Jaguars’ Arik Armstead Wins Walter Payton Man of the Year at the NFL Honors Event

Jaguars’ Arik Armstead Wins Walter Payton Man of the Year at the NFL Honors Event
Jacksonville Jaguars defensive lineman Arik Armstead poses with his Walter Payton Man of the Year award at the NFL Honors award show ahead of the Super Bowl 59 football game in New Orleans on Feb. 6, 2025. Gerald Herbert/AP Photo
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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.