Pro Football Prospectus
Encyclopedia
Pro Football Prospectus is a book series, with a new edition published each year. It reviews the previous NFL
season and previews the upcoming season. Its brand of statistical analysis sets it apart from the annual magazines that cover the same territory, and it has become increasingly popular with fantasy football
players.
The series is a spinoff of the popular Baseball Prospectus
brand. The PFP series was created by Sean Lahman
in 2002, and with his team of writers he produced the first three editions. Aaron Schatz
and his Football Outsiders
took over the series in 2005.
In 2009, the publisher of the various Prospectus books, Plume
decided to not publish any of the non-baseball prospectuses, so the Pro Football Proespectus in 2009 was renamed the Football Outsiders Almanac.
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
season and previews the upcoming season. Its brand of statistical analysis sets it apart from the annual magazines that cover the same territory, and it has become increasingly popular with fantasy football
Fantasy football (American)
Fantasy football is an interactive, virtual competition in which people manage professional football players versus one another and that allows people to act as general managers of a pseudo-football team. The players that an individual is able to manage are professional American Football players...
players.
The series is a spinoff of the popular Baseball Prospectus
Baseball Prospectus
Baseball Prospectus is an organization that publishes a website, BaseballProspectus.com, devoted to the sabermetric analysis of baseball. BP has a staff of regular columnists and provides advanced statistics as well player and team performance projections on the site...
brand. The PFP series was created by Sean Lahman
Sean Lahman
Sean Lahman is an award-winning author and journalist.-Sports Research:He is most noted for the Lahman Baseball Database, a collection of baseball statistics for every team and player in Major League history...
in 2002, and with his team of writers he produced the first three editions. Aaron Schatz
Aaron Schatz
Aaron Schatz is the creator of Football Outsiders and one of the main contributors to Football Outsiders Almanac, published yearly since 2005...
and his Football Outsiders
Football Outsiders
Football Outsiders is a website started in July 2003 which focuses on advanced statistical analysis of the NFL. The site is run by a staff of regular writers, who produce a series of weekly columns using both the site's in-house statistics and their personal analyses of NFL games.In 2005 and 2006,...
took over the series in 2005.
In 2009, the publisher of the various Prospectus books, Plume
Plume (publishing)
Plume is a publishing company in the United States, founded in 1970 as the trade paperback imprint of New American Library. Today it is a division of Penguin Group, with a backlist of approximately 700 titles....
decided to not publish any of the non-baseball prospectuses, so the Pro Football Proespectus in 2009 was renamed the Football Outsiders Almanac.