Michael Leone Wins 2021 12-Team Ultimate & $38,500

[Greg Ambrosius]

Michael Leone of Buffalo dominated the September 7th NFFC 12-Team Ultimate Online league and swept the $38,500 in prizes. His team had the best h2h record (10-4) and most points during the regular season to win $10,000 and it led from start to finish in the Championship Round to win the remaining $28,500. This is Michael's first time in the Ultimate League and his first Ultimate league title.

Team Leone scored 148.25 points in Week 15, 199.25 points in Week 16 and 163.80 points in Week 17 to finish with 659.63 points. He finished 61.11 points ahead of Ronald Householder, with Larry Schechter in third place. Ron won $10,500 and Larry won $4,000. Eddie Gillis won the Consolation Round to win $1,000.

Here's the final standings:

2021 NFFC 12-Team Ultimate Online League Final Standings:
1 Michael Leone Leone 659.63
2 Ronald Householder Householder 598.52
3 Lawrence Schechter Air Lar 527.09
4 Chris Eibl Rex Grossman 479.03

NFFC 12-Team Ultimate League Consolation Round Standings:
1 Eddie Gillis RESPECT THE COWBOY STAR .. 627.05
2 Chad Schroeder Cocktails & Dreams 538.58

[Greg Ambrosius]

Michael Leone drafted 12th in this 12-Team Ultimate League. Here were his draft picks:

Kelce, Travis 1 12 TE Leone
Taylor, Jonathan 2 13 RB Leone
Brown, A.J. 3 25 WR Leone
Swift, D'Andre 4 48 RB Leone
Chase, Ja'Marr 5 49 WR Leone
Samuel, Deebo 6 72 WR Leone
Gallup, Michael 7 73 FLEX Leone
Fuller, Will 8 96 WR Leone
Moore, Elijah 9 97 WR Leone
Moore, Rondale 10 120 WR Leone
Burrow, Joe 11 121 QB Leone
Reagor, Jalen 12 144 WR Leone
Lance, Trey 13 145 QB Leone
McKinnon, Jerick 14 168 RB Leone
Bateman, Rashod 15 169 WR Leone
Chiefs, Kansas City 16 192 TK Leone
Jackson, Justin 17 193 RB Leone
Collins, Alex 18 216 RB Leone
Brown, Dyami 19 217 WR Leone
Chargers, Los Angeles (LAC) 20 240 TDSP Leone

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here were Michael's winning FAAB bids during the season:

Week 4 Malcolm Brown 1
Week 5 Cleveland Browns TDSP 4
Week 5 Chris Evans 3
Week 7 Ty'Son Williams 12
Week 7 Wayne Gallman 1
Week 9 Derrick Gore 56
Week 9 Ameer Abdullah 11
Week 10 Eno Benjamin 77
Week 10 Jermar Jefferson 23
Week 10 Taysom Hill 7
Week 10 Taylor Heinicke 1
Week 11 Evan Engram 6
Week 11 Kenneth Gainwell 1
Week 11 Justin Jackson 1
Week 12 Matt Breida 142
Week 12 Taysom Hill 33
Week 12 Los Angeles (LAR) Rams TK 12
Week 12 Los Angeles (LAR) Rams TDSP
Week 13 Ameer Abdullah 203
Week 14 Jeff Wilson 197
Week 14 Ty Johnson 146
Week 14 Godwin Igwebuike 50
Week 14 Curtis Samuel 1

[Greg Ambrosius]

This is Michael Leone's first NFFC 12-Team Ultimate League title. We hosted the first NFFC 12-Team Ultimate League in 2012 and we have now hosted two NFFC 12-Team Ultimate Leagues in each of the last five seasons. Here's a list of the past winners:

NFFC 12-Team Ultimate League Champions:
2021 - Larry Schechter
2021 - Michael Leone
2020 - Riku Vihreasaari
2020 - Yoni Bornstein
2019 - Stephen Stith
2019 - Larry Schechter
2018 - Eddie Gillis
2018 - Sen R
2017 - Chad Schroeder
2017 - Kyle Crawford
2016 - Shawn Gundy
2015 - Steve Lucinski
2014 - Kevin Blayne
2013 - Chad Schroeder
2012 - Riku Vihreasaari