Carolina Panthers wide receiver Adam Thielen has been named the organization’s nominee for the 2024 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.
The yearly honor recognizes NFL players for their excellence both on and off the field—highlighting not only their play, but their commitment to their communities through philanthropy work. Thielen, fresh off a season-best performance against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 13, is being honored for the work through his Thielen Foundation—which was founded in 2018 to “help serve, educate and inspire those in need.”
“As my kids get a little older and understand what’s going on understand what’s going on and why we’re receiving an award. It’s not an award for what I’m doing on the football field,” Thielen said of the nomination, via Kassidy Hill of Panthers.com.
“It’s an award of the impact (by) my family, our foundation, all the people that are involved and then the people that supported it here in a new community to us, have supported our foundation, have been really cool.”
The 2024 Walter Payton Man of the Year recipient will be announced during NFL Honors on Thursday, Feb. 6.
