2021 Fan Controlled Football season

The 2021 Fan Controlled Football season is the first season of the Fan Controlled Football (FCF), a professional indoor football league.

2021 Fan Controlled Football season
LeagueFan Controlled Football
SportIndoor football
DurationFebruary 13 – March 20, 2021
Number of games11
Number of teams4
TV partner(s)Twitch, VENN, FTF (replays)
Best regular season recordBeasts
Finals championsWild Aces
  Runners-upGlacier Boyz
Finals MVPEd Crouch[1]

The FCF, which sees itself as "Esports and traditional sports colliding together"[2] is unique because the league leans heavily on fan interaction to make important decisions, such as play-calling, drafts, rules, team names and seasonal awards[3] with voting done through a mobile app, a concept the owners first tested in the Indoor Football League when they owned the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles, later giving up ownership of the team when they started the FCF.

The Fan Controlled Football League's (FCFL) first season initial start date was originally in 2018 but was postponed. It was later slated to start in summer 2020 in Las Vegas with eight teams,[4] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league shortened its name to Fan Controlled Football (FCF) and announced it would play with four teams in February 2021 in a bubble environment at the Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth, Georgia. (FCF thus became the third different high-profile professional football league to play in the weeks immediately following the Super Bowl in as many years, following the Alliance of American Football in 2019 and the XFL in 2020; FCF was the first of those to complete its inaugural season as scheduled.)

The league began play on February 13, 2021, with four teams competing in a 12-game-format over six weeks. The league uses Internet streaming as its main television platform and is streamed on Twitch and VENN on Saturdays, with reruns on FTF; the league championship is carried on the digital subchannel network LX. The FCF saw a steady increase in its viewership through its first five weeks, from 735,000 in the first week to 2.1 million in the playoffs.[5]

Following a four-game season where the Beasts took home the regular season championship, the playoffs concluded with the #1 seed Beasts losing to the #4 seed Glacier Boyz in an upset and #2 seed Wild Aces easily defeating the #3 seed Zappers.[6] The Wild Aces beat the Glacier Boyz 46–40 in the final, named the People's Championship, as voted by the fans, on March 20, 2021.[7]

Players were paid weekly minimum of $400 to $750 plus room and board, while coaches got paid $3,500 per month with housing and meal plan.[8]

Teams

The 2021 season was originally said to have eight teams, which was reduced to four due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All teams have no geographic location that they are based in, similar to ESports teams. All teams share position coaches, doctors and trainers, marketing staffs and practice squad.[4]

Team[9][10] Colors Joined Owners
Beasts     2020 Marshawn Lynch, Mike Tyson, Miro, and Renee Montgomery
Glacier Boyz     Richard Sherman, Quavo, Deestroying, and Adin Ross
Wild Aces     Greg Miller, Austin Ekeler, Jack Settleman, Rachel Lindsay, and Barbara Dunkelman
Zappers     Trevor May, Dalvin Cook, Bob Menery, Ronnie Singh, and Stephen Deleonardis

Players

The FCF started its combines and scouting for players as early as January 2019, starting originally with asking fans to recommend players and then later holding combines in Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus and then Las Vegas.[11] Following the cancellation of the Summer 2020 season, the league held further combines in October 2020 in Houston[12] and Pittsburgh[13] then another in Atlanta in November 2020.[14] In December 2020, the FCF signed former Heisman trophy winner and NFL first round pick, quarterback Johnny Manziel[15] and Florida State quarterback Deondre Francois. They also signed former NFL player Quinn Porter,[16] Douglas McNeil III, Jeremiah Poutasi and former XFL players Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi and Quinton Flowers.

The league has no set teams with all players being drafted to teams before the first week of the season. This draft is done via voting by fans in the FCF app.[17] The same is done every week until the playoffs.[18] To stop a player from being drafted by other teams, fans can vote on using a "franchise tag" which will permanently attach the player to the team for the entire season.[19] Players can be selected by their own team in the draft to stop them from being drafted by another team.

Josh Gordon signed with the FCF on March 6, 2021 after being released by the Seattle Seahawks, entering the bubble soon after to appear in Week 4 as his FCF debut with the Zappers.[20] Robert Turbin also signed at the same time though entered the bubble later, making his debut appearance for the Beasts in the playoffs.[21]

2021 Fan Controlled Football final roster
Quarterbacks

Ed Crouch

T.J. Edwards II

Jackson Erdmann

Quinton Flowers

Deondre Francois

Johnny Manziel

Logan Marchi

David Pindell

Braden Smith.

Running backs .

Calen Campbell

Berkley Edwards

LaDarius Galloway

Madre London

Quinn Porter

Ben Sieczkowski

Robert Turbin

Daryl Virgies

Wide receivers .

Joseph Boykin

LaMarcus Cardine

Alphonso Carter

Troy Evans Jr.

Richaud Floyd

Josh Gordon

James Harden.

Treydonte Hill

Andrew Jamiel

Joshua Johnson.

Isaiah King

Raphael Leonard

Yedidiah Louis

Douglas McNeil III

Elijah Rogers

Christian Saulsberry

Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi

Jordus Smith

Kavontae Turpin

Travis Toivonen

Tight ends .

Christopher Bazile

Elkanah Dillon

Darren Dowdell

Jeremias Houston

Deylon Key

David Meza.

 Offensive linemen

Pat Allen

Donald Boone

Justin Brown.

Xavier Dampeer

Jaylen Flye-Sadler

D'Marcus Hayes

Lawrence Keys

Kamalie Matthews

Jeremiah Poutasi

Alan Randall.

Elijah Smith.

Saige Young

Defensive linemen .

James Bass

Dakavion Champion

Ja'Michael Edwards-Lott

Jordan Harold

Kyle Kitchens

James Lee.

Jonathan McKinney Jr.

Shawn Oakman

Owen Obasuyi

Donte Rumph

Clavacia Smith

Joe Tito

Travonte Valentine

Nicholas Williams.

 Linebackers

Cecil Cherry

Fred Conyers

Jeremiah Dadeboe

Max Davis.

Tigi Hill

T.J. Holl

Donte Lynch

Defensive backs .

Ikechukwu Adigwu

Curtis Collins

Karrheem Darrington

Marloshawn Franklin Jr.

James Gales Jr.

Glenn Harris

Benjamin Hunt IV

Styvis Latham

Darreon Jackson

Marquill Osborne

Joseph Putu

Dominick Sanders

Roman Tatum

Dillon Winfrey

Special teams .

Vacant

 Reserve lists

Vacant

Rights list .

Vacant


22 Active, 0 Inactive

Franchise Players

Franchise Players are players that were voted to be "protected" from other teams in the draft.[22]

Beasts
  • Quinton Flowers (QB/RB)
  • T.J. Edwards II (QB)
  • Troy Evans Jr. (WR)
  • Christian Saulsberry (WR)
  • Marloshawn Franklin Jr. (CB)

Glacier Boyz
  • David Pindell (QB)
  • Calen Campbell (RB)
  • Andrew Jamiel (WR)
  • Kavontae Turpin (WR)
  • Dominick Sanders (CB)

Wild Aces
  • Jackson Erdmann (QB)
  • LaDarius Galloway (RB)
  • Raphael Leonard (WR)
  • Richaud Floyd (WR)
  • Joseph Putu (CB)

Zappers

Notable players

Source[23]

Regular season

Standings
2021 Fan Controlled Football standings
TeamWLPct.PFPAPDGB
Beasts31.7501321266—
Wild Aces22.50014413861
Zappers22.5001381344
Glacier Boyz13.250126142-162
Bold indicates top seed

Schedule

All times Eastern.[25]

Week Date Time Matchup Report
Week 1[26][27] February 13 8:00 p.m. Glacier Boyz 22 30 Wild Aces [28][29]
9:00 p.m. Beasts 48 44 Zappers [28][30]
Week 2[31][32] February 20 8:00 p.m. Beasts 30 28 Wild Aces [33][34]
9:00 p.m. Zappers 28 30 Glacier Boyz [33][35]
Week 3[36][37] February 27 8:00 p.m. Zappers 34 30 Wild Aces [38][39]
9:30 p.m. Beasts 28 22 Glacier Boyz [40][41]
Week 4[42][43] March 6 8:00 p.m. Glacier Boyz 52 56 Wild Aces [44][45][46]
9:30 p.m. Beasts 26 32 Zappers [47][48]

Playoffs

Fans voted for which team would face the top-seeded Beasts in the semifinal.[49]

Semifinals[50]
March 13 		People's Championship[51][52]
March 20
      
1 Beasts 20
4 Glacier Boyz[53] 38
4 Glacier Boyz 40
2 Wild Aces 46
2 Wild Aces[54] 32
3 Zappers 6

Statistical leaders

Records reflect statistics through four regular season games played by all teams.[55]

Type Statistic Qty Player Team
Passing Yards 355 Logan Marchi Zappers
Touchdowns 8 Logan Marchi Zappers
Interceptions 1 Jackson Erdmann

Logan Marchi

T.J Edwards

 Wild Aces

Zappers

Beasts

Rushing Yards 245 Quinton Flowers Beasts
Touchdowns 6 Quinton Flowers Beasts
Longest run 25 LaDarius Galloway Wild Aces
Fumbles 1 T.J Edwards

Quinton Flowers

 Beasts
Receiving Yards 204 Travis Toivonen Zappers
Touchdowns 5 Travis Toivonen Zappers
Receptions 15 Andrew Jamiel Glacier Boyz
Longest reception 45 Jordus Smith Glacier Boyz

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