Who Won The Walter Payton Award 2025. This year’s nominees support myriad causes and initiatives off the field that are important to them and their communities, including empowering. The award was established in 1979 and renamed in 1999 to honor former chicago bears rb walter payton who had passed away that year.

The walter payton man of the year went to cameron heyward of the pittsburgh steelers. The award was established in 1979 and renamed in 1999 to honor former chicago bears rb walter payton who had passed away that year.