Leading up to the NFL Honors event to hand out awards for the 2023 season, Pittsburgh Steelers DT Cam Heyward had an all-too-familiar feeling. He was nominated by the Steelers for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award for the sixth time in his career. He ultimately received the prestigious honor, but that didn’t stop the pre-event jitters from creeping in. During a Radio Row episode of Not Just Football via NFL on ESPN in Las Vegas, he admitted he did not think he was going to win the award in the days and hours leading up to the reveal.
Until Hearing His Name, Cam Heyward Thought ‘It’s Not Gonna Happen’ For 2023 WPMOY
