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Kelly Smelser
Fantasy Football

Fantasy football writer and rankings expert · Punch Drunk Wonderland

Kelly Smelser

Writes fantasy football analysis and contributes multi-season rankings tracked by FantasyPros.

Punch Drunk Wonderland@KellySmelser

Among fantasy football experts

No. 59

5 qualifying seasons on the all-time leaderboard

Track record

5 boards

1,162 player rankings graded across verified sports

Overall result vs Model 0

3–2 vs Model 0

5 qualifying football boards · lower prediction miss wins

2026 weekly record

Rankings after each completed week

Performance ranks compare Kelly with sources graded for the same week, format, and position.

Current standing
No. 6

2026 weekly board

Average miss
13.9

rank places

Weeks graded
3

15 position boards

WeekFormatPosition results
Week 5PPR
QB#108.0 missRB#1116.8 missWR#3832.5 missTE#3310.6 missDST#237.6 miss
Week 4PPR
QB#147.9 missRB#916.1 missWR#3026.1 missTE#249.7 missK#449.9 missDST#25.9 miss
Week 3PPR
QB#1610.2 missWR#1225.0 missK#2811.9 missDST#2810.4 miss
Lower average miss is better. Current standing uses shared scored boards only.

Expert ranking

A separate record for every verified sport.

Fantasy Football

#59

5 seasons on the all-time board

Each preseason board is scored against how players actually finished. Lower prediction miss is better.

Boards graded
5
Adjusted miss
24.18

Kelly Smelser vs Model 0

5 fantasy football boards head to head

Each marker moves toward the side with the lower prediction miss. Farther from the center means a larger win.

Professional record

Follow Kelly's work

Selected articles and analysis from verified publisher pages.

Kelly Smelser's analysisPunch Drunk Wonderland

Not yet a Ball Ranks contributor.

Sources and scoring

Every number has a receipt.

Each season row links to its preseason board. Rankings are kept separate by sport, and direct comparisons use the same player pool.

Fantasy football benchmark resultsPunch Drunk Wonderland