Story On Nt's Walter Payton Man Of The Year

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Brian Waters story

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Proud of you Brian Waters!

Rick

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

--I am very proud to count him as a fellow alum... A good man ... and projects a good image for UNT.

North Texas now has two on the NFL's Walter Peyton Man of the Year list... [one per year, usually]

That is something to be very proud of--- [ less than make the NFL Hall of Fame each year ]

Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year winners

Year --Player --Position --Team

2009 Brian Waters Guard Kansas City Chiefs ------ North Texas ********

2008 Kurt Warner Quarterback Arizona Cardinals

2007 Jason Taylor Defensive End Miami Dolphins

2006 Drew Brees Quarterback New Orleans Saints

2006 LaDainian Tomlinson Running Back San Diego Chargers

2005 Peyton Manning Quarterback Indianapolis Colts

2004 Warrick Dunn Running Back Atlanta Falcons

2003 Will Shields Guard Kansas City Chiefs

2002 Troy Vincent Cornerback Philadelphia Eagles

2001 Jerome Bettis Running Back Pittsburgh Steelers

2000 Derrick Brooks LinebackerT ampa Bay Buccaneers

2000 Jim Flanigan Defensive Line Chicago Bears

1999 Cris Carter Wide Receiver Minnesota Vikings

1998 Dan Marino Quarterback Miami Dolphins

1997 Troy Aikman Quarterback Dallas Cowboys

1996 Darrell Green Cornerback Washington Redskins

1995 Boomer Esiason Quarterback New York Jets

1994 Junior Seau Linebacker San Diego Chargers

1993 Derrick Thomas Linebacker Kansas City Chiefs

1992 John Elway Quarterback Denver Broncos

1991 Anthony Muñoz Tackle Cincinnati Bengals

1990 Mike Singletary Linebacker Chicago Bears

1989 Warren Moon Quarterback Houston Oilers

1988 Steve Largent Wide Receiver Seattle Seahawks

1987 Dave Duerson Safety Chicago Bears

1986 Reggie Williams Linebacker Cincinnati Bengals

1985 Dwight Stephenson Center Miami Dolphins

1984 Marty Lyons Defensive Tackle New York Jets

1983 Rolf Benirschke Placekicker San Diego Chargers

1982 Joe Theismann Quarterback Washington Redskins

1981 Lynn Swann Wide Receiver Pittsburgh Steelers

1980 Harold Carmichael Wide Receiver Philadelphia Eagles

1979 Joe Greene Defensive lineman Pittsburgh Steelers ------- North Texas *******

1978 Roger Staubach Quarterback Dallas Cowboys

1977 Walter Payton Running Back Chicago Bears

1976 Franco Harris Running Back Pittsburgh Steelers

1975 Ken Anderson Quarterback Cincinnati Bengals

1974 George Blanda Quarterback Oakland Raiders

1973 Len Dawson Quarterback Kansas City Chiefs

1972 Willie Lanier Linebacker Kansas City Chiefs

1971 John Hadl Quarterback San Diego Chargers

1970 Johnny Unitas Quarterback Baltimore Colts

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Edited April 6, 2010 by SCREAMING EAGLE-66

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

Bump--

Not sure how many read this... They should... with the list of former winners.

It was a great honor for Brian Waters and for North Texas... We now have two names on the list of winners in 40 years. It was originally called the "NFL Man of the Year".

Apparently every team nominates one person each year and then an NFL committee selects one of those 32 names as "NFL Man of the Year" ... Kurt Warner was the previous winner