OUR STORY
One yes was enough.
Undrafted was founded in 2018 by Austyn McFadden and his now wife, Kiley McFadden, while Austyn was living in Nashville and trying to break back into sports photography.
He sent hundreds of emails. One outlet took a chance on him. After a month of shooting for them, he decided he didn't need to keep waiting on inboxes — he could build the outlet he wished had answered. With a small group of journalists and photographers he'd met on Instagram, he launched Undrafted.
Since then, we haven't looked back.
BY THE NUMBERS
Where We Are Today
900K+
Views every 60 days
3,000+
Articles published
3,000+
Live games covered
10+
League partnerships, college and pro
134
Active contributors
3
World Cup credentials earned
CREDENTIALED
Three World Cup Credentials, One Independent Newsroom
Of all the sports outlets that applied to cover the World Cup, only 8% were approved. Undrafted earned three credentials — proof that an independent operation built on Instagram DMs and one early yes can sit alongside the legacy names.