Thirty-two players have been nominated for the eleventh annual Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award, the winner of which will be determined in the build-up to this year’s NFL Pro Bowl.

Created in 2014, the award honours the late Art Rooney Sr., founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers and now resident in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Each NFL team nominates a player for the award — which recognises on-field sportsmanship, including fair play, respect for the game and opponents, and integrity in competition — before a panel of former players from the NFL Legends Community — Warrick Dunn, 2014 Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award recipient Larry Fitzgerald, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Curtis Martin and Leonard Wheeler — select eight finalists (four from each conference), who will be listed on the Pro Bowl ballot under the NFL Sportsmanship Award category when players vote in December.

“Sportsmanship is at the very the core of the game, the foundation of our values that are shared across all levels of the sport,” said Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice-president of football operations. “These Rooney Sportsmanship Award nominees demonstrate to the world how the game is played with respect and integrity at the highest level of competition.”

The 2024 Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award nominees are as follows:

Budda Baker (Arizona Cardinals)

Grady Jarrett (Atlanta Falcons)

Kyle van Noy (Baltimore Ravens)

Josh Allen (Buffalo Bills)

Johnny Hekker (Carolina Panthers)

D’Andre Swift (Chicago Bears)

Mike Hilton (Cincinnati Bengals)

Rodney McLeod (Cleveland Browns)

Dak Prescott (Dallas Cowboys)

Jonathan Cooper (Denver Broncos)

Alim McNeill (Detroit Lions)

Jordan Love (Green Bay Packers)

Will Anderson Jr (Houston Texans)

DeForest Buckner (Indianapolis Colts)

Mitch Morse (Jacksonville Jaguars)

Patrick Mahomes (Kansas City Chiefs)

Maxx Crosby (Las Vegas Raiders)

Khalil Mack (Los Angeles Chargers)

Cooper Kupp (Los Angeles Rams)

Tua Tagovailoa (Miami Dolphins)

Aaron Jones Sr (Minnesota Vikings)

John Michael Schmitz (New York Giants)

Quinnen Williams (New York Jets)

Jonathan Jones (New England Patriots)

Tyrann Mathieu (New Orleans Saints)

DeVonta Smith (Philadelphia Eagles)

Miles Killebrew (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Kyle Juszczyk (San Francisco 49ers)

Leonard Williams (Seattle Seahawks)

Zyon McCollum (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Tony Pollard (Tennessee Titans)

Tress Way (Washington Commanders)

The winner of the award is determined by a vote of current NFL players but, as in Pro Bowl voting, a team cannot vote for its own player. The winner will be announced as part of the NFL Honours ceremony, and will receive a $25,000 donation from the NFL Foundation to a charity of his choice.

Previous recipients of the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award have included Bobby Wagner (Seahawks), Calais Campbell (Ravens), Matthew Slater (Patriots), Teddy Bridgewater (Panthers), Adrian Peterson (Washington), Drew Brees (Saints), Luke Kuechly (Panthers), Frank Gore (Colts), Charles Woodson (Raiders) and Larry Fitzgerald (Cardinals).

Voting for the participants in the 2025 Pro Bowl Games is now open and, once again, fans have the opportunity to vote for their favourite players to compete in a multi-day AFC versus NFC competition. The event will take place in the week leading up to Sunday, February 2^nd, with 88 of the league’s biggest stars going head-to-head in various skills competitions before the Games culminate with a flag football game between the two conferences, with Eli and Peyton Manning again acting as head coaches. Fans can vote as often as they want to help determine the 88-man roster between now and Monday, December 23rd, across a variety of platforms, including the official Pro Bowl website (ProBowl.com/Vote), via individual team sites and, during the final two weeks of voting, on social media, by ‘tweeting’ the first and last name of the player, tagging the player’s official Twitter handle or creating a hashtag including the player’s first and last name. All three of these methods must include the hashtag: #ProBowlVote. During the final two days of voting (December 22^nd – 23^rd), social votes will count as double. Selections will then be determined by the consensus votes of fans, players and coaches, with each group’s vote counting for one-third of player totals.