Comeback kid James Nienaber of Georgetown, Ohio overcame a 24-point deficit in Week 17 to finish first overall in the Fantasy Index Super League. James will appear in the 2016 edition of Fantasy Football Index magazine, in either the mock draft or mock auction.
He'll also receive a free subscription to next year's Fantasy Index SuperFanatic newsletter package, and of course we'll send a free copy of his picks in the 2016 edition of Fantasy Football Index magazine
Nienaber averaged more than 153.5 points per week and finished in the Top 10 in weeks 1, 15 and 17. He closed strong, moving from 13th to 7th to 4th to 1st place over the final weeks.
The man whom Nienaber leapfrogged -- Bill Rehor of Culver City, Calif. -- will also have the opportunity to appear in next year's edition of Fantasy Football Index. We will ask Rehor to participate in the mock draft or auction -- whichever one Nienaber doesn't choose.
There were relatively few participants in the Super League this year because we did not publicize it extensively. We truly did not know whether the league would work. The league management is provided to us by MyFantasyLeague.com, but the man who wrote the code died tragically last spring. So we took our chances, and what do you know, the league worked great.
Here is the final top 50 after Week 17:
Rk | Last | Wk17 | Total | Owner | Hometown | Team |
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1. | 4. | 147 | 2610 | James Nienaber | Georgetown, Ohio | Smashmouth55 |
2. | 1. | 117 | 2604 | Bill Rehor | Culver City, Calif. | Liam Neeson, Being Eaten by Wolves |
3. | 8. | 162 | 2599 | Dave Cohen | Brooklyn, N.Y. | Physically Unable to Perform |
4. | 7. | 151 | 2590 | Ed Weiss | Parsippany, N.J. | Chubbs Peterson |
5. | 2. | 106 | 2586 | Robert Buckman | Mount Dora, Fla. | Buck Xpress |
6. | 3. | 103 | 2571 | Howard Davenport | Metairie, La. | Shock |
5. | 116 | 2571 | Barry St. Peter | Pittsfield, Mass. | STP's | |
8. | 6. | 106 | 2558 | Rob Rinehart | Petaluma, Calif. | Rambone |
9. | 13. | 137 | 2553 | Dennis Snyder | Modesto, Calif. | Bohica |
10. | 9. | 114 | 2551 | Pat Schlyer | Hays, Kan. | Riverboat Gamblers |
11. | 12. | 120 | 2545 | Phil Scarcella | Palm Coast, Fla. | NoleSteelers |
12. | 10. | 116 | 2544 | Bud Henry | Trinidad, Texas | CedarCreekBluecats |
13. | 25. | 151 | 2539 | Paul Barnes | Silver Spring, Md. | Barney's Rubble |
14. | 15. | 127 | 2538 | Scott Nicolino | Seattle | Sea Monkey Mafia |
15. | 19. | 137 | 2537 | John Roberts | Kapolei, Hawaii | Honolulu Hawks |
16. | 14. | 119 | 2535 | Richard Bowen | Cherry Hill, N.J. | Shadowfax |
17. | 23. | 137 | 2527 | Michael Livengood | Ward, Ark. | TWestlove |
18. | 21. | 128 | 2520 | Rick Stark | Manchester Center, Vt. | Stark's Stars |
19. | 16. | 109 | 2516 | Charles Raifman | Short Hills, N.J. | 1/2 Star |
20. | 29. | 128 | 2514 | Fantasy Index | Seattle | Fantasy Index (official picks) |
21. | 17. | 104 | 2510 | Jane Williams | Wooster, Ohio | Williams Winners |
22. | 28. | 120 | 2507 | Andy Richardson | Port Chester, N.Y. | Fantasy Index Andy Richardson |
23. | 42. | 145 | 2506 | Johnny Bazzano | Santa Rosa, Calif. | JAWS |
24. | 11. | 79 | 2505 | Brad Thaler | Springfield, Va. | RG3-Free |
34. | 131 | 2505 | Barbara Hood | Lasalle, Ontario | Muskrats | |
26. | 22. | 114 | 2504 | Ian Allan | Seattle | Ian Allan (Fantasy Index) |
27. | 30. | 119 | 2500 | Peter Meyer | Merrill, Wis. | PCP |
28. | 26. | 111 | 2499 | Lyle Knutson | South St Paul, Minn. | Gators |
29. | 31. | 118 | 2497 | Joe Barber | Saint Clair Shores, Mich. | Challengers |
30. | 18. | 90 | 2495 | Brock Nienaber | Cincinnati | Brocksters |
31. | 24. | 101 | 2491 | Peter Richmond | Alexandria, Va. | Cuse Singleton |
32. | 40. | 125 | 2490 | Larry Heffelfinger | Plano, Texas | Plano Guru |
33. | 20. | 92 | 2488 | Craig Wozniak | Colleyville, Texas | Death Eaters |
34. | 38. | 118 | 2485 | Steve Klitzner | Miami | Adamseanjosh |
36. | 114 | 2485 | Matt Mumford | Tillamook, Ore. | Aztecs | |
36. | 27. | 95 | 2483 | James Costello | Biddeford, Maine | Ingram Toenail |
37. | 48. | 138 | 2482 | Jack Silverman | Mendota Heights, Minn. | Douches |
38. | 44. | 126 | 2481 | Bruce Sadler | Lakeland, Fla. | The Joker is Wild |
33. | 106 | 2481 | Moishe Steigmann | Glendale, Wis. | Moonshiners | |
40. | 49. | 142 | 2480 | Michael Murillo | Branden, Fla. | Viva Murillo! |
41. | 37. | 109 | 2479 | Brooke Nienaber | Cincinnati | Brooke's Bombers |
42. | ---- | 148 | 2477 | Ed Burke | Philadelphia | Fight Club |
43. | 43. | 120 | 2476 | William Harvey | Denver, Pa. | Born Loser |
44. | 47. | 128 | 2474 | Phil Keil | Pottsville, Pa. | Snapperheads |
45. | 45. | 120 | 2469 | Randy Krzmarzick | Sleepy Eye, Minn. | The Resistant Weeds |
46. | - | 152 | 2466 | Michael Bothum | Karlstad, Minn. | bellsheep |
46. | 120 | 2466 | William Drennan | Berkeley Height, N.J. | Shakedown | |
48. | 32. | 84 | 2462 | Greg Forgione | Springfield, Pa. | Fear the Walking Dez |
49. | - | 147 | 2460 | Kevin Dallas | Covington, Ky. | Welcome to the Machine |
50. | - | 130 | 2457 | James Wimmers | Lincolnton, N.C. | South Park Cows |