Roger Gonzalez Wins 2024 Turkey Day Bonanza & $7,500

[Greg Ambrosius]

Roger Gonzalez of Metairie, Louisiana topped a record field of 600 teams to win the 2024 NFFC Turkey Day Bonanza and the $7,500 grand prize. Roger had three teams in this contest and he turned one of them into a $7,500 prize. Great job Champ.

Roger finished 2.7 points ahead of James Rodriguez for the title in what was a really, really close race to the top. In every year of this one day contest, the champion has won by less than 3 points, which is amazing. Rounding out the Top 5 this year were Adam Jensen, Eric Karlovic and Doug Gruber. Because of the record turnout, we were able to increase the overall prize pool and we paid the Top 40 finishers overall. What a great contest.

Roger used the combination of Caleb Williams and Keenan Allen to jump out to the early lead and he sealed the win with the late game of De'Von Achane, Jonnu Smith, Tyreek Hill and Jayden Reed. That ricochet TD catch by Tyreek Hill likely sealed the deal for Roger to win the title and the $7,500 grand prize. Great job Roger and congrats on the win.

Thanks to everyone who supported this one-day contest. The Turkey Day Bonanza just keeps getting bigger and bigger each year. Last year we sold out this contest with 517 teams, while selling it out in 2022 with 450 teams. To reach the 600 team mark this year means that we better plan for a bigger and better grand prize in 2025!!! I think $10,000 makes a lot of sense. Thanks everyone and congrats to the Top 40 prize winners.

Here's the final standings and the Top 100 finishers:

2024 NFFC Turkey Day Bonanza Top 100 Teams:
1 Roger Gonzalez Gonzalez 199.4
2 James Rodriguez Rodriguez 196.7
3 Adam Jensen Jensen 194.85
4 Eric Karlovic Karlovic 193.85
5 Douglas Gruber Dougs Dawgs 193.1
6 paul moore moore 190.55
7 Jared Daniels Daniels 189.8
8 Michael Cole Alabama Abandoned 189.3
9 Matthew Burgei Burgei 189
10 KEITH NOECKER TD Dirt 188.7
11 Ted Cohan Cohan 188.5
12 kip jeffries jeffries 187.85
13 MARK FIERER FIERER 187.7
13 Adam Jensen Jensen 187.7
15 Mike Sajdak Sajdak 187.6
16 Chris Geddes GMAN. 39 187.45
17 Jared Daniels Daniels 186.9
18 Neil Bogatz Best Day Ever 186.7
19 Gregg Martin Martin 186.2
20 Tim Remley Laporta Potty 186
21 Brennan Logue Logue 185.65
22 MARK FIERER FIERER 184.6
23 Chris Toscano Toscano 184.4
24 Tom Rodriguez TRod Turkey Day 184.2
25 Don Medlam TopGuns2 183.5
26 Matt Dodd Steelerfan740 183.2
27 Richard Pelesky Pelesky Taters 183.1
28 Jules McLean McLean 182.9
29 Kerry Bush Bush 182.7
30 DANIEL MCDONALD MCDONALD 182.3
31 Gregg Martin Martin 182.15
32 Scott Zeidman Thanksgiving. - BZ 181.8
33 Johnhenry Schroeder Schroeder 181.75
34 Stephen Ciepiela Ciepiela 181.7
35 Brian Poe Show Me The Money 181.6
36 Christopher Vaccaro GST TURKEY2 181.4
37 thomas ruelas Strength Inc. 181.3
37 DAVID HAYES Fat Zeke 181.3
37 Brad Alden Half Man Half Hurricane 181.3
40 Chris Stephens Coachwbb 181.25
41 Bobby Jurney Jurney 181.05
42 Adam Jensen Jensen 180.9
42 William Dandridge Purple Reign 180.9
44 MARK GILKEY GILKEY 180.6
45 SHAWN LYNN LYNN 180.4
46 michael smith smith 180.15
47 James Peuster Peuster 180.05
48 Andrew Viglietti Viglietti 180
49 Jeffrey Oskin Oskin 179.75
50 richard schulenberg CalebToMoore 179.7
51 Darren Wolford Wolford 179.5
51 David D. Kheel Kheel 179.5
53 Wayne Chambers Chambers 179.05
54 Scott Zeidman Thanksgiving. - JZ 178.85
55 Douglas Gruber Dougs Dawgs 178.8
55 Louis Weber Weber 178.8
57 PHILIP MUNSON MUNSON 178.6
57 Chris Geddes GMAN 3 178.6
59 Ramon Valentin Valentin 178.3
60 Joseph Bryant Bryant 177.75
61 william hare PiranHas Bird R 177.7
62 Steven Foster KC Chiefs 3Peat 177.5
63 Adam Goldberg Turkberg 177.4
64 Mark Whittenberger Whittenberger 177.3
65 Bill Wasosky UNBUTTON THE PANTS - BWAZ 1 177.15
66 Jason Anthony Anthony 177.1
66 MARCUS OLSON DaBears125 177.1
68 MARK FIERER FIERER 176.9
69 Nick Franklin Franklin 176.7
70 Joshua Berry Berry 176.6
71 Kenneth Morita Mean Machine TD3 P 176.4
71 Frank Mammola Blackhand 176.4
73 rick post MAGA 2025 11 176.3
74 MARK FIERER FIERER 176.15
74 John Riccio Riccio 176.15
76 Guy Stillings Pumpkin Pie 176.1
76 Chris Geddes GMAN 5 176.1
78 Joseph DiGalbo DiGalbo 175.9
79 scott lehnes lehnes 175.75
80 James Lee Lee 175.65
81 David Webb LAKE DOGZ II 175.6
82 Stephen Jupinka Jupinka 175.55
83 David D. Kheel Kheel 175.5
84 Terry Simmons 6pkabs 175.15
85 RAYMIE ZYCHOWSKI Blue Mountain State 175
85 Graham Dawick Dawick-GST 175
85 Steve Hussey Hussey 175
85 Bill Cleavenger BigBlueNation 175
85 Steven Kalfaian RSTD2 175
85 Jody Ryan Ryan 175
91 Christopher Vaccaro GST TURKEY1 174.9
92 DAVID QUEENER QUEENER 174.75
93 Timothy Pamperin Pamperin 174.6
94 Jan Smith Smith 174.45
95 Terry Martin FORT PIERCE COBRAS 174.2
96 Rob Feil kingraiders 174
97 Nicholas Meens Meens 173.9
98 Chris Toscano Toscano 173.75
99 MARK FIERER FIERER 173.7
100 Michael Pennywark Pennywark 173.5

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here was Roger Gonzalez's winning lineup on Thursday:

QB - Caleb Williams, Chicago
34.70
PA: 20/39, 256 yds, 3 TD; RU: 4/39 yds

RB - Jahmyr Gibbs, Detroit
11.40
RU: 9/87 yds; RE: 2/17 yds

RB - De'Von Achane, Miami
21.00
RU: 7/14 yds; RE: 8/56 yds, 1 TD

WR - Keenan Allen, Chicago
24.30
RE: 5/73 yds, 2 TD

WR - Tyreek Hill, Miami
20.30
RE: 6/83 yds, 1 TD

WR - Malik Nabers, New York Giants
15.30
RU: 1/4 yds; RE: 8/69 yds

TE - Jonnu Smith, Miami
21.30
RE: 10/113 yds

Flex - Jayden Reed, Green Bay
19.70
RU: 1/23 yds; RE: 3/24 yds, 2 TD

TK - Detroit Lions
13.40
FG: 3/4, 24 yds; XP: 2/2

TDSP - Dallas Cowboys
18.00
6 sacks1 ints1 fum recs1 int tds1 pnts15_20

[Greg Ambrosius]

All prize money will be put on Player Accounts this morning. Here's the final prizes for the 2024 NFFC Turkey Day Bonanza:

2024 NFFC Turkey Day Bonanza Prizes:
1 - $7,500
2 - $3,500
3 - $3,000
4 - $2,500
5 - $2,250
6 - $2,000
7 - $1,900
8 - $1,800
9 - $1,700
10 - $1,600
11 - $1,500
12 - $1,400
13 - $1,300
14 - $1,250
15 - $1,200
16 - $1,150
17 - $1,100
18 - $1,000
19 - $950
20 - $900
21 - $850
22 - $800
23 - $750
24 - $700
25 - $650
26 - $600
27 - $550
28 - $500
29 - $450
30 - $400
31 - $350
32 - $325
33 - $300
34 - $275
35 - $250
36 - $200
37 - $175
38 - $150
39 - $125
40 - $100

[Greg Ambrosius]

Roger Gonzalez becomes our sixth different winner of the Turkey Day Bonanza. This one-day contest was started in 2019 as we used the Fanball DFS software and we have now grown this from less than 300 teams per year to 600 teams in 2024. Great job everyone.

Here's a list of our overall champions:

NFFC Turkey Day Bonanza Champions
2019 - Thad Shirley, $5,000
2020 - Silas Dain, $5,000
2021 - William Hare, $5,000
2022 - Randy Mechels, $5,000
2023 - Kenny Gagne, $7,500
2024 - Roger Gonzalez, $7,500

[Tom Kessenich]

All prizes are now on Player Accounts. Congratulations to all of our prize winners.

Roger Gonzalez Turkey Day Bonanza overall 1 7500
James Rodriguez Turkey Day Bonanza overall 2 3500
Adam Jensen Turkey Day Bonanza overall 3 3000
Eric Karlovic Turkey Day Bonanza overall 4 2500
Douglas Gruber Turkey Day Bonanza overall 5 2250
paul moore Turkey Day Bonanza overall 6 2000
Jared Daniels Turkey Day Bonanza overall 7 1900
Michael Cole Turkey Day Bonanza overall 8 1800
Matthew Burgei Turkey Day Bonanza overall 9 1700
KEITH NOECKER Turkey Day Bonanza overall 10 1600
Ted Cohan Turkey Day Bonanza overall 11 1500
kip jeffries Turkey Day Bonanza overall 12 1400
MARK FIERER Turkey Day Bonanza overall 13 1275
Adam Jensen Turkey Day Bonanza overall 13 1275
Mike Sajdak Turkey Day Bonanza overall 15 1200
Chris Geddes Turkey Day Bonanza overall 16 1150
Jared Daniels Turkey Day Bonanza overall 17 1100
Neil Bogatz Turkey Day Bonanza overall 18 1000
Gregg Martin Turkey Day Bonanza overall 19 950
Tim Remley Turkey Day Bonanza overall 20 900
Brennan Logue Turkey Day Bonanza overall 21 850
MARK FIERER Turkey Day Bonanza overall 22 800
Chris Toscano Turkey Day Bonanza overall 23 750
Tom Rodriguez Turkey Day Bonanza overall 24 700
Don Medlam Turkey Day Bonanza overall 25 650
Matt Dodd Turkey Day Bonanza overall 26 600
Richard Pelesky Turkey Day Bonanza overall 27 550
Jules McLean Turkey Day Bonanza overall 28 500
Kerry Bush Turkey Day Bonanza overall 29 450
DANIEL MCDONALD Turkey Day Bonanza overall 30 400
Gregg Martin Turkey Day Bonanza overall 31 350
Scott Zeidman Turkey Day Bonanza overall 32 325
Johnhenry Schroeder Turkey Day Bonanza overall 33 300
Stephen Ciepiela Turkey Day Bonanza overall 34 275
Brian Poe Turkey Day Bonanza overall 35 250
Christopher Vaccaro Turkey Day Bonanza overall 36 200
thomas ruelas Turkey Day Bonanza overall 37 150
DAVID HAYES Turkey Day Bonanza overall 37 150
Brad Alden Turkey Day Bonanza overall 37 150
Chris Stephens Turkey Day Bonanza overall 40 100