Speaker Profile

Sam Schwartzstein is an Analytics Expert for Prime Video Sports, focusing on utilizing analytics and AI-powered innovations to provide insight on how teams operate and what makes athletes stand out. He works closely on Prime Vision with Next Gen Stats, Thursday Night Football’s next-generation weekly alternate stream, where he produces analytics storylines, schematic insights, and offers explainers throughout the broadcast. Schwartzstein also contributes in the development of analytics and AI-powered innovations for additional live sports properties on Prime Video, including NASCAR.

Previously, Schwartzstein was part of the founding team at the 2020 iteration of the XFL. He oversaw the creation of the XFL rule book, the player/coach compensation model, dynamic kickoff, and on-field technology. Before helping to create a football league from scratch, Schwartzstein was a captain of the Stanford Football team. He was 2^nd team All-Pac 12 and started 27 games with a 23-4 record throughout his career, culminating in a 2012 Pac-12 and 2013 Rose Bowl Game Championship.