Miami Dolphins exterior linebacker Bradley Chubb was named the crew’s winner and league nominee for the celebrated Walter Payton NFL Man of the 12 months award on Thursday.
The award honors gamers who excel each on the sphere and “exhibit a dedication to creating a optimistic influence past the sport,” based on a press launch.
All 32 NFL membership winners will probably be acknowledged for his or her achievements throughout the week main as much as the approaching Tremendous Bowl LX within the San Francisco Bay Space. The nationwide winner will probably be introduced throughout NFL Honors, the league’s award ceremony, which airs on Feb. 5.
“Bradley Chubb embodies all the things that Walter Payton and this award stand for — greatness on and off the sphere and leaving a legacy far larger than oneself,” stated Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel in a press release launched by the crew.
“Bradley is a gifted participant and an exemplary teammate, however most significantly he’s a selfless chief. He understands the burden of his platform, and regardless of if he’s lifting up younger gamers round him within the locker room or younger individuals he interacts with locally, he’s targeted on making these round him higher. That takes a particular individual, somebody who leads with humility and repair, and it’s why he’s so deserving of this award.”
Chubb, alongside brother Brandon, established the Chubb Basis in 2017 with a mission to “activate human potential via pillars of youth mentorship, monetary literacy, entrepreneurship and bodily training.”
His basis’s efforts have stretched all through Georgia, North Carolina and Florida, all states he has known as dwelling all through his journey. Chubb is an Atlanta native who performed school soccer at North Carolina State and has been with the Dolphins since being traded to Miami in 2022 after being the No. 5 choose of the 2018 draft by the Denver Broncos.
The Chubb Basis is alleged to have supported greater than 5,100 youths and their households.
Chubb has additionally established partnerships with Boys & Ladies Golf equipment and youth organizations in all of the areas the place he serves.
“Each time I stroll right into a Boys & Ladies Membership or speak to a bunch of youngsters, I see myself at their age — filled with potential. That’s what this work is about—impacting younger individuals to activate their potential,” Chubb stated in a press release launched by the Dolphins. “The Chubb Basis is greater than applications or occasions. It’s about individuals, objective, and planting seeds of perception that can develop for generations.”
On the sphere, Chubb is having a comeback season after lacking 2024 recovering from a knee damage late in 2023.
Chubb, who has began all 12 video games for Miami getting into Sunday’s matchup with the New York Jets, leads the Dolphins with six sacks, has pressured a fumble and recovered one.
Twice a Professional Bowl choice, Chubb has 45 ½ sacks in his profession, spanning 36 video games with the Dolphins and 49 with the Broncos.
Considered one of Chubb’s different initiatives off the sphere is named “Transferring the Needle,” by which he works with youngsters to enhance their monetary literacy.
He additionally hosts annual free youth soccer camps in South Florida, Atlanta and Raleigh, in addition to visits youngsters’s hospitals, faculties and group organizations.
Chubb is a captain with the Dolphins for the primary time in 2025, as he was in his ultimate season in Denver (2022), when he was traded to Miami on the commerce deadline. Internally with the Dolphins, he additionally gained the crew’s 2023 Nat Moore Neighborhood Service Award.
Dolphins fullback Alec Ingold was the crew’s Walter Payton Man of the 12 months consultant every of the earlier two seasons in 2024 and 2023 earlier than Chubb obtained the glory for the primary time.
