Ryan Collinsworth
77 Posts

Ryan Collinsworth
77 Posts
College Football DFS, College Football ML Round Robins, College Basketball Futures, College Baseball, Poker
Role
Senior Editor
Experience
3 years
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina

Summary

Ryan Collinsworth is the Action Network's Senior Editor for College Sports, which includes college football, college basketball and college baseball. He quit his job as a capital markets futures analyst in May 2018 due to the Supreme Court's landmark decision to overturn PASPA and subsequently joined the Action Network within two weeks. Ryan originally started as a college sports and fantasy football writer and now oversees all of our college sports content.

Experience

Ryan is Action's college sports senior editor, supervising all college football and basketball content across our team of over 30 betting analysts. He graduated from Campbell University with a BS in Psychology and has spent many years working in various industries, including stations as a pastor, musician, audio engineer, capital markets analyst, CFB DFS specialist, fantasy football writer and more. Ryan's most prominent contributions to the industry include his NCAA Tournament 'Cinderella' Model, College Football moneyline round robin arbitrage betting system and Passing Revolution fantasy football article series. He joined the Action Network in May 2018.

Education

Ryan graduated from Campbell University with a bachelor's of science degree in Psychology.

More from Ryan Collinsworth

College Basketball National Championship Contenders: Tennessee’s Defense is Slipping

A couple weeks ago, I introduced a way to identify college basketball teams that fit the statistical profile of a national champion. After another intense week of conference play, we

Ryan Collinsworth
Sep 23, 2021 UTC

Final Four Dark Horse Candidates: Louisville Flying Under the Radar

A couple weeks ago, I launched this Final Four dark horse candidates column as a companion piece to our national championship contenders column. The latter piece has received two follow-ups

Ryan Collinsworth
Sep 23, 2021 UTC

College Basketball National Championship Contenders: Spartans Stumble Against Indiana

A couple weeks ago, I introduced a way to identify college basketball teams that fit the statistical profile of a national champion. After another intense week of conference play, we

Ryan Collinsworth
Sep 24, 2021 UTC

How to Leverage Our Super Bowl 53 Funnel Defense Ratings for DFS

Our funnel defense ratings use advanced data to analyze situations in which teams are more likely to pass or run than they usually do. Let’s start with a

Ryan Collinsworth
Sep 23, 2021 UTC

College Basketball National Championship Contenders: Purdue Enters Title Conversation

I introduced a way to identify college basketball teams that fit the statistical profile of a national champion last week, and after only five days, we already have enough new

Ryan Collinsworth
Sep 23, 2021 UTC

Why College Basketball’s Rising 3-Point Rate Has Actually Created Value in the Under

The 2018-19 college basketball season boasts the highest 3-point rate in history, with 38.67% of all field goal attempts being from beyond the arc. The 3-point rate has climbed

Ryan Collinsworth
Sep 23, 2021 UTC

Final Four Dark Horse Candidates: Kansas and Villanova Still Have Work to Do

Earlier this week, I published an article identifying seven college basketball teams with a strong shot at winning the national title. Now, I’ll turn my attention to dark

Ryan Collinsworth
Sep 23, 2021 UTC

Why These 6 Favorites, Plus Virginia Tech, Fit National Title Profile Right Now

Last season’s NCAA Tournament will forever be immortalized as the year 16th-seeded UMBC took down the No. 1 overall seed Virginia Cavaliers. On the night of that historic

Ryan Collinsworth
Sep 23, 2021 UTC

NFL Conference Championships Funnel Defense Ratings: Saints Passing Game Could Blow Roof off Superdome

Our funnel defense ratings use advanced data to analyze situations in which teams are more likely to pass or run than they usually do. Let’s start with a

Ryan Collinsworth
Sep 24, 2021 UTC

NFL Playoffs Betting Tip: Finding Over/Under Value in Rematches From Regular Season

We’ve got two juicy NFL conference championship games this week, each of which pits non-divisional teams against one another in rematches from the regular season. Regular-season scheduling protocols

Ryan Collinsworth
Jun 15, 2022 UTC

How to Leverage Tom Brady’s Playoff History Against Elite Pass Rushes like the Chargers

The Chargers — who boast an elite pass rush anchored by Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram — could pose a threat to the Patriots’ passing game if able to

Ryan Collinsworth
Mar 29, 2022 UTC

NFL Divisional Round Funnel Defense Ratings: Eagles Could Spoil Saints’ Super Bowl Run

Our funnel defense ratings use advanced data to analyze situations in which teams are more likely to pass or run than they usually do. Let’s start with a

Ryan Collinsworth
Sep 24, 2021 UTC

NFL Divisional Round: Analyzing Each Team’s Strongest Defensive Unit

Offensive players get all the shine, but as the old cliché goes: Defense wins championships. So, in preparation for this weekend’s Divisional Round playoff games, I’m

Ryan Collinsworth
Mar 29, 2022 UTC

NFL Wild Card Funnel Defense Ratings: Colts-Texans Offers High Passing Upside

Action Network senior editor Bryan Mears introduced the funnel defense metric last season, and after a brief hiatus, it has made its glorious return. These ratings use advanced data to

Ryan Collinsworth
Sep 23, 2021 UTC

Fantasy Football Start or Sit: Damien Williams Is Still the Chiefs RB to Play

In this article, I compare players with similar ESPN fantasy projections based on our Action Network Consensus Rankings and projections. In doing so, I advocate starting players with higher upside

Ryan Collinsworth
Sep 23, 2021 UTC
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Betting Highlights
Favorite Bet of All-Time
On the night of UMBC's historic upset of the No. 1-seed Virginia Cavaliers, about 10 of my friends and I gathered at my home to watch the NCAA tournament while playing craps in my living room. The room was electric, with every play of UMBC-Virginia interposed by the roll of dice. At some point during the evening, it was hard to tell whether our screams were directed at the television or a hot hand on the come-out roll. When the final buzzer sounded, we frenetically turned to each other like Jimmy V looking for someone to hug after NC State's 1983 national championship victory ... and then half of my friends jumped into the lake in my backyard because they didn't know what else to do. I finished the night up $23.
Most Heartbreaking Bet
In 2017, I was in Las Vegas for my best friend's bachelor party, we all opened up tickets on various college football games that Saturday afternoon, and against my better judgment, I dropped two units on my NC State Wolfpack against Wake Forest. I got the Pack at +3 and felt great about my position, because I made NC State the favorite, even though the game was on the road. Late in the game, State was down 6 points with the ball, driving deep into Wake territory, and QB Ryan Finley delivered a beautiful ball to WR Emeka Emezie, who subsequently drove towards the end zone ... but fumbled on the one-inch line. We lost by 6 points, and I was out more-than-chump-change. The rest of the night was a blur, but not for the usual (good) reasons.
Specialties
  • College Football DFS
  • College Football ML
  • Round Robins
  • College Basketball Futures
  • College Baseball
  • Poker