Former Alabama All-American in the running for the NFL ESPY Award

Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II could add another award next week for his 2024 NFL season. The former Alabama All-American is among the nominees for the ESPY Award for the best NFL player.

The other nominees are Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.

Fans have one week remaining to vote online for their choice for the best NFL player and 20 other awards.

The ESPY Awards will be televised at 7 p.m. CDT July 16 by ABC.

Surtain won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards for the 2024 season presented by The Associated Press and Pro Football Writers of America. In addition to his third Pro Bowl selection, Surtain was a first-team selection on the 2024 season all-star teams chosen by the AP, PFWA and the NFL Players Association.

Surtain collected those accolades for his fourth NFL season since joining the Broncos from the Crimson Tide as the ninth pick in the 2021 draft. For Alabama’s undefeated CFP national-championship team for the 2020 season, Surtain had earned unanimous All-American recognition and won the SEC Defensive Player of the Year Award.

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Former Auburn gymnast Suni Lee also is up for an ESPY as the best comeback athlete.

After being diagnosed with a kidney disease in 2023, Lee returned in 2024 and earned a gold medal with the United States in the women’s artistic gymnastics team competition and individual bronze medals in the women’s all-around and uneven bars at the Paris Olympics.

The other nominees for best comeback athlete are Mallory Swanson of the Chicago Stars and the U.S. women’s national soccer team, Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche and skier Lindsey Vonn.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.

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