Each year, every NFL team nominates a player for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award, and the Vikings picked a hometown fan favorite who does great stuff on and off the field.
When C.J. Ham, fullback for the Minnesota Vikings, signed his 4-year deal, the contract called for a raise in his 3rd and 4th year, putting him in a new bracket of players.
When C.J. Ham was a kid growing up in Duluth, if you said you were going to be a real Viking, it meant you would wear purple and gold with a horn on your helmet.