank 20th league-wide and his 14.7 pressure percentage across that same span ranks 24th, per TruMedia, one spot above Kanas City’s Chris Jones. Lawson is coming off a year in which he ranked sixth in total QB pressures. Seattle signs him to a four-year, $48 million contract with a $16 million signing bonus and an estimated $10 million cap hit.”

Full article: The Athletic

What players will the Eagles target in free agency? Sheil Kapadia, Bo Wulf and Zach Berman have some ideas:

Kapadia: Malcolm Brown

“This is another area where I wouldn’t spend. You can find a complement to Miles Sanders in the draft or sign someone in August. But for the purposes of this exercise, I’ll go with Brown. He’s a physical inside runner and ranked seventh in TruMedia’s success rate metric last season. Brown produced a career-high 581 yards from scrimmage with the Rams in 2020.”

Full article: The Athletic

With their tight salary-cap situation, whom might the 49ers pursue in free agency? David Lombardi looks at their options, including edge rusher Carl Lawson:

“It’s been assumed that, if the 49ers spend top dollar on re-signing Williams, they’ll have to acquire a bookend for Nick Bosa through the NFL Draft. But given an extra $10 million, the 49ers might change gears and look seriously into signing a player like the 25-year-old Lawson, who’s been very productive for Cincinnati.”

Full article: The Athletic

Mike Goodman uses TruMedia’s ProVision research platform to dissect how Cristiano Ronaldo is having his best Juventus season yet:

“The percentage of headers Ronaldo is taking has declined precipitously. His first two seasons at Juventus 15.8% and 15.9% of his shots were headers. It's only at 11.1% this season. The last time he took this few headers as a percentage of his total shots was 2012-13 with Real Madrid. And yet despite that shift, defenders have not been able to keep him from getting good shots with his feet. He hasn't been forced to take more shots outside the box, he still takes 51% of shots with his feet inside the box, in line with 50.6% last season and 51.7% the season before. In fact, the average distance of shots with his feet hasn't changed hardly at all. It's 18.7 yards this season, down from 19.2 last season and 18.8 the season before.”

Full article: CBS Sports

With the Seahawks releasing defensive end Carlos Dunlap, they’re putting themselves in a risky spot, writes Michael-Shawn Dugar:

“Extension talks clearly stalled and now Dunlap, after a season in which he transformed Seattle’s pass rush, will get to see if another team places a greater value on his services.

This is a risk for Seattle because Dunlap was Seattle’s best defensive lineman in 2020. He led the position group in pressure percentage (12.6), according to TruMedia, and finished second in sacks and fourth in total pressures despite playing just eight games.”

Full article: The Athletic

Ben Baldwin goes deep into the numbers to figure out what happened to Russell Wilson and the Seahawks offense in the second half of the 2020 season:

“Here is another place we can bring data to bear, thanks to PFF coverage labels provided by TruMedia. Let’s take a look at the percentage of early downs where opponents played a coverage that uses two high safeties, as charted by PFF:

If we compare the dots in each week (how a defense usually plays on the back end) to the logos (how they played against the Seahawks), we indeed see that as Carroll noted, teams played more two-high looks against the Seahawks than they did in their other games, with the major exceptions being the Eagles and Jets, which were both comfortable wins for the Seahawks. Of the three big outliers in the chart who played more two-high than usual — the Cowboys, Vikings, and Giants — the Seattle offense struggled in two of those three games (the latter two).”

Full article: The Athletic

How do the Texans replace J.J. Watt and improve a defense that struggled last season? Aaron Reiss looks at Houston's options:

“Not only did Watt lead the team in sacks (5.0) and QB hits (17), he also had 14 TFLs, which doubled the next-closest Texans defender, inside linebacker Zach Cunningham. The 2020 Texans had the fourth-worst defense since 2000, according to TruMedia’s EPA per play data. They might be even worse in 2021, but they won’t simply be a Watt-less version of last season’s unit. There should be a lot of turnover on this portion of the roster.”

Full article: The Athletic

Max Olson uses TruMedia’s research platform to examine stop rates and the best defenses at getting off the field during this past college football season:

“Every defense in college football has the same goal on every drive: Get a stop and get off the field. It’s the most basic measurement of whether a defense is successful. We call this simple measure of success stop rate: the percentage of a defense’s drives that end in punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs. This metric helps offer a more accurate reflection of a defense’s effectiveness in today’s faster-tempo game. … All stop rate and drive data are courtesy of TruMedia and Pro Football Focus.”

Full article: The Athletic