In 2022, the Denver Broncos opted not to tender an offer to wide receiver Diontae Spencer and instead signed a new return man. The team is missing out. Among his 2020 peers, Diontae Spencer had the best decision-making ability to find and follow the optimal path to the end zone, according to an algorithm created by the 2022 NFL Big Data Bowl winners, Robyn Ritchie, Brendan Kumagai, Ryker Moreau, and Elijah Cavan.
For four years, the NFL Big Data Bowl has invited data scientists to explore …