FedEx Air & Ground NFL Awards Expand Eligibility to Wide Receivers, Middle Linebackers

MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 5, 2024 – FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Official Sponsor of the NFL, announced a significant evolution of its FedEx Air & Ground NFL Awards. For the first time in the awards’ more than 20-year history, the pool of eligible players will expand beyond quarterbacks and running backs to welcome wide receivers and tight ends who deliver elite performances. Players will no longer be limited to winning Air or Ground awards alone and will be collectively recognized as the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week.

To begin expanding the list of awards, FedEx tapped American Football Hall of Fame inductee Jerry Rice and San Francisco 49ers tight end Deebo Samuel to spread the word about including wide receivers and middle linebackers among the candidates.

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Next Sunday Night Football Each week, six players — quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends — who put in the best performances will be nominated for the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week Awards. Voting is open each week of the regular season from Monday morning through Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. ET NFL.com/FedEx. Fans can also vote for X (formerly Twitter) via the NFL’s published polls at @NFL and on the NFL mobile app.

At the end of the season, six players will be nominated for the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Year Awards, with the winners announced during the NFL Honors gala prior to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, Louisiana.

For more information, please visit nfl.com/fedex or follow the conversation on Twitter at #AirAndEarth.

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