All 32 nominees shall be acknowledged for his or her achievements throughout the week main as much as Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. The winner of the 2024 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award offered by Nationwide shall be introduced throughout NFL Honors, a prime-time awards particular to air nationally on FOX and the NFL Network on Thursday, Feb. 6.
This 12 months’s nominees help myriad causes and initiatives off the sphere which might be essential to them and their communities, together with empowering youth to guide wholesome existence, uplifting underserved communities and lots of different notable efforts. Each nominee will obtain as much as $55,000 and the award winner will obtain as much as a $265,000 donation to their charity of selection. All donations are made potential by the NFL Foundation and Nationwide Foundation.
Fans are as soon as once more inspired to take part in Nationwide’s annual Charity Challenge, a social media and on-line contest that enables followers to point out help for his or her favourite Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee. Fans can vote on X/Twitter by posting #WPMOYChallenge together with the final title/X deal with of their chosen nominee or by voting straight on NFL.com/ManOfTheYear. The nominee who receives essentially the most collective hashtag mentions and on-line votes will win an extra $35,000 donation from Nationwide to the charity of their selection, with the runner-up receiving $10,000 and the third-place winner receiving $5,000. Charity Challenge voting takes place from Thursday, Dec. 5 to Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
“As presenting sponsor of the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award, Nationwide is happy to acknowledge this 12 months’s class of exceptional nominees. Each participant’s unwavering dedication to their group actually units them aside,” mentioned Ramon Jones, govt vp and chief advertising and marketing officer at Nationwide. “These males are a lot greater than soccer gamers, and Nationwide is proud to help and amplify their causes.”
First established in 1970, the nationwide award was renamed in 1999 after the late Hall of Fame Chicago Bears legend Walter Payton. Since then, 57 legends and gamers have acquired this esteemed award, together with 4 present gamers, Cameron Heyward of the Pittsburgh Steelers — who was final 12 months’s Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year — Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys, Russell Wilson of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Calais Campbell of the Miami Dolphins. Each of those gamers wears a Man of the Year patch on their jerseys all through the season to acknowledge the excellent contributions they’ve made to the sport and their communities.
Beginning Week 14 and persevering with by the top of the season, every of this 12 months’s nominees may also put on a particular Man of the Year helmet decal in recognition of their accomplishments on and off the sphere. Select stadiums may also show objective submit wraps adorned with the NFL Man of the Year trophy silhouette.
New this 12 months, the NFL, Nationwide and Omaha Productions are teaming as much as air a one-hour particular on ESPN highlighting the off-field efforts of a number of Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominees. The broadcast particular will air on ESPN on Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 6 p.m. ET and can function interviews with a number of of this 12 months’s nominees, together with Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders, Arik Armstead of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Solomon Thomas of the New York Jets and Bobby Wagner of the Washington Commanders.
To study extra in regards to the tales of all 32 nominees and for extra details about the award, please go to NFL.com/ManOfTheYear.
