How the ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøCollects and Analyzes Injury Data

¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøChief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills speaks with ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøVice President for Player Performance and Strategic Innovation, Dr. Mackenzie Herzog, about the league's approach to injury data collection and how that data informs the NFL's injury reduction strategy.

The ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøcontinues to advance player safety with the Digital Athlete, an AI injury prediction tool powered by AWS. By capturing real-time data and running millions of simulations of ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøgames, it identifies when players are at a higher risk for injury and helps inform rule changes, including the Dynamic Kickoff.

On October 10, 2024, ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøChief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills led a discussion, live from London, about how the league, club and local medical personnel work together to prepare and plan for international games.

On April 9, 2024, ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøChief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills led an ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøPresents discussion focused on the league's efforts to remove preventable head contacts on the field.

The Digital Athlete, a joint effort between the ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøand Amazon Web Services (AWS), uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to build a complete view of players' experience, which enables ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøteams to understand precisely what individual players need to stay healthy, recover quickly, and perform at their best.

The ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøharnesses innovative technology to help make the game safer. That includes the Digital Athlete, an injury prediction tool – built on artificial intelligence and machine learning powered by AWS – that represents the next generation in player health and safety.

On December 5, 2023, ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøChief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills led an ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøPresents discussion focused on the league's collaborative, research-driven approach to reducing lower extremity injuries.

A critical part of the NFL's efforts to reduce and prevent player injuries is the collection and analysis of on-field data. Recent innovation in player equipment – including sensors in mouthguards and shoulder pads – provides the league with data from practices and games to advance equipment, training, and how the game is played.

The ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøcontinues to drive innovation in helmet safety, helping lead manufacturers to develop a new quarterback-specific helmet designed to increase protection suited to their role on the field.

On Tuesday, January 31, ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøChief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills led a discussion about the emergency action plans in place at each ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøgame, how other professional leagues approach preparedness, and what sports at all levels can do to be prepared for a range of emergency scenarios.

When ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøplayers take the field on game day, there is a comprehensive operation happening behind the scenes with a team of more than 30 medical professionals focused on one thing: providing players with the best possible care.

¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøMedia's Steve Wyche reports on how the league's helmet technology has advanced and progressed in 2022.

Helmets are becoming safer at an unprecedented rate and more players across the league are wearing better-performing helmets as the ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøcontinues to drive innovation.

Building A Better Game: How customized helmets are benefiting ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøplayers.

For the NFL, the 60-Minute Medical Meeting is a crucial piece of game day preparations – an essential checkpoint before the action begins to ensure that officials, team medical staff, and gameday medical personnel are aware of all in-game player health and safety procedures and resources.

¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøChief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills is joined by ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøleaders and engineering experts for a discussion on the League's comprehensive approach to reducing head impacts on the field.

As the preseason get underway, players across all 32 ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøclubs are wearing padded shells on their helmets called Guardian Caps in the latest example of the league's continued work to foster innovation leading to better, safer protective equipment for players.

Hear from ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøLegends Michael Robinson and Golden Tate about their experiences with heat illness prevention and education, and the importance of staying hydrated and healthy in the heat.

The ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøand AWS are building the "Digital Athlete," a virtual representation of an ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøplayer that can be used to better predict and eventually prevent player injury. Check out more on the Digital Athlete and how the ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøis leveraging data and machine learning to make the game safer for players.

On February 8, 2022, the NFL's player health and safety leaders hosted a webinar recounting the league's second season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The hosts touched on a variety of topics related to the NFL's successful execution of a complete season, including vaccine education, the league's ongoing study of COVID-19 antibodies, and the league's decision to update protocols amid the Omicron wave.

This edition of ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøExplained dives deeper into the innovation surrounding player health and safety.

Jeff Miller, ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøEVP of Communications, Public Affairs & Policy joins "Good Morning Football" to discuss innovation in player health & safety.

See a first look at the ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøExplained: Innovation in player health and safety feature.

As part of the two-year ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøHelmet Challenge, three teams – Kollide, Impressio and Xenith – will receive grant funding to improve their helmets for eventual use in the ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøand throughout football. Here's a look into their labs and the technologies that are driving the future of football helmets.

On November 10, 2021, the ¹ú²úÍâÁ÷Íøhosted an '¹ú²úÍâÁ÷ÍøPresents' webinar to highlight sports medicine professionals from traditionally underrepresented communities.