The New York Giants have named veteran wide receiver Darius Slayton their nominee for the 2024 Walter Payton Man of The Year award.
The announcement, Slayton said, came as a surprise during a team meeting earlier this week.
He said, "I was thinking Dabs (coach Brian Daboll) was about to show an inspirational video,
"I expected it to be a team highlight," Slayton said. "Then he put on the video, and it was a couple of highlights of me. I was like, 'Oh wait, this is just me.' I didn't know what it was.