Josh Larky
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Josh Larky is the Director of Fantasy and Gambling at The 33rd Team. He joins us with a unique blend of educational and professional experience.
Josh studied economics at the University of Redlands, double minoring in Math and Psychology. Working on his honors thesis was the catalyst to realizing he exclusively wanted to pursue work in the sports industry. Focusing on the impact of the 2008 recession on Major League Baseball, Josh demonstrated MLB’s economic resilience through econometric research.
Post-college, Josh pursued a Masters in Business Analytics at the University of Texas at Austin to acquire the technical skills needed to land an analytics role with a professional sports team. While attending a sports analytics conference at MIT, Josh met Matt Kelley, the founder of PlayerProfiler, and began conducting fantasy football research for him while completing grad school. He worked with Southwest Airlines for his capstone project, analyzing their employee incentives and perks program to assess its effectiveness.
Year-long stints with the Detroit Tigers (baseball analytics) and San Diego Padres (business analytics) followed, and Larky continued his fantasy football research during this time. Despite 100 percent accuracy with his attendance projection while working for the Padres (Josh predicted zero fans in 2020 due to Covid), he was Covid-furloughed in May 2020. That summer, he started his own R coding business, ThatRCodingSite.com, where he teaches people analytics and coding using football datasets.
The 2020 NFL season was his first full-time season in the fantasy industry, as he led all DFS (daily fantasy sports) efforts for PlayerProfiler. After the season concluded, he was promoted and began leading all analytics projects for the site. Early in the 2022 NFL offseason, Josh joined FTN, another company in the fantasy and gambling space, to lead their analytics efforts. During his time in this industry, Josh has done everything from coding a DFS optimizer from scratch to creating viral TikTok videos, and he prides himself on his versatility.
When The 33rd Team reached out, Larky jumped at the opportunity to lead this new department. Josh has a general disdain for groupthink and the commonly traveled path and is confident the fantasy and gambling department’s content and tools will never read or operate like any other site’s.
Outside of work, Josh rock climbs, snowboards and eats burritos.
Josh'S CONTRIBUTIONS
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Washington Commanders 2023 Fantasy Football Team Preview
As we inch closer to opening day of the NFL season, we want to get…
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Rookie Running Backs Are Unique Fantasy Football Cheat Code
“You can’t draft a rookie in fantasy when they haven’t even played a single NFL…
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Dallas Cowboys 2023 Fantasy Football Team Preview
As we inch closer to the first game of the NFL season, we want to…
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Philadelphia Eagles 2023 Fantasy Football Team Preview
As we inch closer to opening day of the NFL season, we want to prepare…
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Top 25 Fantasy Football Tight Ends of 2023
For my top 25 fantasy tight ends, you’ll see detailed player write-ups for every player…
By Josh Larky
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Fantasy Football 2023: Rookie TE Scoring Has Evolved
“Rookie tight ends simply don’t score fantasy points.” - Everyone While historically tight ends have…
By Josh Larky
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How To Find Elite Tight Ends in Fantasy Football
Tight end has generally been the most difficult position to crack in fantasy football until…
By Josh Larky
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Fantasy Football 2023: Deeper Look at DeAndre Hopkins' Signing
DeAndre Hopkins reached a two-year agreement Sunday with the Tennessee Titans for $26 million, though…
By Josh Larky
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2023 Best Ball: Top 250 DraftKings Fantasy Rankings 3.0
Our top 250 DraftKings best ball rankings have a new format. Players are ranked by…
By Ryan Reynolds & Josh Larky
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2023 Best Ball: Top 250 Underdog Fantasy Rankings 3.0
Our top 250 Underdog Fantasy best ball rankings have a new format. Players are ranked…
By Josh Larky & Ryan Reynolds