Built by people who
argue draft takes on air.

ƒanalyst started in a radio booth. Fans were treating mock drafts like gospel, analysts were grading picks before the ink dried, and nobody — not one single site — let you compare your own board against Ozzie Newsome or John Dorsey on the same normalized math the front offices use.

So we built it. Start with the NFL Draft. Every sport follows.

The team

Patrick Gaughan

Founder · Chief Architect · Guest Contributor, Draft Genius

Chief architect of the ƒanalyst site, bridging the worlds of engineering and sports entertainment. Participates as a guest contributor on the annual Draft Genius radio hour. Passionate about all sports Ohio — aka Tortured Browns Fan………Ride or Die!

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Art Johanson

Founder · Draft Genius · Original ƒanalyst

A walking sports encyclopedia whose recall of seasons, rosters, and draft classes is the institutional memory behind ƒanalyst. Ohio-sports partisan to the bone, equally passionate about coaching as he is about analytics. If you think you can out-argue him at a bar — good luck. That's why we built the platform. Match wits with the best… on ƒanalyst.

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What we believe

  • 01Fans deserve the same math front offices use. Not a watered-down version. The actual expected-value curve, normalized by pick slot, derived from 20 years of outcomes.
  • 02Data > takes. Every insight on ƒanalyst traces back to a source you can click on. No black boxes. No "trust the experts."
  • 03Amateurs deserve a seat at the table. ƒanalyst is the only place where a fan can test their draft instincts head-to-head against the pros — working from the same boards, the same combine data, the same 20-year outcome history that front offices use. Win or lose, you find out where you actually stand.
  • 04Every sport, eventually. Same engine. Different schema. Draft Genius is the proof — everything else follows.