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Steven Means named Falcons Ed Block Courage Award winner

The Ed Block Courage Award Foundation has announced that Atlanta Falcons defensive end Steven Means is the team’s recipient of the 2020 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.

Those who have earned the recognition by their peers to be selected for the award typically travel to Baltimore where they’re presented with their trophy at a banquet. While there, recipients normally participate in outreach youth-level programs, such as a designated Baltimore City Rec Center and with the abused children at St.