For rest of the season, Packers linebacker will wear helmet decal in recognition of the honor
GREEN BAY – Earlier this season, Packers linebacker Clay Matthews became Green Bay’s all-time sack leader, and then he added to his total this past Sunday wearing a special pair of cleats designed by some very special people.
The whole picture helps sum up why Matthews is the Packers’ 2017 nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award.
Matthews is one of 32 nominees league-wide for one of the game’s most prestigious honors, which recognizes an NFL player for outstanding community service activities off the field as well as excellence on the field.
With four games to go in the regular season, Matthews has six sacks in 2017, second on the team. The six-time Pro Bowler broke the Packers’ career sack record back in September, and he now has 78½, plus a franchise-record 11 in the postseason.
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