T.J. Edwards and Colston Loveland Receive the 2025 Brian Piccolo Awards
The Chicago Bears on Tuesday honored T.J. Edwards and Colston Loveland as their 2025 Brian Piccolo Award winners.
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 28: T. J. Edwards #53 of the Chicago Bears intercepts a pass and runs it back for a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers during the first quarter of the game at Levi's Stadium on December 28, 2025 in Santa Clara, California.
(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) | Getty Images On Tuesday, the Chicago Bears honored linebacker T. J. Edwards and tight end Colston Loveland as their 2025 Brian Piccolo Award winners.
The Award is named after former Bears running back Brian Piccolo, who died from embryonal cell carcinoma, a rare form of cancer, on June 16, 1970. Piccolo’s story, his fight against the illness, and his friendship with Gale Sayers were captured in the 1971 movie “Brian’s Song. ” The Brian Piccolo Award is voted on by the players, and it has been given to one rookie (since 1970) and one veteran (since 1992) who best exemplify the courage, loyalty, teamwork, dedication, and sense of humor of the late Bears running back.
Bears head coach Ben Johnson presented the awards to Edwards and Loveland in a ceremony at Halas Hall earlier today. Edwards has won the veteran Award all three years he’s been in Chicago, becoming the only player ever to win three consecutive seasons. He joins Charles Tillman, who also won three awards, twice as a veteran and once as a rookie.