NFL Teachers of the Year (teachers who taught players)
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- 2007 Jacquelyn Stevens (Washington-Marion Magnet School) [2]
NFL Teacher of the Year is an award given by the National Football League. When the award began in 1990, it was to award a teacher who "had the single greatest impact on [a player's] educational and life-skills development" but starting in 2010 it has been awarded to former players who have gone on to succeed as teachers themselves. [1]
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