Joe Thomas is not the one Cleveland Browns nice honored by the NFL this week.

Throughout the league honors present on Thursday evening, the NFL introduced that the annual speeding title is now known as the Jim Brown Award.

Brown performed his total 8-year profession in Cleveland, successful the speeding title all 8 seasons.

And in 7 of these seasons, he averaged over 100 yards per sport, together with a career-high 133 ypg in 1963.

The NFL modified the title of the award given to one of the best working again within the league after #browns corridor of fame member @JimBrownNFL32 – is now “The Jim Brown Award”

—Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) February 10, 2023

Brown’s 12,312 speeding yards rank eleventh all-time and held the NFL document till Walter Payton got here alongside.

His speeding mark of 5.2 yards per carry is tied for the third-best of any working again in NFL historical past.

Browns legend Marion Motley (5.7) holds the document and present Browns star Nick Chubb (5.2) is tied with Brown at this level.

Oakland Raiders working again Josh Jacobs is the primary Jim Brown Award winner after amassing 1,653 speeding yards.

The brown additionally shone out of the sector

The flashier, youthful working backs might push the Browns’ NFL data additional down the charts.

However his post-race efforts to advertise civil rights will not be forgotten anytime quickly.

Jacobs says it is an honor to be the primary recipient of the newly named award.

And NFL commissioner Roger Goodell agrees with Jacobs’ evaluation of the previous Brown.

The primary 🏆@iAM_JoshJacobs he’s the inaugural recipient of the Jim Brown Award, given to the participant with probably the most speeding yards every season. pic.twitter.com/LnetbA2CLP

— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) February 10, 2023

Brown is a frequent customer to the NFL locker room, and Goodell notes his affect on generations of NFL gamers.

Along with speaking about this stuff, Brown helps fund financial improvement initiatives for black companies.

He additionally based a corporation known as Amer-I-Can, which works with gang-involved youth in Cleveland and Los Angeles.

Each athlete and extra

Earlier than turning to soccer, Brown lettered in baseball, basketball, monitor and lacrosse.

He’s half proprietor of the New York skilled lacrosse workforce, the New York Lizards.

Brown tried his hand at shade evaluation, working with Vin Scully and George Allen in 1978.

He’s boxing’s first black tv announcer and is credited with propelling the well-known Bob Arum into boxing promotion.

“Should you actually need to outline the place, it begins and ends with a man named Jim Brown.” 🐐

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— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) February 10, 2023

Brown sports activities an intensive performing resume with 50 movie credit and greater than 150 tv appearances.

Biographer Mike Freeman calls Brown the primary black motion hero based mostly on his function within the traditional Zebra Ice Station.

MGM made him a uncommon black main man and his interracial love scene with Racquel Welch triggered a stir.

Brown’s life is already fascinating sufficient to be the topic of Spike Lee’s documentary, Jim Brown: All-American.