Last Friday, Josh Cribbs won Cleveland’s Pro Athlete of the Year Award. The award was given out at the 11th annual Greater Cleveland Sports Awards which were held that night at the Cleveland Renaissance Hotel.
Other Cleveland athletes up for the award were Browns offensive tackle Joe Thomas and Indians outfielder Shin-Soo Choo.
Cribbs won the award because he is the NFL’s all-time leader with eight kickoff return touchdowns. On top of that, he has scored 10 return touchdowns, has 7,863 kickoff return yards and has gained 9,172 total return yards.
This is Cribbs sixth year as a returner/wide receiver for the Browns. Before the Browns, Cribbs was the quarterback at Kent State.
In an interview with a Browns’ staff writer, Cribbs said the award doesn’t just mean stats on the field, but the type of role model you are off the field.
“It means that I’m the right path; it means I’ve done things on and off the field, which is significant of the award, of the achievement,” Cribbs said.
Cribbs also said the fans are who he respects the most.
“Without them, it’d be the worst sport in America, but because of them, it’s the best sport in America. This Cleveland fan-base, they’re the best that I’ve seen. I know they’re the best out of everything. I just want to win and basically, I’m the voice of the fans because if they had a voice, they’d say, ‘We just want to win!’”
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