For Second Straight Year, Bradley Bozeman Is Ravens’ Nominee For Walter Payton Man Of The Year Award

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (WJZ) — The Baltimore Ravens person again nominated violative lineman Bradley Bozeman for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, recognizing the enactment of players connected and disconnected the field.

Bozeman was besides the team’s nominee successful 2020.

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Through their foundation, Bozeman and his woman Nikki person talked with students, from simple to precocious school, astir the dangers of bullying. At the commencement of 2020, they acceptable disconnected connected a cross-country travel to speech with 12,000 kids successful 18 schools successful 16 antithetic states, but their trek was chopped abbreviated by the pandemic.

Seeing the impacts of the pandemic successful the Baltimore area, the Bozemans partnered with Mount Pleasant Ministries successful Baltimore to administer meals each different week to those successful need.

According to their foundation’s page, Bradley and Nikki Bozeman person partnered with different section organizations to present 1.9 cardinal non-perishable and caller meals.

In July, the mates partnered with the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Maryland and Baltimore Police Department to signifier the SYNC Snack Program, providing children successful disadvantaged communities with snacks and acquisition materials, the squad said.

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Coach John Harbaugh announced Bozeman’s information astatine the team’s signifier facility.

In the video, Bozeman encouraged each his teammates to get progressive with the community.

“Find thing you’re passionate about, find what you love, whether it’s talking to kids conscionable to animate them to bash thing great–you don’t recognize what 5 seconds of your beingness volition bash for that kid and task them into a antithetic direction,” helium said.

Coach Harbaugh announces the quality to the squad 💜#WPMOYChallenge | @BSBoze | @Nationwide pic.twitter.com/ukyo6nLSkU

— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) December 7, 2021

A 2018 sixth-round prime retired of Alabama, Bozeman has played successful 58 games arsenic a Raven and hasn’t missed a commencement since 2019. In 2021, helium moved from defender to center.

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The victor of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award receives a $250,000 donation to their foundation of choice. The different 31 nominees person a donation of up to $40,000.

Brandon Weigel