Matt Shepherd Wins 2020 Las Vegas Super & $14,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Matt Shepherd of Napa, California won the 2020 Las Vegas 12-Team Super League and the $14,000 prize. Matt entered the Championship Round with the second highest weekly scoring average, but he quickly took the lead after Week 14 and put the title in his hands with a 207.7 point Week 15. He finished 23.4 points ahead of Jesse Hoff with Wilson Moy finishing third. Jesse won $5,000 for his runner-up finish, while Wilson won $2,500 for his third place finish. Wilson also won $5,000 during the regular season for best h2h record and most points. Great job everyone.

Here's the final standings:

2020 NFFC Las Vegas Super League Championship Round Standings:
1 Matthew Shepherd PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS 652.05
2 jesse hoff hoff 628.65
3 wilson moy The 420 Express 604.75
4 Mike Santos Coyote Miscreants Super 577.9

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here was the prize payout for the 2020 NFFC Las Vegas Super League:

2020 NFFC Super League Prizes:
1 $14,000
2 $5,000
3 $2,000
Most Points $2,500
Best Record (total points tie-breaker) $2,500
Consolation Round: $500

[Greg Ambrosius]

Matt had the 5th pick in this draft and he took Dalvin Cook. Here were his draft results:

PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS:
1 5 Cook, Dalvin RB PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
2 20 Hopkins, DeAndre WR PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
3 32 Beckham, Odell WR PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
4 41 Evans, Mike WR PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
5 56 Gordon, Melvin RB PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
6 65 Jones, Marvin FLEX PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
7 80 Murray, Kyler QB PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
8 89 Singletary, Devin RB PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
9 104 Mattison, Alexander RB PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
10 113 Howard, Jordan RB PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
11 128 Gesicki, Mike TE PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
12 137 Aiyuk, Brandon WR PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
13 152 Harris, Damien RB PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
14 161 Gronkowski, Rob TE PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
15 176 Bills, Buffalo TDSP PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
16 185 Bourne, Kendrick WR PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
17 200 Cardinals, Arizona TK PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
18 209 Davis, Corey WR PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
19 224 Garoppolo, Jimmy QB PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS
20 233 Watson, Justin WR PRACTICE SQUAD REJECTS

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here were Matt's winning free agent bids throughout the year:

Week 3 Drew Sample 211
Week 3 Royce Freeman 2
Week 4 Braxton Berrios 55
Week 4 Ryan Fitzpatrick 55
Week 5 Justin Jackson 300
Week 5 Bryce Love 12
Week 7 Tua Tagovailoa 75
Week 7 David Njoku 15
Week 8 Mecole Hardman 22
Week 8 Tennessee Titans 10
Week 8 Jakobi Meyers 8
Week 9 Eno Benjamin 10
Week 9 Chicago Bears 51
Week 9 Arizona Cardinals 35
Week 9 Daniel Jones 25
Week 9 Arizona Cardinals 21
Week 10 Cincinnati Bengals 32
Week 11 Kansas City Chiefs 28
Week 12 Seattle Seahawks 1

[Don Draper]

Nice job Shep!

[Greg Ambrosius]

We started the NFFC 12-Team Super Leagues in 2009 and have filled them up every year since. I've listed the champions for the New York Super League and the NFFC Super Auction Leagues on separate threads, but let's keep track of the other NFFC 12-Team Super League champions here:

NFFC 12-Team Super League Champions:
2009 - Paul Clein
2010 - Billy Wasosky
2010 - Billy Wu
2010 - Steve Jupinka
2010 - Steve Luzzi
2011 - Erik Peterson
2011 - Chad Schroeder
2011 - Jason Steeves
2013 - Gino Yu
2014 - Ryan McMichael
2015 - Chris Eibl
2016 - Neil Hassett Jr.
2016 - Kevin Bass
2017 - Bradley Kennedy
2017 - John Rozek
2017 - Sen R
2018 - Mike Santos
2018 - Randy Mechels
2018 - Chad Schroeder
2019 - Michael Edelman
2019 - Michael Edelman
2019 - Chad Schroeder
2019 - Brian Finkel
2020 - Matt Shepherd
2020 - Matt Shepherd
2020 - Chris Eibl