Brian Owens Wins 2021 NFFC Platinum & $165,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Brian Owens of South Lebanon, Ohio did it again, winning the 2021 NFFC Platinum League and the entire $165,000 league prize. Brian swept the regular season prizes as he finished with the league's best record and most points, and he dominated the Championship Round as well to win the league title and the remaining $125,000 top prize. The last time we held the Platinum League was in 2019 (Covid prevented us from hosting the Platinum in 2020), Brian won the Platinum League title and $145,000.

Brian becomes the third owner to win the Platinum League title twice in our 7-year history, joining the teams of David Hubbard & Nelson Sousa, and Mike Santos & Kurt Kuekes. Great job Brian and congrats.

Brian's team won the h2h regular season at 10-4 and had the most points. It maintained the top spot throughout the Championship Round, scoring 146.40 points in Week 15, 176.25 points in Week 16 and 186.95 points in Week 17. Glenn Schroter finished second to win $45,000, while Nelson Sousa finished third to win $16,000. Glenn Lowy won the Consolation Round to win $4,000.

Here's the final standings:

2021 NFFC Platinum League Final Standings
Championship Round
1 Brian Owens Owens 669.55
2 Glenn Schroter King of Queens 606.83
3 Nelson Sousa The Franchise 522.60
4 Chad Schroeder Cocktails & Dreams 505.88

Consolation Round
1 Glenn Lowy Glenneration X 553.72
2 Mike Santos Santos 532.98

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here's the prizes for the NFFC Platinum League:

NFFC Platinum League
League Prizes
1 $125,000
2 $45,000
3 $16,000
Most Points $20,000
Best Record (total points tie-breaker) $20,000

Consolation Round Prizes
1 $4,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here were Brian's draft results from the 2nd spot in the NFFC Platinum League

Cook, Dalvin 1 2 RB Owens
Ekeler, Austin 2 23 RB Owens
Kupp, Cooper 3 35 WR Owens
Johnson, Diontae 4 38 WR Owens
Chase, Ja'Marr 5 59 WR Owens
Sanders, Miles 6 62 FLEX Owens
Samuel, Deebo 7 83 WR Owens
Waddle, Jaylen 8 86 WR Owens
Meyers, Jakobi 9 107 WR Owens
Mattison, Alexander 10 110 RB Owens
Higbee, Tyler 11 131 TE Owens
Tannehill, Ryan 12 134 QB Owens
Jackson, Justin 13 155 RB Owens
Lawrence, Trevor 14 158 QB Owens
Lindsay, Phillip 15 179 RB Owens
Henry, Hunter 16 182 TE Owens
Scott, Boston 17 203 RB Owens
Ravens, Baltimore 18 206 TDSP Owens
Rountree, Larry 19 227 RB Owens
Bengals, Cincinnati 20 230 TK Owens

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here were Brian's free agent pickups in the Platinum League:

Week 2 Philadelphia Eagles TDSP 1
Week 3 Daniel Jones 62
Week 3 New York (NYG) Giants TK 3
Week 4 Kansas City Chiefs TK 31
Week 4 Miami Dolphins TDSP 2
Week 5 Sam Darnold 73
Week 5 Baltimore Ravens TDSP 8
Week 6 Jerick McKinnon 221
Week 6 Seattle Seahawks TDSP 1
Week 7 Chris Evans 72
Week 7 Baltimore Ravens TDSP 52
Week 8 Cincinnati Bengals TDSP 73
Week 8 Joshua Kelley 11
Week 9 Derrick Gore 70
Week 9 Larry Rountree 42
Week 10 Derek Carr 172
Week 10 Tennessee Titans TDSP 46
Week 10 Teddy Bridgewater 32
Week 12 Los Angeles (LAC) Chargers TK 2
Week 13 New York (NYG) Giants TDSP 2
Week 14 Ben Roethlisberger 5
Week 14 Jimmy Garoppolo 17

[Greg Ambrosius]

Brian Owens becomes the third team owner to win the Platinum League since it was started seven years ago. Mike Santos & Kurt Kuekes, along with David Hubbard and Nelson Sousa, have each won the title twice as well. Brian has now won the last two Platinum League titles. Glenn Lowy is the other Platinum League champion. Here's our complete list of champions in this contest:

NFFC Platinum League Champions:
2021 - Brian Owens
2019 - Brian Owens
2018 - Mike Santos & Kurt Kuekes
2017 - David Hubbard & Nelson Sousa
2016 - Glenn Lowy
2015 - Mike Santos & Kurt Kuekes
2014 - David Hubbard & Nelson Sousa