and the data that ultimately makes the league's Next Gen Stats comes from the tags in the football, individual player shoulder pads, first-down markers and the pylons. And in reporting this story ...

“The players don’t even know the tags are embedded into the shoulder pads,” Petrus says. Getty Images NFL Football player holding his shoulder pads. The RFID tags debuted on players in 201 ...

Vanderbilt defensive end Caleb Azubike admits some skepticism when a GPS device was inserted into his shoulder pads during a recent football practice. "I had no clue what it was or how it worked ...

After being dropped off at Reseda Cleveland by his mother, sophomore Tristan Cordero was carrying his new shoulder pads from the parking ... players learning about football. Take Cleveland ...