Darius Slayton nominated for Walter Payton NFL Man of the Yr Award

New York Giants large receiver Darius Slayton has been nominated for the 2024 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Yr Award.

Head coach Brian Daboll knowledgeable the crew of Slayton’s honor on Monday with the official nomination being revealed on Thursday morning.

“It’s laborious to even put into phrases,” Slayton mentioned. “It’s not one thing that I noticed coming in any respect. At the same time as a child, you see all these items the gamers do, and also you by no means know. Andrew Whitworth received (in 2021) and I bear in mind he received up there and was telling a narrative about certainly one of his final years within the league. He mentioned a man got here as much as him and (mentioned), ‘I used to be a type of youngsters on the Boys and Ladies Membership and I made it massive.’ To me, that’s the last word. There’s not likely a lot you might do in your profession, or something, that might high that, having somebody come up and say, ‘You impressed me and right here I’m.’ Even when it wasn’t the NFL, that might be the most important accomplishment on the earth.

“I feel the award itself speaks to that. That’s why I feel it’s an incredible honor to be part of it. I’m very grateful and humbled that I used to be chosen.”

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Working again Saquon Barkley, now with the Philadelphia Eagles, had been the Giants’ nominee in every of the earlier two seasons. The crew’s solely winner is future Corridor of Fame quarterback Eli Manning, who took house the distinction alongside Arizona Cardinals large receiver Larry Fitzgerald in 2016.

Every nominee receives a $55,000 donation to a charity of their selection. The winner will obtain a $265,000 donation through the NFL Basis and Nationwide Basis.

“Clearly, soccer just isn’t eternally,” Slayton mentioned. “However so long as I’m in a position, I’ll do my finest to proceed to do the issues that we’ve completed, and proceed to search out new issues, new methods to assist individuals, new individuals to assist.

“So long as you’re in a position, it is best to assist, it is best to give, it is best to attempt to assist different individuals do higher, these varieties of issues. That can all the time be one thing that’s a part of my life.”

Slayton is concerned with many charities and group occasions, together with the Left-Hand Proper-Hand Basis, which he based in 2022.

Named after late Chicago Bears operating again Walter Payton, the “award acknowledges an NFL participant for excellent group service actions off the sphere in addition to excellence on the sphere” and is taken into account probably the most prestigious within the NFL.