Walter Payton is known by many as ... for real-time simulations and stay ahead of the game! Payton would have his best ever season in 1977. The running back was simply on another level as he ...

Bob Avellini, the former Chicago quarterback who teamed with Hall of Fame running back Walter ... Payton had the finest seasons of their careers in 1977, when Chicago and the Minnesota Vikings ...

His 1977 MVP season, it can be argued, was the greatest season an individual ever had. And, at the same time, it was pretty typical Walter Payton ... said before,” Vikings coach Bud Grant ...

Former Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph was a finalist for the award in 2019 but the team’s last Walter Payton Man of the Year winner was Madieu Williams in 2010.

It was called NFL Man of the Year Award from 1970 until 1999, when it was renamed for Hall of Famer Walter Payton after his death in 1999. Payton was the recipient of the honor in 1977.