Aaron Jones Wins 2021 NFFC Draft Champions & $30,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Aaron Jones of Lumberton, New Jersey won the 2021 NFFC Best Ball Draft Champions National Championship and the $30,000 grand prize. Aaron drafted this DC Express team on August 16th and rode it all the way to the top spot among a record field of 2,964 teams. This was a best ball contest through 17 weeks with no free agent pickups.

Aaron's team was near the top throughout the season and it took the lead for good in Week 16 a 209.55 point output. It then sealed the title in Week 17 with 204.95 points. Aaron finished 112.45 points ahead of Ronald Householder with Matthew Greene, Michael O'Brien and Paul Hausman rounding out the Top 5. We paid the Top 25 overall and the Top 3 in each league.

Here's the top 100 teams overall:

2021 NFFC Draft Champions National Championship Final Standings:
1 Aaron Jones Jones $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4533 3,349.50
2 Ronald Householder Householder $400 Best Ball Draft Championship #3900 3,337.05
3 Matthew Greene Theyre Both Named Bernie $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5381 3,311.70
4 Michael O'Brien Power Sweepers $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5006 3,297.80
5 PAUL HAUSMAN STLBros $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #6239 3,280.40
6 Chris Eibl Cade McNown $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #164 3,262.90
7 Chris Marvin Good Trouble $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #1514 3,255.45
8 Ryan Barlow Barlow $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3640 3,251.80
9 Chris Eibl Rex Grossman $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #471 3,232.60
10 Darren Emma The Chosen Ones DC1 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #1073 3,223.80
11 Bill Cook Starfishmn 0809 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3678 3,220.60
12 Matt Dozier Yawning Yellow Yak $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #1423 3,219.40
13 Jeffrey Bryl Bucks in Six $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4660 3,207.50
14 Robert Goldman Gold Man DC1 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4587 3,207.30
15 Darren Newberry Ithaca Bombers 16 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5383 3,202.15
16 Matt Newman Newman $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5489 3,193.85
17 Ante Meich Benny Blanco $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #6006 3,185.65
18 Scott Feschuk Feschuk $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3289 3,183.05
19 Mike Santos Santos $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3255 3,182.65
20 Chris Eibl Rex Grossman $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #698 3,175.15
21 Graham Barfield Barfield $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #2322 3,174.70
22 Michael Gebby W.A.R. $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3066 3,174.60
23 Eddie Gillis Respect the Cowboy Star. 9 x $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4172 3,174.30
24 Kyle Hendin Niner Nation $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5584 3,173.85
25 Timothy BRAULT Bulldogs $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5822 3,164.95
26 Ryan Barlow Barlow $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #1972 3,161.10
27 Matt Newman Newman $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #1712 3,158.25
28 Matthew Herman Herman $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5898 3,155.75
29 KENNETH BAGDONAS BAGDONAS $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4283 3,155.05
30 KEVIN KIRVES GOOMBAAH $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4554 3,151.10
31 Chris Eibl Im Obviously In This Draft $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #596 3,150.10
32 Nick Webber Moe Larry Curly 150 1 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #1159 3,142.70
33 mark hesters Unholy Alliance $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4967 3,142.40
34 wilson moy The 420 Express 3 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #1741 3,141.25
35 Aaron Hornyak Hornyak $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #901 3,140.75
36 David Webber DWsRaiders 23 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #2390 3,138.95
37 Jeff Odell ODell 713S $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #2660 3,138.90
38 Daniel Seeberger Old Renegade $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5694 3,137.20
39 Kwandell Dyer Zeke be eating $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #6214 3,136.60
40 Joseph Galea Mr. Krab $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3408 3,134.75
40 TOBY HAYEK Airmailers $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4982 3,134.75
42 Aaron Jones Jones $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4049 3,130.70
43 Mike Santos Santos $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #303 3,130.60
44 robert cramutola DC-1 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #950 3,130.20
45 brian zeid zeid $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5397 3,129.65
46 Stavros Lazos Lazos $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #840 3,125.00
47 Christopher Daughtry Daughtry $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3333 3,124.70
48 Kurtis Homkes Kupp Check $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4868 3,123.65
49 Nate Anderson Whos Your Data $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4291 3,123.50
50 Chris Eibl Youre All In My Fantasy $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #504 3,123.10
51 George Melbrod Melbrod $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #1741 3,122.90
52 Michael Jancosek Carl Spackler 5 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4910 3,122.85
53 Chris Eibl Rex Grossmans Team Wisconsin $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #73 3,122.55
54 Jeffrey Matthews Matthews $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3572 3,122.35
55 ED SPRINGER Lynchmob6266 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5174 3,118.15
56 Chris Eibl Hi Everybody $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #546 3,117.60
57 Jeff Odell ODell 705 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #2419 3,112.65
58 Chad Havens Dragon and Nighthawk $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5666 3,112.25
58 Wayne Patterson Patterson $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3704 3,112.25
60 john cosmich Feemasters $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3988 3,111.50
61 Darren Parrott Parrott $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3513 3,110.70
62 Kristopher Reed Fresh Ripe Peaches $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #2815 3,109.60
63 Billy Wasosky BWAZ - DC 150 18 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3066 3,107.80
64 DANIEL TAFFERE Action Jackson $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5006 3,106.95
65 Tom Skowron Skowron $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5277 3,105.30
66 Billy Wasosky BWAZ - DC 150 19 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3425 3,101.85
67 robert cramutola DC-10 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5004 3,101.05
68 Chris Eibl Kyle Orton $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #235 3,100.15
69 Damian Dabrowski @D_bro1389 DC1 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3718 3,099.80
70 Kirby Morgenstern Morgenstern $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #1923 3,099.00
71 Chris Eibl Jerome Bettis was Overrated $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #766 3,098.05
72 Mark Szatkowski Skiballin $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #1423 3,097.55
73 Mark Walker Walker $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4554 3,097.35
74 Wayne Ellis Coltsfan $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5116 3,096.10
75 Adam Mignano The Young Wolf $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #6244 3,093.65
76 Eric Jensen Jensen DC 3 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #2441 3,093.05
77 Robert Morelli Morelli $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5249 3,091.10
78 Aaron Hornyak Hornyak $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #1028 3,090.85
79 Ronald Bolender Relentless $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3920 3,090.65
80 Chris Eibl Jordan Loves This $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #979 3,089.30
81 Dennis Massa Kylie Wyote III $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #6042 3,088.40
82 Donald McCabe Shropshire Slashers $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4868 3,088.00
83 David Webber DWsRaiders 22 $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #2103 3,087.85
84 Eric Palmer Palmer $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #6136 3,087.70
85 DANIEL TAFFERE Don Julio $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5598 3,087.65
86 brian zeid zeid $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5131 3,087.60
87 Curtis Hirsch Hirsch $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4023 3,087.05
88 Chris Bergman Bergman $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #2787 3,086.75
89 TERRENCE GEARY GEARY $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5578 3,086.35
90 Ron Squitieri Squitieri $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5531 3,085.10
91 Andrew Miller Renegades $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5092 3,084.70
92 Justin Becco Corncob TV $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3252 3,084.40
92 Jason sumner sumner $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4560 3,084.40
94 Jeff Clampitt Clampitt $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #303 3,083.30
95 Mike Santos Santos $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #4340 3,082.85
96 Wayne Ellis Coltsfan $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #45 3,082.05
97 Nicholas Stamm Johnny Blood $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #264 3,081.05
98 Aaron Hornyak Hornyak $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #546 3,081.00
99 frank nunes nunes $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #3945 3,078.60
100 Todd Hunter Hunter $150 Best Ball Draft Championship #5249 3,078.50

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here was the overall prize payout for the 2021 NFFC Best Ball Draft Champions National Championship:

2021 NFFC Draft Champions National Championship Overall Prizes:
1 $30,000
2 $7,500
3 $5,000
4 $4,000
5 $3,000
6 $2,000
7 $1,750
8 $1,500
9 $1,200
10 $1,000
11 $800
12 $750
13 $500
14 $450
15 $400
16 $350
17 $300
18 $250
19 $200
20 $150

League Prizes
1 $800
2 $300
3 $100

[Greg Ambrosius]

Aaron drafted from the 7th spot in this August 16th DC Express League. Here were his draft results:

Adams, Davante 1 7 WR Jones
Mixon, Joe 2 18 RB Jones
Allen, Keenan 3 30 WR Jones
Kupp, Cooper 4 43 WR Jones
Sanders, Miles 5 54 RB Jones
Andrews, Mark 6 67 TE Jones
Samuel, Deebo 7 78 FLEX Jones
Stafford, Matthew 8 91 QB Jones
Dillon, AJ 9 102 RB Jones
Ryan, Matt 10 115 QB Jones
Jones, Marvin 11 126 WR Jones
Mattison, Alexander 12 139 RB Jones
Moore, Rondale 13 150 WR Jones
White, James 14 163 RB Jones
Ertz, Zach 15 174 TE Jones
Newton, Cam 16 187 QB Jones
Edwards, Bryan 17 198 WR Jones
Scott, Boston 18 211 RB Jones
Hamler, K.J. 19 222 WR Jones
Saints, New Orleans 20 235 TDSP Jones
Bears, Chicago 21 246 TDSP Jones
Hurst, Hayden 22 259 TE Jones
Booker, Devontae 23 270 RB Jones
49ers, San Francisco 24 283 TK Jones
Chargers, Los Angeles (LAC) 25 294 TK Jones
Alie-Cox, Mo 26 307 TE Jones
Cole, Keelan 27 318 WR Jones
Johnson, Ty 28 331 RB Jones
Lions, Detroit 29 342 TDSP Jones
Eagles, Philadelphia 30 355 TK Jones
Johnson, Collin 31 366 WR Jones
Byrd, Damiere 32 379 WR Jones
Wilson, Albert 33 390 WR Jones
Tate, Auden 34 403 WR Jones
Swain, Freddie 35 414 WR Jones

[Greg Ambrosius]

The NFFC Draft Champions National Championship originally started as just private leagues in each city and then combining the leagues into an overall prize pool. But by 2012 we had created a separate national championship at the $150 price point and originally had 14-team leagues. We've had the 12-team format the last four years as this contest has grown and grown to the point where this year we had 2,964 teams.

Here's a look at our past overall champions:

NFFC Draft Champions Overall Champions:

2010 - William Cleavenger
2011 - Wayne Ellis
2012 - Steve Geisbert
2013 - Thomas Wagner
2014 - Parnelli Baker
2015 - Wayne Ellis
2016 - Mark Srebro
2017 - Timothy Hennessy
2018 - Brian Edwards
2019 - Christian Wheeler ($25,000)
2020 - Cheryl Springer ($25,000)
2021 - Aaron Jones ($30,000)

One note:

** Wayne Ellis has won two NFFC Draft Champions National Championships, one when we counted the Live DCs (2011) and one as the online version (2015) we now have. But it's pretty amazing how tough it is to repeat as champion in our contests.