Nick Giffen

Nick Giffen

Nick Giffen
Role
Predictive Analyst
Experience
10 years
Total Bets
3.5K
Followers
183.6K

Nick Giffen's Picks

Today
Pending
Ty Gibbs +130 (Top 10)
Bank of America ROVAL 400
1u
7
1
Chris Buescher +120 (Top 10)
Bank of America ROVAL 400
1u
#RunningHot
6
1
Chase Elliott +250 (Top 5)
Bank of America ROVAL 400
0.4u
#RunningHot
6
1
AJ Allmendinger +200 (Top 5)
Bank of America ROVAL 400
0.5u
#RunningHot
5
1
Under 43.5-105
DEN
DEN Team Abbreviation@PHI Team Abbreviation
PHI
0.26u
10/05 5:00 PM
Early week sprinkle although I'd love a 44. More on this later.
51
16
Under 44-110
DEN
DEN Team Abbreviation@PHI Team Abbreviation
PHI
0.83u
10/05 5:00 PM
Right on cue a 44 pops up at caesars
78
23
NASCAR Cup Series Championship: C. Bell to Win Title+800
0.25u
#RunningHot adding more to the title position on Bell
20
5
K. Larson over 4.5 wins-135
1.35u
#RunningHot victory lane pick
13
5
Front Row Motorsports under 0.5 wins+115
1u
#RunningHot
6
6
NASCAR Cup Series Championship: C. Bell to Win Title+650
1u
Also available at ESPN BET
23
7
Lowest Scoring Team (Regular Season): NY Jets+900
1u
3rd lowest Expected Score last year 4th largest O-line downgrade (-$30m AAV per 4for4) Jets opposing D's spent most $ of all 32 schedules Fields/Tyrod not upgrades/likely downgrades & will run more w/Fields eating clock 5th unluckiest set of opponents from last year (opponents regression to better results) Tankapalooza
49
11
Futures
Past Performance
Yesterday0-0-00%
0.00u
Last 7 Days9-21-129%
-0.74u
Last 30 Days45-105-130%
15.08u
All Time1134-2298-2033%
278.01u
Top Leagues
NCAAB419-344-854%
102.60u
NFL397-629-938%
96.09u
NASCAR249-1172-217%
58.42u
NHL3-1-075%
3.57u
World Cup13-26-033%
1.18u
FORMULA_ONE0-1-00%
-0.50u
NASCAR_XFINITY0-1-00%
-0.50u
Women's World Cup1-4-020%
-0.95u
MLB2-4-033%
-1.71u
European Championship17-49-125%
-3.47u

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.

On Social
Betting Highlights
Favorite Bet of All-Time
I bet on my favorite driver Kyle Kirkwood at 20-1 to win the Long Beach Grand Prix. I went to the race and watched him win it in person for his first career IndyCar win. It was the first time I watched him race an IndyCar in person, so I'm officially his good luck charm.
Specialties
  • NASCAR Expert
  • NFL Luck Rankings
  • NCAAB Player Props