Those who won a major prize during the honors of the NFL on Thursday evening in New Orleans received additional jewelry to show their great success.
The winners of the eight major prizes each received a personalized necklace to commemorate the achievements of this season. Leo Khusro, a jeweler who worked with the nominees and winners on Thursday for years, created the personalized channels.
The front has the acronym of the price, while the rear has the name and jersey number engraved with the achievements of each player. The only exception was the Walter Payton Man of the Year price, which had an extended voting period.
Khusro told ESPN that the NFL had contacted the collaboration to offer this year winners a gift that goes beyond the trophy.
“They decided to make the necklaces for these guys so that they can wear them in the games, they can wear them throughout the season, they can wear them during the day,” said Khusro. “It’s good to have it.”
The jeweler has a long history with some of the winners and nominees who were recognized during the biggest NFL awards ceremony.
Khusro made a room for the corner half of Denver Broncos Pat Prato II, the winner of the defensive player of the year of this year, who looked like a PlayStation controller when Supervice was drafted in 2021.
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He also did an in-depth job for the quarter of the Bengals of Cincinnati, Joe Burrow, who became the second player to win several player return awards of the year. Khusro made several necklaces for Burrow and also did the work on the Burrow’s personalized Black Cartier Santos room.
Each chain for the honors of this year’s NFL is in 18 carat white gold with VVS quality diamonds that were combined. Some of them also have unique additional features.
The chain that the MINNESOTA Vikings of Vikings, Kevin O’Connell, won for the coach of the year presented a whistle on the deposit which connects the collar to the pendant. The “O” block on the “CPOY” channel of Burrow has two arrows that resemble the inverted card of the UNO.
Making the eight pieces for the honors of this year’s NFL required a tight deadline. Khusro said he had six days to finish all the necklaces in time for Thursday’s red carpet festivities in front of the Super Bowl Lix. During telephone calls with the League, he said, there was also the idea of adding the names and achievements on collar pendants.
This meant signing a non-disclosure agreement to keep the private names and not reveal the winners when he was with them during the Pro Bowl games last week in Orlando, Florida.
But Khusro was more than happy to keep secret.
“It was such a beautiful thing to see the person in front of me that I have known for so long won a prize and it was like:” I don’t want to ruin this moment for them “,” said Khusro. “So I didn’t say anything.”
