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Kirk Cousins Wins 2023 Korey Stringer Good Guy Award From Media

Cousins is this year's winner of the media good guy award named after the late Korey Stringer.
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Kirk Cousins Wins 2023 Korey Stringer Good Guy Award From Media
Kirk Cousins Wins 2023 Korey Stringer Good Guy Award From Media

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Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is this year's winner of the Korey Stringer Good Guy Award, as voted on by local beat writers. The award is given each year to a player who demonstrates exceptional cooperation and authenticity with the media. Cousins accept the award and a plaque at TCO Performance Center on Friday.

Cousins held two press conferences a week as the Vikings' starting quarterback prior to going on injured reserve at the end of October. The fact that he still won the award despite landing on IR halfway through the season is a testament to how available, open, and friendly he was with local reporters this year. Even after getting hurt, Cousins has been present in the facility — and chose to hold a presser in mid-November to discuss his injury and future.

"It means a lot," Cousins said. It's something that, when I get done playing, the wins and things matter, certainly, but being the right person is what my dad raised me to be, what I want my boys to be, so ultimately if you win a bunch but people say he doesn't belong anywhere near this award, I would say I failed. It means probably more than you guys think or know, but thank you."

Cousins is a free agent after this season, but he has expressed a desire to remain with the Vikings in 2024 and beyond.

Cousins is the first quarterback to win this award since Daunte Culpepper in 2003 and 2004. The full list of winners is below:

  • 2001 TE Byron Chamberlain
  • 2002 C Matt Birk
  • 2003 QB Daunte Culpepper
  • 2004 QB Daunte Culpepper
  • 2005 WR Koren Robinson
  • 2006 CB Antoine Winfield
  • 2007 LB Ben Leber
  • 2008 WR Bobby Wade
  • 2009 TE Visanthe Shiancoe
  • 2010 LB Ben Leber
  • 2011 WR Percy Harvin
  • 2012 LB Chad Greenway
  • 2013 DT Kevin Williams
  • 2014 DE Brian Robison
  • 2015 CB Captain Munnerlyn
  • 2016 CB Captain Munnerlyn
  • 2017 WR Adam Thielen
  • 2018 RB Latavius Murray
  • 2019 S Anthony Harris
  • 2020 RB Dalvin Cook
  • 2021 WR Justin Jefferson
  • 2022 CB Patrick Peterson
  • 2023 QB Kirk Cousins

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Will Ragatz is a senior writer for Vikings On SI, who also covers the Twins, Timberwolves, Gophers, and other Minnesota teams. He is a credentialed Minnesota Vikings beat reporter, covering the team extensively at practices, games and throughout the NFL draft and free agency period. Ragatz attended Northwestern University, where he studied at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. During his time as a student, he covered Northwestern Wildcats football and basketball for SB Nation’s Inside NU, eventually serving as co-editor-in-chief in his junior year. In the fall of 2018, Will interned in Sports Illustrated’s newsroom in New York City, where he wrote articles on Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball for SI.com.

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