The night before the two top teams kick off Super Bowl XLVI, the National Football League will salute its best players and plays from the 2011 season with a star-studded football and entertainment event - "NFL Honors" - a two-hour primetime awards special to air nationally on February 4, 9-11 p.m. (ET) on NBC. "NFL Honors" will tape from 6 – 8 p.m. that evening. The Red Carpet preceding the taping will feature many of the stars that will be celebrating the best of the NFL later that evening.
A long list of NFL players, coaches and other personalities will attend the event, including the Baltimore Ravens' Ray Lewis, Ray Rice and Terrell Suggs. Head coach John Harbaugh will also be there are a finalist for the 'Salute To Service' Award.
The legendary Walter Payton's children will be there, as well as a long list of Hall of Fame players and coaches, as well as NFL analysts Mike Mayock and former Ravens coach Brian Billick. It will obviously be a star-studded event and the Red Carpet portion will highlight many of the invitees as they enter the building. Check it out this Saturday night.
(For a full list of the people scheduled to attend as well as the list of awards being presented, click on the 'Jump')
PLAYERS, COACHES, OWNERS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR INCLUDE:
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ERIC BERRY, Kansas City Chiefs LeGARRETTE BLOUNT, Tampa Bay Buccaneers NaVORRO BOWMAN, San Francisco 49ers DREW BREES, New Orleans Saints ANTONIO BROWN, Pittsburgh Steelers RANDALL COBB, Green Bay Packers JOSH CRIBBS, Cleveland Browns ANDY DALTON, Cincinnati Bengals VERNON DAVIS, San Francisco 49ers D’BRICKASHAW FERGUSON, New York Jets LARRY FITZGERALD, Arizona Cardinals RYAN FITZPATRICK, Buffalo Bills MATT FORTE, Chicago Bears ARIAN FOSTER, Houston Texans ANTONIO GATES, San Diego Chargers TONY GONZALEZ, Atlanta Falcons A.J. GREEN, Cincinnati Bengals MATT HASSELBECK, Tennessee Titans DEVIN HESTER, Chicago Bears DeSEAN JACKSON, Philadelphia Eagles D’QWELL JACKSON, Cleveland Browns STEVEN JACKSON, St. Louis Rams STEVIE JOHNSON, Buffalo Bills MAURICE JONES-DREW, Jacksonville Jaguars RYAN KERRIGAN, Washington Redskins RAY LEWIS, Baltimore Ravens CHRIS LONG, St. Louis Rams MARSHAWN LYNCH, Seattle Seahawks PEYTON MANNING, Indianapolis Colts BRANDON MARSHALL, Miami Dolphins LeSEAN McCOY, Philadelphia Eagles VON MILLER, Denver Broncos DeMARCO MURRAY, Dallas Cowboys CAM NEWTON, Carolina Panthers PATRICK PETERSON, Arizona Cardinals CHRISTIAN PONDER, Minnesota Vikings RAY RICE, Baltimore Ravens AARON RODGERS, Green Bay Packers JEFF SATURDAY, Indianapolis Colts JEROME SIMPSON, Cincinnati Bengals
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ALDON SMITH, San Francisco 49ers ALEX SMITH, San Francisco 49ers MATTHEW STAFFORD, Detroit Lions TERRELL SUGGS, Baltimore Ravens TIM TEBOW, Denver Broncos DeMARCUS WARE, Dallas Cowboys REGGIE WAYNE, Indianapolis Colts PATRICK WILLIS, San Francisco 49ers JASON WITTEN, Dallas Cowboys
CONNIE, JARRETT & BRITTNEY PAYTON
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The NFL and The Associated Press will announce their annual accolades in an awards show format for the first time. The full list of awards that will be presented later that evening will be:
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AP Most Valuable Player |
Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year |
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AP Coach of the Year presented by XFINITY, only from Comcast |
AP Comeback Player of the Year presented by Van Heusen |
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AP Offensive Player of the Year presented by Castrol |
AP Defensive Player of the Year |
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AP Offensive Rookie of the Year presented by Pepsi Max |
AP Defensive Rookie of the Year presented by Pepsi Max |
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Pepsi Rookie of the Year |
GMC Never Say Never Moment of the Year |
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NFL .com Fantasy Player of the Year presented by Papa John’s |
Play of the Year presented by Bridgestone |
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Madden Most Valuable Protectors Award presented by Prilosec OTC |
Salute To Service Award Presented by USAA |
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Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award |
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