First off, the winner receives a trophy that’s based on a sculpture that the NFL commissioned from artist Daniel Bennett Schwartz when the award was originally created back in 1970.
The sculpture is titled “The Gladiator” and like the bronzed trophy modeled after it, features an old-school football player fully helmeted and uniformed with his chin up, wearing a thick sideline cape for warmth.
The winner also receives a great deal of money, but there’s a slight catch.