Associated Press
Feb 7, 2025, 12:33 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions
NEW ORLEANS — Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Arik Armstead, whose Armstead Academic Project supports early childhood education, was selected the Walter Payton Man of the Year on Thursday night.
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.
“This is a huge honor,” Armstead said at the NFL Honors awards show. “It’s a huge sense of responsibility that I feel to carry
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