# Kevin Adams

> Kevin Adams, known as @MagicSportsGuy, is the founder and former CEO of FTN and the founder of StatRankings. His career connects financial advice, fantasy sports analysis, contest participation and entrepreneurship. He moved into an advisory strategy role at FTN in December 2023 and publicly launched StatRankings in September 2025.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at StatRankings; founder and advisor at FTN
- **Organizations:** StatRankings, FTN Network, Elite Fantasy (Guru Elite), One Week Season, Pro Football Focus (analysis contributor), Underdog Fantasy (seed investor), Techstars Sports Accelerator (2022 alumnus)
- **Education:** Retirement Planning Specialist designation (professional credential), Wharton School of Business
- **Known for:** Founded Elite Fantasy, FTN and StatRankings., FTN was accepted into the 2022 Techstars Sports Accelerator., Led FTN during its 2023 Aaron Schatz signing and DFSForecast acquisition.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2020** — Founded Elite Fantasy; earlier career included financial advice and ownership of a California hair salon franchise. Exact start dates were not established.
- **2020** — Exited Elite Fantasy.
- **2020-07** — Launched FTN on July 7, 2020; served as founder and CEO.
- **2022-04** — FTN entered the Techstars Sports Accelerator Powered by Indy.
- **2023-08** — FTN signed Aaron Schatz to a multi-year agreement as Chief Analytics Officer.
- **2023-09** — FTN acquired DFSForecast and announced optimizer partnerships with The Fantasy Footballers and One Week Season.
- **2023-12** — FTN exceeded its $3 million seed target. Perry Gershon became CEO; Adams sold a majority of his equity to Gershon and retained a board seat and advisory Chief Strategy Officer role.
- **2025-09** — StatRankings publicly announced its website launch and One Week Season data partnership on September 2.
- **2026-09** — StatRankings announced an AI connector and downloadable NFL statistics archive.

## Achievements

- Founded Elite Fantasy, FTN and StatRankings.
- FTN was accepted into the 2022 Techstars Sports Accelerator.
- Led FTN during its 2023 Aaron Schatz signing and DFSForecast acquisition.
- StatRankings biography records a 29th-place Westgate SuperContest finish and 19th place in Best Ball Mania III.
- FTN investor materials describe co-managing more than $100 million during his financial-advice career.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — September 20 newsletter promoted the StatRankings connector for Claude, ChatGPT and Grok and ARBY running-back matchup ratings.
- **2026-09** — September 5 newsletter announced beta access to the AI connector and launch of an NFL statistics archive covering seasons back to 2021, with exceptions for newer statistics.
- **2026-08** — August 11 newsletter announced fantasy rankings with ADP comparisons across ten platforms.
- **2026-05** — May 21 newsletter announced a backend rebuild and NFL/NBA player pages.

## Links

- Website: https://statrankings.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-adams-4752a3208
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/MagicSportsGuy

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Last updated: 2026-10-12