Jordan was also nominated in 2017 and 2021. The New Orleans Saints have announced that DE Cam Jordan has been selected as their 2024 Man of the Year, which makes him their nominee for the National Football League Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. The award is the league’s most prestigious honor and acknowledges NFL players who excel on the field and demonstrate a passion for creating a lasting positive impact beyond the game in their communities. This is the 3rd time that Jordan has been the team’s nominee. He was also nominated in 2017 and 2021.
Play Football Experience camps and Play 60 Pop-Ins during recess at local schools. Supporting safe and healthy play in sports, he donated Guardian Caps to a local high school football team and participated in high school cancer awareness rallies during Crucial Catch month as well. Cameron visits local elementary schools every week stressing the importance of literacy and earning a good education, maintaining good character, and striving to improve in some way every day, while sharing his personal school experiences. This year, he will donate $10,000 to each school (almost 20 in total) to support its respective needs. He launched The Cam Jordan Foundation with a fundraising event to fund his newly formed scholarship program which will provide individual financial support to high school students as they prepare to enter college. Understanding the need to address food insecurities, he provided post-practice meals to local high school football players, supported the Annual Saints Players Turkey Giveaway, and provided hundreds of families with a turkey and boxes of non-perishable food items for Thanksgiving in partnership with a local food bank.
As a Super Bowl LIX Host Committee Champion, Cam shared the importance of proper nutrition with students as part of the Super School Meals Kickoff Celebration and will be participating in STEM events at local schools and other Community Champion related events. Cam feels as though sharing life experiences and advice during mentorship moments with youth at elementary schools, high schools, and juvenile detention centers is key to their understanding that perfection is not necessary, but the consistent attempt to learn, grow, and improve is most essential. With his support of the re-launch of Big Brother, Big Sisters in New Orleans, he is excited to further lean into his vocation of mentorship and will continue engagements with Youth Empowerment Project as well. Continuing to support teammates’ charitable events and club-related efforts alike, he will also participate in the “My Cause, My Cleats” campaign once again while also preparing to host exciting Christmas holiday giveaways.
Growing up, I witnessed firsthand the influence and platform my father had off the field as an NFL player,” said Jordan. “NFL players have an incredible platform and opportunity to make a positive difference for our youth and underserved communities. It means the world to me to know that I can inspire others through my time, resources, and encouragement. I feel truly blessed to give back to the Greater New Orleans community, which has embraced my family and I with open arms since I was drafted 14 years ago. New Orleans has become our home, and I am committed to do whatever I can to make it a better place.”
The 2024 Walter Payton Man of the Year winner will be announced during NFL Honors airing on FOX on Thursday, February 6, 2025.
