Caleb Wilfinger

Deputy Editor

Caleb is a Deputy Editor at Pickswise who resides in Upper Manhattan and has spent time in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. He has been handicapping various sports since 2018, including NFL, NCAAF, NBA, NCAAB, MLB and tennis. The futures market is his favorite to target and he has a passion for sharing his plays with the Pickswise community.

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Location

New York

Favorite Sports

Favorite Teams

Greatest Betting Win

One of my favorite sports betting memories was certainly in October of 2022, when I successfully cashed a 5-team Round Robin parlay involving games I had already played as straight bets. It involved Penn State catching 16 at home against Ohio State, along with Notre Dame, UCF, Louisville and Baylor all on the money line as underdogs. The Irish and Cardinals took care of business early by crushing their opponents and Penn State hung tough to cover the inflated number against the Buckeyes. Meanwhile UCF pulled out a thriller against Cincinnati, leaving me only a Baylor victory away from a serious 50U profit. Thankfully, the Bears made quick work of Texas Tech in the second half and I was able to watch the 4th quarter with a smile on my face. This was one of three 5-leg Round Robin parlays I cashed during the 2022 college football campaign, as part of what was a terrific season on the gridiron.

Greatest Achievements

Finished with a win rate of 63% in weekly 2022 NCAAF best bets column, highlighted by an 8-0 run to close out championship week and bowl season 25-8 (76%) YRFI/NRFI run from June through August 2023.

Education

Caleb attended Penn State University, where he covered Penn State football and basketball for 3 years (along with many other sports), getting an up close and personal look at the grind of a full collegiate athletics regular season. His two bachelor's degrees were in Journalism & Political Science, with sports journalism as a primary focus. During his senior year, Caleb began moving away from betting casually and turning into a sharper bettor, including creating systems, compiling data for multiple sports, etc.

Experience

5+ years betting experience 3+ years as a sports handicapper 10+ years as a sports journalist Caleb has been betting legally since 2019 but his history with gambling predates that, as he regularly picked NFL games against the spread throughout his college tenure. In 2021, Caleb started handicapping college football games for Pickswise and turned a profit for the season. After moving into a full-time Deputy Editor role in 2022, Caleb has had plenty of success and winners for the site’s users, most notably in college football, NFL and the MLB YRFI/NRFI market.

Favorite betting market / type

Futures and Point Spreads.

Favorite bookmakers

Caleb's Picks

Anytime Touchdown Scorer Pick

R. Shaheed (SEA) to score a TD(+380)

Reasoning

While the production hasn’t always shown itself in the stat sheet, Rashid Shaheed has been a major addition for the Seattle offense over the second half of the season and into the playoffs. The speedy wide receiver has made his mark in the downfield passing game, while also excelling on special teams. In fact, it was Shaheed’s punt return touchdown that sparked a very memorable Seahawks comeback over this same Rams teams back on December 18. Shaheed also tacked on a 31-yard rush in that contest, and he has another chance to make an impact in this one, especially with so much of Los Angeles’ attention expected to be focused on Jaxson Smith-Njigba. While he’s only recorded a couple of touchdowns this season, I’ll take a shot on Shaheed to make a splash on Sunday.

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Anytime Touchdown Scorer Pick

K. Williams (LAR) to score a TD(+135)

Reasoning

While the Seahawks defense might be the best unit remaining in these playoffs, Seattle has not been able to slow down the Rams’ ground game all that much in either of the 2 meetings between these teams earlier this season. With that in mind, we can expect head coach Sean McVay and the Rams offensive coaching staff to lean into running the ball once again on Sunday, and that’s where Kyren Williams comes in. The Notre Dame product has tallied at least 12 carries in every game this season, while also racking up touchdowns in 15 of his 19 games played over the course of the campaign. There’s no reason to expect that Williams’ red zone workload will slow down anytime soon, so let’s stick with the hot hand and look for Williams to find the end zone once again.

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