18 November 2025

PFF Integration Enhances AthLinkd Recruiting Workflow

Cincinnati, OH - November 18, 2025 - Pro Football Focus (PFF), the industry leader in football data and analytics trusted by all 32 NFL teams and 225+ college programs, today announced a new partnership with AthLinkd, the rapidly growing college football recruitment platform with more than 150,000 prospects spanning high school athletes, transfers, and international talent.

Through this partnership, AthLinkd will integrate directly with Player Pages from PFF Ultimate, where users can now access PFF’s film-driven data, advanced analytics, and contextual performance insights, all within the tools they already use.

“The ability to evaluate prospects using PFF’s film, grades, and advanced data is a game changer for AthLinkd users,” said Tyler Phillips, Business Development Lead at PFF. “Integrating PFF Ultimate to AthLinkd streamlines the discovery-to-evaluation process and equips thousands of staff with the same level of insight trusted across the NFL.”

“With the volume of transfer portal activity in today’s recruiting landscape, speed and precision are everything. Coaches need instant clarity on every prospect, and integrating PFF means our users can move from discovery to evaluation without friction - making faster, sharper decisions that directly strengthen roster construction and maintenance.” - AthLinkd

AthLinkd’s platform is built for modern recruiting, with proprietary athlete ratings, discovery tools, daily reports, and collaborative recruiting boards to help staff operate efficiently. By incorporating PFF Ultimate, programs now gain access to elite-level player performance data traditionally reserved for professional scouting departments, including play-by-play grades, film-backed insights, matchup data, and position-specific evaluation metrics.

This collaboration combines AthLinkd’s real-time prospect universe with PFF’s rigorous performance data to deliver a unified recruiting workflow that supports faster decision-making and team advantages in the most dynamic transfer environment college football has ever seen.

About PFF

Since 2006, PFF has built the world’s most comprehensive sports data and analytics database, relied on by top industry professionals and fans alike to power winning decisions. PFF analyzes every player and every play of every game to calculate player grades, in-depth performance stats, and rankings for the NFL, fantasy football, and NFL Draft. All 32 NFL teams use PFF data and tools, as do all 136 FBS teams, 105 FCS teams, professional leagues like CFL and UFL, media networks, player agencies, video game companies, and more. PFF is transforming sports strategy and decision-making across fantasy football and betting, in the front office and on the field. For more information, visit PFF.com.

About AthLinkd

AthLinkd is a leading college football recruiting platform built to simplify and enhance every phase of the recruiting process. It delivers powerful tools and unmatched data across transfer portal, JUCO, high school, post-grad, and international prospects. AthLinkd is trusted by championship programs across D1, D2, D3, NAIA, and JUCO. Founded by former college football players and coaches, AthLinkd was created to provide effective, data-driven recruiting solutions for every level of the game.

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