About

It started with fantasy football. I played in my first league in elementary school. It was with my older brothers and cousins. I had no idea what I was doing and was clearly the taco of the league.

In my defense, they threw me straight into the deep end. We played with IDPs. Who introduces a kid to fantasy football with IDPs? Diabolical haha.

For whatever reason, my favorite player at the time was Eagles kicker David Akers. I repeat: David Akers. So of course I took him in the 3rd round. Other notable picks included drafting Mike Vrabel in the 2nd, and Tom Brady at 1.01. The Brady pick was defensible until you remembered it was the year after LT had scored 28 touchdowns and was the most surefire 1.01 of all time.

LT's iconic TD jump > tush push

Thankfully by middle school, I started getting the hang of things and even became commissioner of my own league.

I still remember walking around at recess collecting everyone's crinkled-up five dollar bill in a white envelope labeled "league pot" that I'd stash in my room. We'd do our drafts in the computer lab. And, my entire draft strategy was based on (1) whatever I remembered from reading ESPN's fantasy football magazine in Barnes & Noble and (2) Matthew Berry's annual love/hate article.

Steven Jackson on the ESPN 2007 cover

And all these years later, not much has changed. I still make the occasional taco pick. Mike Vrabel is still a dawg. And, fantasy football is still a staple in my friend groups and family.

I love building websites and creating things for people to use. In 2023, I decided to combine that with fantasy sports.

What you see here is a collection of things I wished existed, figured other people probably did too, and so I went out and built them.

I try my best to make each tool clean, simple, and easy to use. It's a labor of love, and I hope they help you enjoy these crazy, addicting, rollercoaster of a games a little more.

There's still a lot more I want to build. So if you'd like, drop your email below and I'll keep you posted whenever I build something cool.

- First Down Studio :D