Mitch Morse Named Buffalo Bills' Nominee For Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award
Buffalo Bills center Mitch Morse is the team's 2023 nominee for the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award.
The award, named after late Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr., recognizes the player who "demonstrates on the field the qualities of great sportsmanship, including fair play, respect for opponents, and integrity in competition." The winner will be announced at the annual NFL Honors award show just before the Super Bowl and receive a $25,000 donation from the NFL Foundation to a charity of his choice.
Morse, a Bills captain for the last two seasons, described being nominated for the award as "awesome and humbling."
Morse during a game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
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"For me, it's just trying to be a consistent person, and then hopefully that permeates and resonates through the rest of the guys," Morse said.
To Morse's teammates, the 31-year-old center is the perfect representative for the Bills when it comes to sportsmanship. After news of Morse's nomination broke, quarterback Josh Allen shared some heavy praise for the man snapping him the ball.
"If there's anybody on this team that deserves the Sportsmanship Award, it's him," Allen said. "He's an all-time guy. One of the nicest dudes in the world. I love him. I love his family. He's meant a lot to me in my career here, and that's a special award."
Last year, the award went to defensive lineman Calais Campbell, then of the Baltimore Ravens and now of the Atlanta Falcons. No offensive lineman nor Bills player has won the award in its nine-year history, so Morse is looking to be the first in both those categories.
