This year's contest is hosted on Kaggle, a popular repository for data science competitions. The primary goal for participants is to predict the yards gained on rush plays, using game, play, and player characteristics, including player locations at handoff stemming from the NFL's Next Gen Stats player tracking data. You (individually or team - including faculty) can sign up at www.kaggle.com/c/nfl-big-data-bowl-2020. The winners of this competition will share $75,000 in prize money.
In addition to the primary contest on Kaggle, college students are invited to submit PDF reports of their work to us as part of a subcontest designed specifically for students. Up to six collegiate participants or participant groups will be selected to travel and present in front of NFL team analytics staffers at the league's scouting combine in Indianapolis. More detail on this part of the competition can be found at operations.nfl.com/the-game/big-data-bowl