The Origins Tournament is a rookie-only, multi-entry, season-long fantasy football tournament.
Eligible Players
Years of Service: Only NFL rookies may be drafted. NFL rookies are NFL players who were drafted in the same NFL Season as the current NFL season.
Positions: Quarterbacks, Running Backs, Wide Receiver, Tight End
Draft
Origins drafts consist of six (6) rounds, implementing a third (3rd) round reversal, structured as a snake draft.
Entrants choose players through a snake draft with a third-round reversal. In this setup, the entrant with the first pick in Round 1 will subsequently have the last pick in Round 2, the last pick in Round 3, the first pick in Round 4, the last pick in Round 5, and the first pick in Round 6.
Number of Teams: Ten (10) teams participate in each draft.
Draft Position
Draft positions will be drawn at random when a league of ten (10) is filled.
Entry Fee
Entrants are required to pay an entry fee of $5.00 per entry to enter the Origins Tournament
Multiple Entries
FastDraft limits the maximum number of entries a single entrant may enter into a single contest. Origins Tournament will have a maximum entry of 150 teams per entrant.
Turbo Mode
Turbo Mode is FastDraft's multi-entry tool. Entrants submit a custom player rankings list, and then request a number of teams to be drafted. The entrant will then seamlessly draft teams based on that custom player rankings list
Number of Teams
Origins Tournament will consists of 5,890 total entries
Tournament Entry Close
Entry to the Origins Tournament will be closed prior to the start of the NFL draft every year. This means that the tournament closure would move if the timing of the NFL draft were to change for any reason. For more information please see the Origins Tournament contest details in the lobby.
Team Management
Once entrants draft and assign Captain Boosters, their rosters are set—there are no waivers, substitutions, or trades during the contest period.
Prizes
The Origins Tournament is a guaranteed contest. All prizes are guaranteed even if the tournament does not reach capacity before the tournament entry closes. For more information, see the Prize Breakdown section below or visit the Origins Tournament contest details in the lobby.
Scoring
FastDraft uses official league statistics provided by reputable partners and only includes statistics from sporting events the relevant league deems to be official.
If a league declares a game "postponed" or "suspended", then the statistics generated in the sporting event before that point will count toward the contest. Any statistics generated when the sporting event takes place or resumes will count only if it occurs during the relevant contest duration.
Best Ball
Lineups are automatically optimized for each team each week. At the end of the week, the highest-scoring players are automatically inserted into the starting four (4) lineup positions
Roster Requirements
There are no roster requirements or restrictions. You are allowed to draft any number of players from each position including Quarterback (QB), Running Back (RB), Wide Receiver (WR) and Tight End (TE). There are no kickers or defenses drafted in the Origins Tournament. Only four individual players from a particular NFL team may be selected in a single draft.
Starting Lineup
At the end of each NFL Week, FastDraft will automatically select the entrants' four (4) highest scoring players with no position restrictions and designate these four players as “starters” to create the optimal lineup each week. Only the four highest scoring players' statistics each week are counted toward the entrants' accumulated tournament score.
Lineup Edits
Entrants may not edit Tournament rosters after they are drafted. No waivers or FAAB bidding will be conducted during the tournament duration.
Captain Boosters
Each 6-player team is awarded four (4) Captain Boosters at the conclusion of each draft. Captain Boosters are multipliers that increase the fantasy point output of each player who is assigned a booster position.
Captain Booster Multipliers
The four (4) Captain Booster Positions are allocated as follows:
Captain Booster Assignment
By default, Captain Boosters are automatically assigned to drafted players by draft position:
Upon the completion of each draft, entrants will have the opportunity to modify the default booster assignments. Assigning Captain Boosters can be done up until midnight the day prior to the commencement of the first game of the NFL Regular Season. For more information please see the Origins Tournament contest details in the lobby
Ties
If a tie occurs, entrants who are tied will evenly divide the combined prize allocation for the corresponding finishing positions they share. For instance, if two entrants tie for first place, they will equally split the combined prize for first and second place. Similarly, if four entrants tie for second place, they will evenly divide the combined prize for second, third, fourth, and fifth place.
Duration
Regular Season NFL weeks 1-17
Standings and Tournament Placing
Standing will be determined by total fantasy points scored between NFL Week 1 and NFL Week 17 of the NFL regular season. There are no head-to-head matchups. This is a total points only tournament.
Prizes
Prize Pool: FastDraft offers a minimum prize pool of $25,000
The prize pool are divided accordingly ($25,000 tournament example):
| Origins Tournament Finish | Prize ($) | Prize (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $4,000 | 16.00% |
| 2nd | $2,000 | 8.00% |
| 3rd | $1,500 | 6.00% |
| 4th | $1,000 | 4.00% |
| 5th | $800 | 3.20% |
| 6th | $700 | 2.80% |
| 7th | $600 | 2.40% |
| 8th | $500 | 2.00% |
| 9th | $450 | 1.80% |
| 10th | $400 | 1.60% |
| 11th - 20th | $200 | 0.80% |
| 21st - 40th | $100 | 0.40% |
| 41st - 85th | $40 | 0.16% |
| 86th - 140th | $20 | 0.08% |
| 141st - 240th | $15 | 0.06% |
| 241st - 440th | $10 | 0.04% |
| 441st - 640th | $7 | 0.03% |
| 641st - 890th | $5 | 0.02% |
Administration Fee: FastDraft collects 15% of each tournament entry fee to cover administrative costs.
Tournament Entries: The total tournament entries in any given tournament is equal to the total prize pool plus the total administrative fees divided by the entry fee. For example, for a tournament with an $5.00 entry fee, the maximum number of entries would be 5,890 for a $25,000 prize pool.
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Eligibility
Please review eligibility requirements in our Terms and Conditions.
Traded or retired players
When players undergo trades or retire in reality, entrants will garner points reflecting the player's performance on the new team. However, entrants are not allowed to exchange players, even if a player in their lineup has become ineligible to accumulate points.
Multiple accounts and Collusion
Users on FastDraft are allowed to have only one account. Engaging in "multi-accounting" or conspiring with any other participants is strictly forbidden. If it is determined, at FastDraft's sole discretion, that you have created, operated, collaborated with, or controlled multiple accounts, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate any or all of your accounts and may retract or withhold any awards you have received.
Canceling entries
FastDraft permits entrants to cancel entries as long as the draft that you are attempting to enter has not yet been filled.
Contest Cancellation
FastDraft holds the right to cancel individual drafts and contests unilaterally and without any limitations, typically in circumstances where there are concerns about the contest's integrity due to issues with our services or disruptions affecting the related sporting events. Any cancellations are executed at our sole discretion, usually when we suspect that the aforementioned problems might compromise the fairness and credibility of the contest. Canceled contest entries will be refunded and credited back to the user's FastDraft account balance.