Case Study: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football streamlines recruiting with Minitab

Simple Statistics for the Win Georgia Tech Football Uses Data to Identify Top Recruits

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football turned to Minitab Statistical Software to help its coaching staff make more objective, data-driven recruiting decisions for running backs. Running backs coach Lamar Owens needed a faster, more consistent way to narrow down hundreds of high school prospects amid a large volume of combine stats, highlight films, and subjective coach evaluations.

Using Minitab, Georgia Tech analyzed NFL combine performance data and its own player results to set upper and lower benchmark ranges for key events like the shuttle run and three-cone drill, then created a point-based scoring model to screen prospects. The system reduced time spent sorting candidates, improved consistency in rankings, and helped the staff focus on the most promising players; Minitab also made it easier to generate graphs and visuals that clarified the data for coaches and players.

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

Lamar Owens

Running Backs Coach