The Bears on Tuesday honored cornerback Kyle Fuller and running back Matt Forte as the 2014 winners of the prestigious Brian Piccolo Award during a ceremony at Halas Hall.
The honor has been given to a Bears rookie since 1970 and was expanded in 1992 to include a veteran. Bears players vote for teammates who best exemplify the courage, loyalty, teamwork, dedication and sense of humor of Brian Piccolo, a Bears running back who died from embroyonal cell carcinoma on June 16, 1970 at the age of 26.
“I want to say how much of an honor it is to be a recipient of the Brian Piccolo Award,” Fuller said.