The Canadian Football League (CFL) has announced a partnership with Pro Football Focus (PFF) to spotlight the players.

PFF utilizes extensive review of game footage to provide additional context for every action. Highly trained staff breakdown every game, player and play to provide over 200 unique data points to allow team personnel to improve efficiency and make more informed decisions. The PFF Grading System translates these data points into a numerical representation of player performance at their specific positions, while providing an unbiased measure to compare player production to their peers.

While statistics alone measure individual performance, the PFF Grading System takes into account the contextual contributing factors which allow those statistics to be achieved. In the case of a quarterback, passing yards alone can be indicative of performance, but they fail to account for the effectiveness of the offensive line. PFF breaks down the play of the pivot alongside each offensive lineman, while factoring in the performance of the opposing defensive players, and accounting for field position, weather conditions and a multitude of additional factors.

Along with the CFL, PFF’s data and tools are utilized by the NFL, USFL, XFL, 131 FBS teams and 47 FCS teams.

The league will employ Player Grades to recognize the best performances of each week through the all-new CFL Honour Roll powered by PFF, which will highlight the highest graded player at every position and the top offensive line.

With files from the Canadian Football League