The Ed Block Courage Award Foundation has announced that Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman Jack Crawford is the team’s recipient of the 2018 Ed Block Courage Award. The award is given to select NFL players who are voted by their teammates as role models of inspiration, courage, and sportsmanship.
Each March, the award winners travel to Baltimore to be presented with their trophy at a banquet. While there, recipients will participate in outreach youth-level programs, such as a designated Baltimore City Rec Center and with the abused children at St. Vincent’s Villa. Some recent Falcons winners are LaRoy Reynolds (2017) and Adrian Clayborn (2016).