Assist+ for Football: Find the Answers That Drive Game Plans

For years, getting individual offensive stats meant one thing—manual tagging. 

If you wanted to know who threw the pass, carried the ball or made the catch, you had to spend hours clicking through every play or have someone dedicated to charting it in the moment. It was tedious, time-consuming and often pushed the real work, like game-planning, onto the back burner.

Football game analysis with Hudl Assist+ changes that. With automatic offensive stats like passer, rusher and receiver data (plus opponent columns) added directly into your reports, you’ll get detailed offensive insights within 24 hours without lifting a finger. And those insights can serve as a foundation for getting an in-depth understanding of opponents.

Filter to find what matters

Assist+ doesn’t just give you offensive stats, it helps you find the data points to understand tendencies and how opponents might approach certain situations. Quickly filter by: 

• Run vs. pass plays to spot play-calling patterns.
• Play type and play direction to see where the ball’s going.
• Down and distance (customizable down to the yard between 1-10 yards vs. 11+ yards)
• Formation (ex: 2x2 set vs. single back) to see how the other team lines up their best players.
• Motion, boundary/field side or incomplete passes to see how and where players are being targeted.

Uncover how opponents approach key situations

Using filters, you can start answering the questions that drive game plans. 

Maybe you want to know what player is most likely to get the ball on 3rd or 4th down, what the play call might be on 2nd and medium or how likely your next opponent is to pass the ball on first down. 

In just a few clicks, filter by individual player to watch every catch your opponent’s star receiver makes, see his favorite release moves and the types of routes he’s winning on.

Matchups matter, and formational breakdowns make it easier to instantly match top receivers or rushers to the formations they thrive in. 

For example, filter and see that #81 gets the ball most in a 3x1 set, then dig deeper to see what routes he runs most frequently in that formation. 

The same can be applied to the run game. If one back is taking 72% of the carries, you can examine the other 28% of run plays to see how a secondary back is used, whether they’re in there to run a fly sweep, wide zone or something else. 

Facing a team with a prominent QB run game? Separate quarterback rushing yards into designed runs, scrambles or RPO keepers. 

And because the data is easily accessible, you can confirm—or challenge—the assumptions you have about an opponent. Assist+ gives you the evidence to double down on your assumptions or adjust on the fly.

What used to take hours now takes minutes, which means you’ll spend less time tagging game film and more time building a winning game plan.

Turn raw stats into actionable game plans

Instead of attempting to prepare for every possible look, your staff can accurately identify your next opponent’s actual tendencies and prepare players for what they’ll actually face. 

If the data shows a receiver is the typical go-to target on 3rd-and-medium, you can tailor your defensive packages, checks and play calls to try and take that option away. If a particular personnel grouping tips run versus pass, you can build checks to stop the run game. 

Assist+ can go a long way for position-specific prep, too. For example, if your defensive backs are game planning for an opponent’s crop of receivers, they can study release moves, route tendencies and catch locations, giving them a leg up come Friday night. 

Coaches and players can even pull up every touch a player has had in a game, across multiple weeks or over an entire season, turning hours of film study into a few quick clicks.

Now you can tailor your practices to what actually wins games, so players aren’t overwhelmed with information and can play fast on Friday nights.

As the demand for data grows, Assist+ gives you a faster, smarter and more scalable way to scout opponents, putting the right information in your hands when you need it most.

Ready to rethink what’s possible with opponent scouting? See how Assist+ can save your staff hours every week while giving you the data you need to win games.