Darnell Wright, T.J. Edwards named Bears 2023 Brian Piccolo Award winners

The Bears announced on Tuesday that right tackle Darnell Wright and weakside linebacker T.J. Edwards are last season's recipients of the team's Brian Piccolo Award. Since 1970, the team has recognized two players each year– one rookie and one veteran– who best exemplify Piccolo's courage, loyalty, teamwork, dedication and sense of humor. Piccolo was a running back for the Bears from 1966 until 1970, when he died of cancer at age 26. Piccolo and fellow running back Gale Sayers are also known for breaking a color barrier in the NFL.