Jaguars Walter Payton Man of the Year Nominee - Luke Fortner

by JLawXV | 2 years ago | 0 Comments

Luke Fortner has been constantly proving himself. Since being drafted in 2022 as Jacksonville's starting center, Fortner's career took a sharp turn when the Jaguars drafted Steve Avila out of TCU in the 2023 NFL draft. Questions swirled around his future, but he never wavered. Fortner took the move to Left Guard, a position he had played only ten games at ever, and never looked back.

His attitude applied itself off the field as well - though this has its roots since he was in college at Kentucky, where he earned a spot on the 2020 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for his work in his local community. Fortner continued his off the field work in Jacksonville, working with My Cause My Cleats, the KSR Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund, Swings For Soldiers, and working with NFL UK to bring the game we love further internationally.

It comes as no surprise, then, that Luke Fortner is the Jacksonville Jaguar's Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Nominee. Fortner represents what it means to be a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars and as a player in the NFL.

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