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Dec 10, 2020 at 08:55 AM
Allen Park, Mich.— The Detroit Lions announced
today DE Trey Flowers as the team's nominee for the Walter
Payton NFL Man of the Year presented by Nationwide. Considered one of the
league's most prestigious honors, the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award
presented by Nationwide recognizes an NFL player for outstanding community
service activities off the field, as well as excellence on the field.
Each of the league's 32 nominees were announced today.
LIONS DE TREY FLOWERS
"Walter Payton was a great person, what he stood for. A
legacy lives on forever. It's about the things that you do with the time that
you have on this Earth. I just hope that a long time from now, people can
remember the impact that I had on their lives and the impact that I had on the
community. I hope that my foundation can continue to do great things in the
community. I just want to inspire, I want to encourage because I know how
important it is. This world, in order to get better we have to inculcate the
things that we've experienced and the knowledge that we have on to the youth,
which leads them to be even better."
In April 2019, Flowers founded Flowers of the Future Foundation,
a 501(c)3 organization with the mission of establishing community engagement,
promoting physical fitness, developing positive values and engaging in
philanthropic endeavors that aid in the overall betterment of the youth in an
effort to plant seeds that continuously grow 'flowers for a better tomorrow.'
Currently the foundation supports these efforts in Flowers' hometown of
Huntsville, Ala. and Detroit, with plans to expand nationwide.
