Las Vegas Raiders antiaircraft tackle Adam Butler (69) takes a selfie with fans earlier a preseason NFL shot crippled against the Arizona Cardinals astatine Allegiant Stadium Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. Photo by: Steve Marcus
By Las Vegas Sun Staff (contact)
Friday, Nov. 6, 2026 | 2 a.m.
Las Vegas Raiders antiaircraft tackle Adam Butler is the team’s nominee for the NFL’s 2026 Salute to Service Award, which recognizes a league subordinate for honoring and supporting the subject community.
The award, present successful its 16th year, is sponsored by USAA, the NFL’s authoritative Salute to Service partner. Each of the league’s 32 teams names a nominee.
Butler’s begetter served 20 years successful the U.S. Air Force and retired arsenic a main maestro sergeant, according to his information bio from the NFL.
At USAA’s yearly Boot Camp, Butler coached 50 active-duty work members done NFL Combine-style drills and stayed afterward to instrumentality photos and motion autographs, the bio said.
He besides visited Creech Air Force Base, wherever helium met with Air Force leaders, took portion successful grooming exercises and met much than 100 work members.
At the Raiders Holiday Salute event, Butler spent clip with 500 subject families and children arsenic they picked retired vacation trees, received sweaters and took portion successful seasonal activities, according to the NFL.
For the league’s My Cause My Cleats campaign, Butler chose active-duty subject members and veterans arsenic his origin and partnered with U.S. Vets Las Vegas. He and a seasoned designed a customized cleat conception based connected the veteran’s experience.
Fans tin ballot for nominees astatine NFL.com/SaluteFanVote done Nov. 30 to assistance find the award’s 3 finalists. Fans are allowed 1 ballot per day.
Finalists are scheduled to beryllium announced successful January. The victor volition beryllium recognized astatine the NFL Honors awards show, acceptable to aerial during Super Bowl week.
San Francisco moving backmost Christian McCaffrey, past year’s winner, volition articulation the sheet that selects this year’s recipient. Other caller winners see George Kittle successful 2024, Joe Cardona successful 2023, Ron Rivera successful 2022 and Andrew Beck successful 2021.
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