Safety Logan Ryan has been named the recipient of the 20th annual George Young Good Guy Award for the 2020 season.
S Logan Ryan is the winner of the George Young Good Guy Award, presented annually by the Giants chapter of the @PFWAwriters to a player for his consistent and outstanding cooperation with the writers who cover the team on a daily basis.
— Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoSNY) December 28, 2020
Ryan was named over defensive lineman Leonard Williams and linebacker Blake Martinez. Tight end Evan Engram won it last year and wide receiver Sterling Shepard won in 2018.
Ryan is only the third player to win the award in first season with the Giants. Kurt Warner (2004) and Rashad Jennings (2014) are the others.
Ryan was signed to a one-year, $5.05 million free agent deal before the season and has excelled alongside safety Jabrill Peppers and another free agent, Pro Bowl cornerback James Bradberry, this season. Ryan was recently inked to a three-year, $31 million extension.
“I think the Giants really appreciate me for not even just being the player I am on the field, but I think they appreciate what I bring off the field,” Ryan said after the Giants’ 27-13 loss to Baltimore on Sunday.
“I think they appreciate what I do in the community, I think they appreciate my wife and I — our family, our struggles, our successes — and I think they appreciate the leadership I bring to the team. That feeling of appreciation is what we all look for in life regardless of money, and that’s something I felt was special here and something I wanted to continue to feel. And I wanted to pay that back to the organization by committing here as long as I did.”
Prior winners of the award include Lomas Brown, who won the inaugural honor in 2001, Tiki Barber (2005), Justin Tuck (2007), Eli Manning (2008) and Landon Collins (2017). Victor Cruz is the only player to win it twice (2011, 2016).
The award is named in the honor of Giants former general manager George Young, who held the job from 1979 through 1997, guiding the Giants out of the darkness of the ‘wilderness years’ and to two Super Bowl championships in 1986 and 1990.
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