It’s appropriate on Veteran’s Day for the NFL and USAA to reveal the nominees from all 32 teams for the annual Salute to Service Award. This year’s nominee from the Cleveland Browns is fullback Andy Janovich.
The award honors a league member who demonstrates an exemplary commitment to honoring and supporting the military community. Janovich certainly fits that billing.
From the press release explaining Janovich’s worthy candidacy,
Throughout his entire NFL career, Janovich has proactively shown his deep appreciation by honoring members of our armed forces. In both 2018 and 2019, he supported Hunting with Soldiers for My Cause My Cleats. This organization was created in 2007 with the mission of getting Combat Veterans into the outdoors to give them the healing from PTSD that nature can help provide by offering them the opportunity to go hunting and fishing at no cost to them. Janovich also donated his cleats to NFL Auction to benefit Hunting with Soldiers. Since joining the Browns this year, Janovich has expressed a strong interest in supporting all of the team’s Salute to Service initiatives in 2020. His passion for this important aspect of community relations is also clearly evident through his participation throughout his career. Janovich joined the Broncos’ 2018 Salute to Service Caravan, where he visited military members and their families at Fort Carson Army Base, and he also regularly shows his support through social media in supporting the military, including in an effort to help the NFL and its clubs raise money for the Salute to Service initiative. Although he is new to the Browns, Janovich is extremely excited to work closely with the USO of Northern Ohio for upcoming Browns Salute to Service efforts.