NFL Apologizes to Jaxon Smith-Njigba After He Calls Them Out for ‘Disrespectful’ Typo on Trophy
The Seattle Seahawks star was named the 2025 Offensive Player of the Year, but the NFL sent him a trophy with a glaring typo
Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Credit: Kevin Sabitus/Getty NEED TO KNOW Jaxon Smith-Njigba called out the NFL for a major typo on his 2025 Offensive Player of the Year award The Seattle Seahawks star called the mistake "disrespectful" The NFL issued an apology to the Super Bowl champion The NFL is owning up to its mistake. The league apologized to Jaxon Smith-Njigba after the Seattle Seahawks star publicly called it out for a "disrespectful" typo on his 2025 Offensive Player of the Year trophy — which instead said he was the "2025 Defensive Player of the Year.
" "It's getting disrespectful at this point," the Super Bowl champion, 24, wrote over a video of him holding his trophy up to the camera and pointing out how the plaque reads "Defensive" instead of "Offensive," shared to his Instagram Stories on Monday, May 18. Jaxon Smith-Njigba #11 of the Seattle Seahawks. Credit: Brooke Sutton/Getty In addition to the labeling error, Smith-Njigba also called out another formatting mistake on the plaque.
The engraving appeared to be missing a space between "the" and "Year" and instead reads, "theYear. " "C'mon bro. One word?
Man... ," he said in the clip. Take PEOPLE with you!