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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning tied for the NFL's 2016 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, beating out Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen for the honor.
Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer reported Fitzgerald and Manning were named co-winners.
Unlike other individual awards handed out during the NFL Honors event on the night before the Super Bowl, the Walter Payton Man of the Year starts with a list of 32 nominees, one from each team, and is later brought down to three finalists.