Stephen Dubner

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Freakonomics Radio · 686. Why Is It So Hard to Find an NFL Quarterback? · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

Kipman model found that the top quarterback in this year's draft class with an AI success prediction of 51% was, not surprisingly, the number one overall pick. voice-verified

The strongest quarterback voice-verified

the old days, statistical fingerprint was mostly about physical skills, size, speed, arm strength, etc. voice-verified

And now? voice-verified

we operate voice-verified

professional football. voice-verified

You also operate in the other professional football, what we call soccer, the English Premier League, MLS in the US. voice-verified

Tell me about voice-verified

So U9, we should say, is... voice-verified

This is a concept that Americans will largely be unfamiliar with. voice-verified

That's under nine years old, correct? voice-verified

Absolutely. voice-verified

So these are kids. voice-verified

What you're describing now is capturing data of the athletes that are already in your building, essentially. voice-verified

Talk about data that you use to analyze... voice-verified

for recruitment and predicting? voice-verified

Let's say you're an NFL team that's looking at potential draftees from college. voice-verified

that luxury. voice-verified

That's because you don't have these future NFL players from the time they were eight or nine and all the data on them. voice-verified

Is that why? voice-verified

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