Beasley wins Deacon Jones award

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February 1, 2017, Houston: Falcons defender Vic Beasley Jr. is all smiles during Super Bowl media availability on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at the Memorial City Mall ice arena in Houston. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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Atlanta Falcons

By D. Orlando Ledbetter , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Feb 5, 2017

Falcons linebacker Vic Beasley, who led the league with 15.5 sacks, was named the Deacon Jones award winner on Saturday at the NFL Honors program at Wortham Theater Center.

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D. Orlando Ledbetter

D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq is the award-winning Atlanta Falcons beat writer for the newspaper, has been on the staff since 2003. Every day D. Orlando strives to provide inside in the Falcons and the NFL. He finds the most joy in providing insight into the team, the coaching moves, the offseason business moves, the draft and the games.

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