Press Release: #REDSKINS NAME CHRIS THOMPSON AS TEAM’S ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD RECIPIENT

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For Immediate Release

December 31, 2018

 

REDSKINS NAME CHRIS THOMPSON AS TEAM’S

ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD RECIPIENT

 

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – The Washington Redskins announced today that they have named running back Chris Thompson the winner of the team’s 2018 Ed Block Courage Award. The honor is given annually to a player from each National Football League team who displays extraordinary courage in the face of adversity.

 

Thompson missed seven games of the 2017 season after suffering a season-ending broken fibula in Week 12. This season, he returned from rib injury after missing weeks 6-7 and 9-12. 

 

Thompson has appeared in 55 career regular season games with the Redskins since joining the team in 2013. He has recorded 213 rush attempts for 1,056 yards with five touchdowns on the ground and has hauled in 170 catches for 1,394 yards with 10 receptions for touchdowns in his career.  

 

The Courage Award is named after Ed Block, the longtime head athletic trainer of the Baltimore Colts who was a pioneer in his profession and a respected humanitarian. The inaugural Ed Block Courage Award was presented in 1978 to Baltimore Colts defensive end Joe Ehrmann. Following the Colts’ departure from Baltimore in 1984, the scope of the award expanded to include one player from every team in the NFL.    

 

REDSKINS ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD WINNERS

 

 

2018 Chris Thompson

2017 DeAngelo Hall

2016 Niles Paul

2015 Morgan Moses

2014 Keenan Robinson

2013 Robert Griffin III

2012 Kory Lichtensteiger

2011 Stephen Bowen

2010 Ma’ake Kemoeatu

2009 Phillip Daniels

2008 Reed Doughty

2007 Marcus Washington

2006 Randy Thomas

2005 Khary Campbell

2004 Brandon Noble

2003 Fred Smoot

2002 Chris Samuels

2001 Cory Raymer

2000 James Thrash

1999 Tre’ Johnson

1998 Darrell Green

1997 James Jenkins

1996 Ed Simmons

1995 Keith Taylor

1994 Mark Schlereth

1993 Art Monk

1992 Anthony Johnson

1991 Donnie Warren

1990 Joe Jacoby

1989 Neil Olkewicz

1988 Doug Williams

1987 Mel Kaufman

1986 Darryl Grant

1985 Ken Huff

1984 Mark May