Former Vols Foster, Mayo, Witten, Berry honored

Written by

Steve Phillips

Four former Tennessee Vols and a member of the Tennessee Titans were recognized for their NFL seasons by the Professional Football Writers Association.

Former UT running back Arian Foster made the All-NFL Team and was named the NFL's most improved player. Foster led the NFL in rushing one season after being on the Houston Texans practice squad.

Former Vols tight end Jason Witten of the Dallas Cowboys and linebacker Jerod Mayo of the New England Patriots also made the All-NFL Team.

Former Vol Eric Berry was named to the writers All-Rookie Team at safety and Tennessee Titan Marc Mariani was named the All-Rookie punt returner.


New England's Tom Brady was named the league's Most Valuable Player by the writers.

Here are some of the awards and the local players honored by the Pro Football Writers Association:

Pro Football Weekly/PFWA 2010 All-NFL Team


Offense

QB - Tom Brady (Patriots)

RB - Arian Foster (Texans);

TE - Jason Witten (Cowboys)

Defense

MLB - Jerod Mayo (Patriots)


Awards

MVP - Patriots QB Tom Brady

Defensive MVP - Packers LB Clay Matthews

Coach of the Year - Patriots head coach Bill Belichick

Rookie of the Year - Lions DT Ndamukong Suh

Offensive Rookie of the Year - Rams QB Sam Bradford

Most Improved Player of the Year - Texans RB Arian Foster

Comeback Player of the Year - Eagles QB Michael Vick

Executive of the Year - Chiefs GM Scott Pioli

Pro Football Weekly/PFWA All-Rookie Team

S - Eric Berry (Chiefs)

Specialists

PR - Marc Mariani (Titans)