New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been named the recipient of the 2011 Bart Starr Award. The award, which is selected by fellow NFL players, honors one player for outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community.
Michael DeMocker/The Times-PicayuneNew Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees
Bart Starr will present the award to Brees at the 24th annual NFL-sanctioned Super Bowl Breakfast on Saturday, Feb. 5. The breakfast, presented by Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, will take place at 8 a.m. at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas (1501 Gaylord Trail). Past winners of the award include Kurt Warner, Warrick Dunn, LaDainian Tomlinson, Darren Woodson, Anthony Munoz, Reggie White and Steve Largent.
The other finalists for the 2011 award were Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver, Washington Redskins linebacker London Fletcher and Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten.
Brees has been racking up the accolades over the past year, beginning with his MVP performance in Super Bowl XLIV. He was also named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year and the Associated Press' Male Athlete of the Year, in addition to a handful of ESPN ESPY awards. He also won a fan vote for the cover of EA Sports' popular Madden video game, wrote a best-selling autobiography and became a pitchman in several TV and print advertisements.
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