Meet Today's Draft Sharks Team

Draft Sharks Was Born in 1999…

Draft Sharks was born back in the infancy of the internet — 27 years ago. A lot of things have changed in the last two-plus decades. But the personal motivation for creating Draft Sharks remains: To work at a job I loved, with people who were like family… and, of course, to make a living by helping folks win their FF leagues. I’ve been blessed to be able to check all those boxes.

Here are a few facts about the Draft Sharks “family”:

• Two of our analysts, Jared Smola and Kevin English, both started out as college summer interns more than a decade ago (2007 and 2009). They both went from interns to full-time, year-round fantasy football analysts at DS.
• Matt Schauf, who rounds out our “triplets” of award-winning analysts, has also been a full-time, year-round fantasy football analyst with DS for more than a decade.
• “Full-time, year-round” means our commitment to DS is how we each pay the bills.
• My sister and father-in-law both head up our customer service.
• My son, Anthony, was born a year after I launched Draft Sharks… today he’s our resident Data Scientist.
• My nephew, Adam Krautwurst, is our resident “high-stakes” podcaster and content contributor.

…And So Was The MVP Draft Board

DS came up with an online draft tool that didn’t exist in 1999: Customizable cheat sheets based on value based drafting. We coined this unique tool the “MVP Draft Board” since it gave users the most valuable player they could pick in every round. (And, yes, the MVP Board is still our most popular drafting tool.) Of course, it has evolved dramatically over the past two decades. Today it’s part of our 2026 Draft War Room.

Yeah, We’ve Won Some Awards

The very first award we won came in our rookie season in 1999. Draft Sharks topped 20-plus experts in the 1999 Fantasy Football Pro Forecast Expert Poll. In the 22-year span from that first win, we’ve taken home numerous player rankings/projections accuracy awards — and even boast some big money winners on staff. Here’s a sample:

We Only Cover Fantasy Football

Most fantasy sites cover multiple sports. That’s not us. Or they’re basically platforms to pimp their fantasy contests, or sports betting. That’s not us either. We’re a small group of fantasy football analysts who give advice about fantasy football — and only fantasy football. That’s why 77% of our subscribers made the playoffs last season.

It’s Personal

Don’t you wish you could just send your FF questions to these award-winning analysts and get a personal reply? Well, yeah, you can. Draft Sharks Insiders can email your questions to our guys. Or if you want to get to know us better — please ask your questions in our Draft Sharks Subreddit. And, of course, you can hit me at Lenny@draftsharks.com.