Out of 32 nominees, one NFL player was awarded the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. Learn which football star took home the award in 2025 ahead of Super Bowl LIX.

For the second time, a Jacksonville Jaguars player has won Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, an award that annually recognizes an NFL player for outstanding community service activities off the field, as well as excellence on the field.

Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Arik Armstead was selected the Walter Payton Man of the Year. His Armstead Academic Project supports early childhood education.

Jacksonville Jaguars DL Arik Armstead was named the 2024 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. An exclusive award, given only to the most deserving.

Sacramento-area native and Jaguars defensive lineman Arik Armstead has won the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award for the 2024 NFL season.

Armstead, who openly discusses how his difficulty reading as a child made him self-conscious, routinely visits schools and reads to children as part of his mission to ensure young students of all socio-economic backgrounds have access to adequate educational resources.