Jordan Kennedy's year was a comeback without a podium. Golf placed 17th and the World Cup 46th, a closing pair strong enough to lift him 66 places.
The early holes had been severe: 211th in baseball, 238th in NFL Survivor and 242nd in the College Football Playoff. Those three entries paid only 41, 4.5 and 5.5.
March first changed the tone. Kennedy survived 10 straight picks to Day 8 on Michigan, sharing 11th and collecting 240.5. He kept missing the top ten by inches and cashing the near-misses anyway.
Kennedy's 1358 total joined the tie for 93rd. He never found an elite finish; he found enough almost-elite ones to drag an entire season uphill.