Cowboys add two new minds to analytics department

The Cowboys’ offseason work includes a defensive rebuild and additional improvements across the roster. The organization added two people to a growing analytics department. A strategic football fellow role previously existed as a summer internship with possible season-long extensions. Duties include developing internal metrics through data tracking, creating data-driven reports and visualizations, and engineering processes. The role also supports recording and processing player-tracking data from wearable technology during offseason practices and training camp. It coordinates with the analytics department to help coaching staff and the front office apply data-driven solutions. Nick Fullerton joins after working as a research analyst with NFL Next Gen Stats and previously held multiple analytics roles at SMU while completing graduate studies in data science and applied statistics.

"The Cowboys had previously listed the strategic football fellow position as a summer internship role, though the potential for season-long extensions exist. Some of the key job duties in the original description included: Data tracking to develop internal metrics Help creating data-driven reports, visualizations, and engineering processes Assisting with recording and processing the player-tracking data from wearable technology during offseason practices and training camp practices Working with the rest of the analytics department to support coaching staff and front office in applying data-driven solutions across the board"

"Essentially, this position amounts to being an extra body in the offseason to help manage the increased workload of the department. Other organizations, like the Eagles and Ravens, frequently use similar roles to process everything they need to do in the offseason while also deepening their bench of full-time staffers going forward."

"Nick Fullerton comes to the Cowboys after spending the 2025 season working as a research analyst with the NFL's Next Gen Stats department. Prior to that, Fullerton held multiple roles with the SMU football team while completing his master's in data science and applied statistics. Fullerton was the lead analytics intern for the Mustangs for his two full seasons there, helping out the player personnel team on the scouting side, before spending his final season at SMU also working as a student assistant with the special teams unit."

"Prior to SMU, Fullerton attended Arizona State, where he earned a degree in data science. Fullerton was also part of a three-person team that mad"

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