The NFL will celebrate greatness on and off the field and announce the winner of the Walton Payton Man of the Year Award.

Out of 32 nominees, one NFL player was awarded the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. Learn which football star took home ...

NEW ORLEANS (NEXSTAR) – When Walter Payton hung up his cleats in 1988, he did so as the NFL’s all-time leading rusher. Sadly just 11 years later, he passed away at the age of 45. Today ...

It was called NFL Man of the Year Award from 1970 until 1999, when it was renamed for Hall of Famer Walter Payton after his death in 1999. Payton was the recipient of the honor in 1977.