Neal Compton Wins 2023 NFFC Post-Season & $150,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Neal Compton of Benicia, California won the 2023 NFFC Post-Season Contest and the record $150,000 grand prize as he defeated a record field of 1,757 teams. Neal rode the combination of Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts at 4x along with Travis Kelce and Devonta Smith at 3x to win the title with 1,372.15 points. He finished 2.10 points ahead of Mark Monzones for the top prize with Todd Cohen, Scott Wieland and Larry Schechter rounding out the Top 5. This contest paid the Top 50 teams overall.

We will wait for any scoring changes from Elias Sports today before finalizing the prizes tomorrow. Look for these prizes on your Player Accounts by tomorrow once the stats have been finalized overnight.

Neal has been a member of the NFFC since 2013 and this year he stepped up his game with us, playing in the Silver Bullet, the Rotowire Online Championship, the Cutline Championship and the Best Ball Draft Champions Championship. He took 15 $50 Mini Playoff teams, but took only one $200 Post-Season team and rode that one to the $150,000 grand prize.

This is the second straight year that an owner took only one entry in our $200 Post-Season Contest and rode it to the top. Joshua Dombroski did the same thing last year enroute to winning that $125,000 grand prize.

Neal picked both No. 1 seed QBs, so he didn't get any points from them and finished Round 1 in 1,329th place with 159.70 points. But he jumped to 387th place after Round 2 when his team scored 354.40 points. His team then jumped to 115th place after Round 3 with a 337.25 point week. His team then scored 520.80 points in Round 4 to win the title.

Neal had six players with multipliers in the final round with Hurts scoring 188.80 points and Mahomes scoring 126.0 points. Kelce scored 60.30 points at 3x and Smith scored 51 points. Here was his final roster:

Patrick Mahomes (4X) KC 126
Jalen Hurts (4X) PHI 188.8
Isiah Pacheco (2X) KC 27.2
JuJu Smith-Schuster KC 12.3
DeVonta Smith (3X) PHI 51
A.J. Brown (2X) PHI 43.2
Travis Kelce (3X) KC 60.3
Dallas Goedert PHI 12

Congrats Neal and congrats to all of our prize winners in this great contest. Here's the final standings:

2023 NFFC Post-Season Contest Final Standings:
1 Neal Compton 1,372.15
2 MARK MONZONES 1,370.05
3 Todd Cohen 1,363.75
4 Scott Wieland 1,359.35
5 Lawrence Schechter 1,357.25
6 Jack Mardesich 1,356.55
7 Chris Fessler 1,353.35
8 Matthew Shepherd 1,350.95
9 Terry Simmons 1,349.25
10 PHILIP MUNSON 1,349.15
11 Corey Koenig 1,346.45
12 Robert Rose 1,345.95
13 Nathan Mizell 1,344.05
14 Terry Simmons 1,343.55
15 Kimra Schleicher 1,343.25
16 justin kimbrough 1,342.95
17 randy petersen 1,341.65
18 Timothy Ward 1,340.85
19 Ryan-Allen Guenther 1,339.85
20 BRENT PACE 1,339.75
21 JESSE HUDSON 1,337.95
22 Marin Garcia 1,336.95
23 Scott keikoan 1,336.35
23 john rozek 1,336.35
25 Randy Mechels 1,335.65
26 Glenn Lowy 1,335.15
27 Michael Cole 1,335.05
28 Glenn Lowy 1,334.95
29 Robert Fagan 1,333.85
30 Scott Caswell 1,333.65
30 Eddie Lasker 1,333.65
32 David Rimel 1,332.95
33 Kurt Uhler 1,332.75
34 Andrew Kloc 1,332.55
35 Kenneth Ford 1,332.25
35 Randy Mechels 1,332.25
37 Lawrence Schechter 1,331.70
38 Vince Matchett 1,331.05
39 Eric King 1,330.10
40 Frank Bagiardi 1,329.95
41 Kimra Schleicher 1,329.85
42 William Ott 1,329.75
43 Karen Angone 1,329.45
44 Dominic Mignano 1,329.35
45 Anthony Trezza 1,329.15
46 Chad Surratt 1,328.75
47 Brian Owens 1,327.60
48 Alex Grigoriou 1,327.45
49 Corey Harrison 1,325.65
50 Andre Bourcier 1,325.55
51 JEFFREY PACE 1,325.15
52 Rob Aspinall 1,324.75
53 Darryl Lechniak 1,324.65
54 Michael Thompson 1,324.35
55 Adam Kleeberg 1,324.25
56 Kenny West 1,323.55
57 Nelson Sousa 1,323.45
57 Ronald Householder 1,323.45
59 Jeff Caywood 1,323.35
59 Eric Jensen 1,323.35
61 MARK MONZONES 1,323.20
62 Bob Fruchter 1,322.45
63 Andy Saxton 1,322.35
64 Corey Noltner 1,321.75
65 Nelson Sousa 1,321.65
66 Robby Schumacher 1,321.55
67 Eric ONeill 1,321.15
68 Dan Abbey 1,320.85
69 Jeff Palm 1,320.65
70 Robby Schumacher 1,320.55
71 Eric Heberlig 1,320.35
72 Todd Schoenfeld 1,320.05
73 Eric Heberlig 1,319.65
74 Anthony Trezza 1,319.55
75 Scott keikoan 1,319.35
76 Nelson Sousa 1,319.20
77 Lee Sparer 1,319.05
78 joseph salukas 1,318.65
79 John Creason 1,318.35
80 KEVIN KIRVES 1,318.15
80 Jared Daniels 1,318.15
82 thomas ruelas 1,317.85
83 Kacy Kliment 1,317.75
84 DAVID HOY 1,317.45
85 michael tremper 1,316.95
86 Garret Ryan 1,315.15
87 Thomas Knox 1,314.35
88 Greg Kerchief 1,313.35
89 EVAN BATCHELLER 1,313.05
90 THOMAS YATES 1,312.65
91 JAMES WILSON 1,312.25
92 Eric Heberlig 1,312.05
93 Richard Duewel 1,311.95
94 Brian Owens 1,311.45
94 Peter James 1,311.45
94 Chad Schroeder 1,311.45
94 Trevis Waters 1,311.45
98 Anita Huffman 1,311.15
98 Glenn Lowy 1,311.15
100 James Pollack 1,310.55

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here were the prize payouts for the 2023 NFFC $200 Post-Season Contest:

1 - $150,000
2 - $25,000
3 - $20,000
4 - $15,000
5 - $10,000
6 - $7,500
7 - $6,000
8 - $5,000
9 - $4,000
10 - $3,500
11 - $2,500
12 - $2,000
13 - $1,500
14 - $1,250
15 - $1,200
16 - $1,000
17 - $900
18 - $850
19 - $800
20 - $750
21 - $725
22 - $700
23 - $675
24 - $650
25-30 - $600
31-34 - $500
35-40 - $400
41-45 - $300
46-50 - $250

[Greg Ambrosius]

The NFFC Post-Season Contest has a rich history as the grand prize has grown over the last 18 years from $10,000 to $150,000. Chris Schinker and Tony Trezza are the only two-time winners of this contest. Here's a look at the past champions:

NFFC Post-Season Contest (year is from the regular season year):
2005 - Chris Schinker, $10,000
2006 - Chris Surawski, $10,000
2007 - Chris Schinker, $10,000
2008 - Christopher DaVault, $10,000
2009 - Scott Axelrod, $10,000
2010 - KJ Duke, $10,000
2011 - Nelson Sousa, $10,000
2012 - Tony Trezza, $27,500
2013 - Larry Bagiardi, $30,000
2014 - Robby Schumacher, $55,000
2015 - Jared Eisenlohr, $70,000
2016 - John Sciaccotta, $75,000
2017 - Tony Trezza, $100,000
2018 - Emmett Ruland, $110,000
2019 - Antonio Anagnostopoulos, $125,000
2020 - Athur Hagar, $125,000
2021 - Joshua Dombrowski, $125,000
2022 - Neal Compton, $150,000

The entry fee for this contest started at $100 and held there for the first seven years before increasing to $110 and then $125. It grew to $200 by 2014 and has stayed at that price point each year since. Congrats to all of our great champions.