The Texans have nominated defensive lineman D.J. Reader for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award.
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The award goes to a player for outstanding community service. Texans defensive end J.J. Watt is a past winner.
Reader will wear a Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year helmet decal through the end of the season.
Reader, who is active in supporting the National Kidney Foundation, after his father, David, died from kidney failure, previously won the Texans' Spirit of the Bull award.