San Francisco 49ers kicker Phil Dawson was announced Thursday as the winner of the Bill Walsh Award for the team’s most valuable player.
Dawson, who is a scheduled free agent, made 24 of 27 field-goal attempts (two of his misses were blocked), and he converted 20 of 21 extra-point attempts.
“Any award with Bill Walsh’s name attached to it is a big deal,” Dawson said in a statement through the 49ers. “In my three years in San Francisco, I’ve grown to learn even more about coach Walsh and respect him all the more. So that’s a tremendous honor in and of itself.