Jordan Love Named Packers Club Winner for Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award

The Green Bay Packers announced today that quarterback Jordan Love has been selected as the team’s club winner for the 2025 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. The award is the league’s most prestigious honor, recognizing players who excel on the field and demonstrate a commitment to making a positive impact beyond the game.

Love’s commitment to community impact began when he entered the league in 2020 and has deepened since becoming the Packers’ starting quarterback. In May 2024, he launched his foundation, Hands of 10ve, to empower children from all backgrounds to participate in sports, raise awareness about mental health and suicide prevention and foster stronger relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve – all causes deeply personal to him.

Through 10ve for Cleats, a Hands of 10ve initiative, Love donates cleats to an entire youth sports team for every touchdown scored during the season. In its first year, the program donated more than 1,300 pairs of cleats to 26 Wisconsin teams, and it is now expanding to include his hometown of Bakersfield, Calif. Hands of 10ve also hosts annual impact events including the Green Bay Charity Softball Game, youth football camps in Bakersfield and Milwaukee, winter coat drives and holiday shopping sprees for local children.

Throughout his career, Love has participated in fundraising initiatives for the Salvation Army of Greater Green Bay, Rawhide Youth Services and the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation, using his platform to advance their missions and make a tangible difference. A steadfast advocate for mental health awareness, Love has sponsored community walks in Brown County and Kern County to raise visibility for organizations dedicated to suicide prevention and supporting those affected by loss. In April, Love visited the Kern County Youth Detention Center in Bakersfield to share a message about resilience and the importance of making positive choices, ultimately surprising each at-risk youth attendee with a $20,000 scholarship toward trade school or college. Within the law enforcement community, Love has raised awareness and funds for the Bakersfield Police Activities League (PAL) through the NFL’s My Cause My Cleats initiative and has served as a keynote speaker at conferences, encouraging open dialogue around mental health while actively working to build stronger, more compassionate relationships between officers and the communities they serve.

“We are pleased to name Jordan Love as our club winner for the prestigious Walter Payton Man of the Year Award,” said Packers President and CEO Ed Policy. “It’s been a privilege to watch him grow as a leader during his time with the Packers, both in the locker room and in the community. We have been proud to support his dedication to giving back, and we look forward to seeing how he continues to have an impact in Wisconsin and California through his Hands of 10ve Foundation. We are honored to have Jordan represent the Green Bay Packers, on and off the field.”

All 32 club winners will be recognized for their achievements during the week leading up to Super Bowl LX in the Bay Area. The national winner of the 2025 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award will be announced during NFL Honors, a primetime awards special airing on Thursday, Feb. 5.

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 club winner. Fans can vote on X/Twitter by posting #WPMOYChallenge along with the last name/X handle of their chosen player or by voting directly on NFL.com/ManOfTheYear. The charitable beneficiary of the player who receives the most collective hashtag mentions and online votes will win an additional $35,000 donation from Nationwide, with the nonprofit partners of the runner-up and third-place finishers receiving $10,000 and $5,000, respectively. Charity Challenge voting takes place from Dec. 4 through Jan. 5.

Beginning Week 14 and continuing through the end of the season, each of this year’s club winners, including Love, will wear a special Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year helmet decal in recognition of their accomplishments on and off the field.

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

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.