when quarterback Craig Morton tied the Dolphins’ Bob Griese for second with 10 votes. Bears’ running back Walter Payton was the NFL’s MVP that year with 57 votes.

Out of 32 nominees, one NFL player was awarded the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. Learn which football star took home ...

Last season, Irv Mulligan etched his name in the history of Jackson State and HBCU football as he surpassed Walter Payton’s long-held single-season rushing yards record of 1,139 yards that he set in ...