The 2026 NFL Honors Game will be held Thursday night at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California, following this weekend’s Super Bowl 60.
Actor Jon Hamm will host the ceremony to celebrate the NFL’s best performances from the 2025 season, including the presentation of the Associated Press Most Valuable Player Award, for which New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is a finalist.
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A national panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league completed their voting before the playoffs began.
Awards up for grabs tonight include Most Valuable Player, Coach of the Year, Assistant Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Rookie of the Year, Offensive Rookie of the Year and the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, among others.
A total of six Patriots players and coaches were honored tonight:
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QB Derek Meyer: MVP and Offensive Player of the Year
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RB TreVeyon Henderson: Offensive Rookie of the Year
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WR Stefon Diggs: Comeback Player of the Year
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TE Hunter Henry: Walter Payton Man of the Year
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Mike Vrabel: Coach of the Year
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Josh McDaniels: Assistant Coach of the Year
The 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class will also be announced, but Patriots owner Robert Kraft and longtime coach Bill Belichick will not be included. The winning duo was a Hall of Fame finalist for the first time, but was not selected to enter.
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NFL Network will televise the NFL Honors red carpet show at 8 p.m., and the awards ceremony will air live on NBC at 9 p.m.
The Patriots will face the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl on Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
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