Josh Norris
Josh Norris of Underdog Fantasy holds the all-time Huddle Report mock draft scoring record with 56 out of 96 points in 2021 — correctly placing 27 of 32 first-round players and matching 16 players to the correct team. That record had stood since 2006.
Before Underdog, Norris was an NFL Draft writer at NBC Sports / Rotoworld, where he appeared on live television and hosted NBC Sports' original podcast. A graduate of Elon University (2011), he interned with the St. Louis Rams before transitioning to media. He now hosts "The Underdog Football Show" podcast and averages 41.5 out of 96 points per year over the past five years, ranking in the top 10 of all tracked analysts on The Huddle Report's 5-Year rankings ↗.
The 2021 Record: 56 out of 96 Points
In 2021, Norris correctly identified 27 of 32 first-round players and matched 16 of them to the exact correct team — breaking an all-time Huddle Report record that had stood since 2006. The performance earned him the title of FantasyPros' mock draft champion and was called "the best mock draft in internet history" by Underdog Fantasy.
Year-by-Year Accuracy
Scoring: 1 pt for player placed in Round 1, +2 pts for player-team match. Maximum possible score is 96 per year (32 picks × 3 pts).
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Josh Norris and the All-Time Huddle Report Record
Josh Norris of Underdog Fantasy holds the all-time single-year Huddle Report record with an extraordinary 56 points out of 96 in the 2021 NFL Draft — a performance that correctly identified nearly every player-to-team combination in the first round. While his subsequent years haven't matched that peak, his overall body of work remains among the strongest of any tracked analyst.
The year-by-year breakdown pages above show exactly which picks Norris got right in each draft. His 2021 masterclass in particular — scoring 56 out of 96 points — remains a benchmark for what elite mock draft accuracy looks like. Compare his approach to other top analysts like Jason Boris and Brendan Donahue.