(NFL Press Release) The Philadelphia Eagles Electric Slide in Week 12 was voted the CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR. The award was announced tonight at NFL HONORS – a two-hour primetime awards show that will air nationally tonight at 9 PM ET/PT on NBC.
This was the first year the NFL awarded the “Celebration of the Year” at NFL Honors. The Eagles’ Electric Slide celebration was selected through a unique fan vote. The NFL invited all 32 teams to submit a regular-season celebration of their choice to compete in a bracket-style voting structure that narrowed until the final four celebrations. Emmy-award winning actor, writer and creator KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY hosted a Facebook Live Show on Saturday, Jan. 27 during which fans voted for their favorite of the final four. Final votes were tallied, and Keegan announced the Eagles’ as the winners of the NFL’s very first “Celebration of the Year” tonight at Northrop at the University of Minnesota.
On the eve of Super Bowl LII, featuring the New England Patriots versus the Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS announced their annual accolades in an awards show recognizing the best players, performances and plays from the 2017 season.
Emmy-nominated actor and comedian ROB RIGGLE hosted the show, and many of the winners were on-hand to accept their awards.
The newest PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME class was announced and introduced during the show with the Class of 2018 appearing on stage at Northrop at the University of Minnesota.
The prestigious Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award presented by Nationwide, which recognizes a player’s off-the-field community service as well as his playing excellence, and the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award, as voted by his peers, were among the awards announced this evening.
Seven of the awards were from the AP. These awards are voted on at the end of the regular NFL season by a nationwide media panel of 50 people who regularly cover the league. The ballots are tabulated solely by the AP.
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