FRISCO, Texas -- The night before Super Bowl LII at the NFL Honors program, Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten talked with Jarrett Payton and had one question for him: "You're coming, right?"
Payton, the son of the late Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton, wasn't sure. He had work, but he also knew he couldn't say no.
What he couldn't turn down was a chance to attend Thursday night's ceremonies at The Star for the first Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award, which will be given to either Alabama's Minkah Fitzpatrick, UCF's Shaquem Griffin or Oklahoma State's Mason Rudolph by the Cowboys' tight end.