Falcons' Calais Campbell Named Finalist for Prestigious Honor

Falcons veteran Calais Campbell was named a finalist for the NFL Player Association's Alan Page Community Award.

Calais Campbell is more than the Atlanta Falcons leader in sacks; he's also a great man off the field, and being named a finalist for the NFLPA’s Alan Page Community Award recognizes him as such.

Campbell just finished his first season in Atlanta, but the 37-year-old has already cemented himself as an all-time great NFL player both on and off the field. 

Calais Campbell has been named a finalist for the NFLPA’s Alan Page Community Award / USA Today Sports

Alongside Campbell, as finalists for the award are Detroit Lions center Frank Ragnow, Washington Commanders offensive tackle Charles Leno, Minnesota Vikings nose tackle Harrison Phillips, and Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin.

The award has been around since 1967 and is meant to recognize one player who goes above and beyond to perform community service in his hometown and team city.

This isn't the first time Campbell has been recognized for his actions beyond the stat sheet.

Back in 2020, before joining the Falcons, Campbell won the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, which celebrates a player as the top philanthropist giving back to the community that year, and this season, he represented the Falcons as the team's Art Rooney Award nominee for sportsmanship. 

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In the NFL record books, Campbell is already cemented as one of the greatest pass rushers ever to play the game of football. Campbell has 865 tackles in his career and over 105 sacks, putting him in historic company.

However, his legendary status goes far beyond the football field and his ability to wreak havoc on opposing offenses, and adding this award to his shelf would be another way of recognizing how selfless of a human he is.