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Seattle Seahawks Name Uchenna Nwosu as Team Nominee for 2024 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award

Winner Announced at NFL Honors on Thursday, Feb. 6

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RENTON, Wash. – Today, the Seattle Seahawks announced LB Uchenna Nwosu has been selected as the team's nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award presented by Nationwide. The Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award is the league's most prestigious honor, recognizing players who excel on-the-field and demonstrate a steadfast commitment to creating a positive impact beyond the game. Each of the league's 32 nominees were announced today.

A seven-year NFL veteran and valuable Seahawks team leader, Nwosu signed with the Seahawks as an unrestricted free agent in 2022 after spending four seasons with the L.A. Chargers (2018-21), where he was the Chargers' Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee in 2019.

"It means a lot to be honored and recognized for something I love to do," said Nwosu.

Since his entry into the league, Nwosu has continuously demonstrated his unwavering commitment to bettering the community, and supports numerous initiatives to give back.

In 2023, he established the Uchenna Nwosu Foundation to serve others through its mission to promote education, health and wellness to sports-minded Individuals, while planting seeds of productive expectancy in our youth. His vision began with targeting disadvantaged and at-risk youth and has since grown to support youth from all backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses. To date, his programs and events reach hundreds of youth & young adults ages 8-17 each year.

Earlier this year in his native California, he attended the ribbon cutting celebration for the Carson Library, where he invested in the $2.3 million renovation of the library to provide new flooring, furniture, seating, study rooms and more. His donation also helped fund a 'My Brother's Keeper' advocate position at the library, which brings young people of color into libraries as advisors and liaisons in the high-need communities in which they serve.

He has also invested in three multi-family property homes in California to ensure affordable housing for the community, as well as committed a seven-figure donation over three years to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's "Summer Night Lights" program, aimed at gang reduction.

In the Seattle region, he frequently participates in team community engagement initiatives as well as his own, including a winter coat drive for foster care nonprofit, Treehouse, creating a reading corner at a Boys & Girls Club, and participating in local Toys for Tots holiday toy drives, among many others.

Each nominee will receive up to $55,000 and the award winner will receive up to a $265,000 donation to their charity of choice. All donations are made possible by the NFL Foundation and Nationwide Foundation.

All 32 nominees will be recognized for their achievements during the week leading up to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. The winner of the 2024 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award will be announced during NFL Honors, a primetime awards special to air nationally on FOX and the NFL Network on Thursday, Feb. 6.

Fans are once again encouraged to participate in Nationwide's annual Charity Challenge, a social media and online contest that allows fans to show support for their favorite Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee. Fans can vote on X/Twitter by posting #WPMOYChallenge along with the last name/X handle of their chosen nominee or by voting directly on NFL.com/ManOfTheYear. The nominee who receives the most collective hashtag mentions and online votes will win an additional $35,000 donation from Nationwide to the charity of their choice, with the runner-up receiving $10,000 and the third-place winner receiving $5,000. Charity Challenge voting takes place from Thursday, Dec. 5 to Sunday, Jan. 6.

For more information about the award, please visit NFL.com/ManOfTheYear.

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