The NFL and Tennessee Titans announced Tuesday that RB Derrick Henry has been named the team’s 2021 nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. Considered the league’s most prestigious honor, the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award recognizes an NFL player for outstanding community service activities off the field, as well as excellence on the field. Each nominee by the league’s 32 nominees was announced today.
The message and news was delivered to Henry by LaQuinta McGhee, the Chief Operating Officer of Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee.