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What Nine-Figure Acquisition Means for Pro Football Focus, Analytics Future
Teamworks will integrate PFF’s proprietary football analytics and data with its AI-driven platform, serving all NFL teams and over 240 Division I college programs, CEO said.
- On Monday, March 30, 2026, Teamworks announced the acquisition of Pro Football Focus 's enterprise business, integrating the analytics platform with its Durham-based operating system valued at more than $1 billion.
- Teamworks CEO and founder Zach Maurides stated that "fragmented systems have long frustrated teams" in transforming raw film and tracking data, prompting the merger to create a vertically-integrated, AI-powered platform.
- While Teamworks acquired PFF's football analytics and data, the company's consumer-facing content—fantasy football, podcasts, and media—remains independent, and PFF CEO Cris Collinsworth will join as an advisor.
- The Teamworks-PFF amalgamation will continue powering analytics for NBC's "Sunday Night Football" and ESPN's "College GameDay," while both entities hold 100% market share among NFL franchises and Football Bowl Subdivision programs.
- Karim Kassam, Teamworks Vice President of Intelligence, expects the merger to present "previously untapped elements of analytics" through new modeling, as the platform's AI innovation extends globally to support 99% of Division I athletic departments.
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