On Wednesday, the NFL announced the Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce won the 2024 Nationwide Charity Challenge.
The Nationwide Charity Challenge is a major portion of the 2024 Walter Payton Man of the Year criteria and will help aid Kelce’s as he endeavors to win his first Walter Payton Man of the Year award.
Kelce’s first-place finish in the Nationwide Charity Challenge awards his charity, 87 & Running, a donation of $35,000 from Nationwide and a significant advantage over the other nominees competing for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.
The NFL commemorated Kelce’s accomplishment in a post to its official Twitter account this week:
Congratulations to @tkelce on winning the 2024 Nationwide Charity Challenge!
In recognition of Kelce’s win, @Nationwide has awarded a $35,000 donation to Kelce’s foundation, 87 & Running. #WPMOY pic.twitter.com/ONUWgfsbXh
— NFL (@NFL) January 8, 2025
Kelce most recently won the Nationwide Charity Challenge in 2020 for his work with local nonprofit Operation Breakthrough, an after-school program whose mission is to provide support, food security, and extracurricular opportunities to some of the most impoverished community members of Kansas City.
The 2024 Walter Payton Man of the Year winner will be announced during the NFL Honors ceremony, which will be televised on FOX on Thursday, February 6.
