Atlanta Falcons tight end Hayden Hurst was named the winner of the NFLPA's 2021 Alan Page Community Award on Thursday.
As part of the award, which is the NFLPA's highest honor, the union will donate $100,000 to the Hayden Hurst Foundation.
Hurst was recognized for opening up about his personal battles with depression, substance abuse and his attempted suicide in 2016 in a video and story posted on the Falcons' website.
The NFLPA said in its statement that Hurst said during this week's NFLPA #AthleteAnd Players Summit that a man reached out to him and said that Hurst's personal story is what kept him from killing himself.