Today, Dropback announces a strategic partnership with Cerebro Sports, basketball's most comprehensive player database. This brings the power of over 1.5 million player records across high school, college, grassroots, and international levels—directly inside Dropback.
"General Managers trust Dropback to construct competitive, cost-efficient rosters," says Luke Bogus, Co-Founder and CEO of Dropback. "Cerebro Sports delivers an unmatched breadth and depth of high-quality roster data. By partnering with Cerebro, we're supercharging elite GMs' roster construction & compensation workflows."
This partnership brings the power of Cerebro directly into Dropback—enabling real scouting and valuation workflows across the largest player database in basketball.
"Dropback is building exactly the kind of workflow infrastructure modern college basketball needs," says Ryan Girardot, Co-Founder of Cerebro Sports. "We're excited to bring Cerebro's global player data to a platform that helps General Managers evaluate talent, compare options, and make smarter roster decisions faster. Together, we're helping programs operate with more context, more confidence, and a far more complete view of the player market."
Robust Roster Data for Enhanced Roster Valuation Workflows
Starting today, General Managers can experience the power of Cerebro Sports' comprehensive, high-quality player data within Dropback:
- Full access to Cerebro's men's & women's global player directory—1.5M+ athletes across:
- High School
- Grassroots (shoe & independent)
- College: DI-DIII, JUCO
- International
- Key player identifiers—including Hometown, High School, Academic Class, and more
- Box score and statistical data across domestic & international events (*additional upgrade may be required)
Basketball front offices are evolving faster than ever, and the demand for unified intelligence has never been higher. Dropback's roster & compensation modeling tools—plus the power of Cerebro's unmatched roster ecosystem—delivers a more comprehensive, intelligent valuation solution for elite GMs.
"With today's launch, Dropback's infrastructure for college basketball teams to strategize, forecast, and compete in the revenue-sharing era just got better," says Bogus.
Are you ready to level up your Front Office? Reach out at hello@dropback.com to trial our revamped roster database today & onboard in <72 hours.
About Cerebro Sports
Cerebro Sports is building basketball's most comprehensive player data and intelligence platform. With more than 1.5 million player records spanning high school, grassroots, college, and international competition, Cerebro helps teams, leagues, and partners evaluate talent with deeper context and greater confidence. Cerebro combines verified player identity, longitudinal box score data, and proprietary evaluation tools to power smarter scouting, roster construction, and decision-making across the global basketball ecosystem.
To learn more, visit cerebrosports.com.
About Dropback
Dropback is the pro-grade front office suite for elite college programs.
Trusted by 30+ elite teams across every major conference, Dropback's tech toolkit empowers General Managers to build cost-efficient teams with analytics. GMs can build-your-own custom 'athlete valuation engine' based on their custom priorities, values, and budget—in a unified, private database.
Built by world-class engineers from Hudl, Microsoft, and Meta—and backed by top Silicon Valley VCs—Dropback is the fastest-growing front office platform in college sports.
To learn more, visit dropback.com.
