Nick Giffen
Summary
Nick Giffen is a predictive analyst at Action Network and is the creator of the NFL Luck Rankings. He also hosts Bet What Happens Live! on Action Network’s YouTube channel during the NFL season, and co-hosts Running Hot, Action’s auto racing podcast.
Aside from the NFL, Nick uses his projection models to specialize in NASCAR betting and DFS, NCAA basketball player props, and projections for top soccer tournaments.
Experience
After getting his Ph.D. in mathematics, Nick worked in the biotechnology industry as a data analyst, working with large data sets to optimize corn to ethanol production. During that time, he also wrote about fantasy football and fantasy NASCAR for RotoViz.
In 2016, he became a co-owner of RotoViz. Since then, Giffen has worked as a freelancer with FantasyLabs and the Action Network, before being hired as a full-time predictive analyst at Action in early 2022.
At Action, Giffen has developed in-game player prop models to live bet the NFL, which he uses on his show, Bet What Happens Live! He also pioneered Action's Luck Rankings, which have been used to bet NFL sides and totals successfully.
Giffen frequently appears on several of Action's shows to talk NFL and college basketball, and he is a co-host of Running Hot, Action's motorsports betting podcast.
Education
Giffen graduated from James Madison University with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics. He earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from N.C. State.
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Nick Giffen's Picks
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Past Performance | |||
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Yesterday | 0-1-0 | 0% | -0.20u |
Last 7 Days | 2-14-0 | 13% | -4.80u |
Last 30 Days | 10-55-0 | 15% | -1.39u |
All Time | 724-1387-12 | 34% | 201.63u |
Top Leagues | |||
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NCAAB | 339-258-5 | 56% | 104.30u |
NASCAR | 162-759-2 | 18% | 43.65u |
NFL | 181-276-4 | 39% | 43.10u |
NHL | 3-0-0 | 100% | 3.82u |
World Cup | 13-26-0 | 33% | 1.18u |
Women's World Cup | 1-4-0 | 20% | -0.95u |
MLB | 2-4-0 | 33% | -1.71u |
European Championship | 17-49-1 | 25% | -3.47u |
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