On behalf of NFL Data & Analytics and our sponsors at AWS, thanks to all who participated in this year’s Big Data Bowl. Our staff received over 300 submissions from this year’s participants, a record for our analytics competition.
The 2024 Big Data Bowl's in-person event was held at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on February 28.
Each of the five finalists listed below competed for the additional $12,500 in prize money, but the winners of the 2024 Big Data Bowl were Matthew Chang, Katherine Dai, Daniel Jiang and Harvey Cheng.
2024 Big Data Bowl Winners
The winners of the 2024 Big Data Bowl are Matthew Chang, Katherine Dai, Daniel Jiang and Harvey Cheng.
Read their winning submission, “Uncovering Missed Tackle Opportunities”
2024 Big Data Bowl Finalists
- Ben Davis, Nidiyan Rajendran (coaching track)
- Matthew Chang, Katherine Dai, Daniel Jiang, Harvey Cheng (metric track)
- Quang Nguyen, Larry Jiang, Meg Ellingwood, Ron Yurko (metric track)
- Shane Hauck, Marion Haney, Devin Basley, Vinay Maruri (coaching track)
- Smit Bajaj, Viren Bhatia; New York University (undergraduate track)
Runner-ups
- Aidan Cook (coaching track)
- Ajay Patel, Rohit Kumar, Ben Wieland, Sam Hoppen (coaching track)
- Allan Paiz (undergraduate track)
- Hassaan Inayatali, Aaron White, Jaden Majumdar, Daniel Hocevar (undergraduate track)
- Nick Gurol, Tim Bryan, Ben Dominguez, Ben Wolbransky (metric track)
Honorable Mentions
- Ben Jenkins, Steve Jenkins (metric track)
- Danielle Cabel (coaching track)
- Jesse Fischer (coaching track)
- Lauren James (metric track)
- Nick Bachelder (metric track)
- Raunaq Singh, Arham Habib, Anvit Rao (undergraduate track)
- Robert Bajons, Jan-Ole Koslik, Rouven Michels, Marius Ötting (metric track)
- Sam Kirschner, Tim Keller, Andrew May (metric track)
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