2021 ESPY Award Nominees Have Been Announced

The 2021 ESPYs are little under a month away. In fact, the award show is set for Saturday, July 10, which means we’re just over three weeks away from seeing who gets Best Play, Best Breakthrough Athlete, Best Team and a whole lot more.

Below are some of the more notable awards and the nominees for each of them.

Best Athlete, Men’s Sports

• Tom Brady, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Lewis Hamilton, F1
• Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets
• Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers

Best Athlete, Women’s Sports

• Simone Biles, Gymnastics
• Amanda Nunes, UFC
• Naomi Osaka, Tennis
• Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm

Best Breakthrough Athlete

• LaMelo Ball, Charlotte Hornets
• Crystal Dangerfield, Minnesota Jynx
• Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers
• Chase Young, Washington Football Team

Best College Athlete, Men’s Sports

• Gloire Amanda, Oregon State Soccer
• Luka Garza, Iowa Basketball
• Trevor Lawrence, Clemson Football
• DeVonta Smith, Alabama Football

Best Team

• Alabama Crimson Tide, NCAA Football
• Baylor Bears, NCAA Men’s Basketball
• Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB
• Oklahoma Sooners, NCAA Softball
• Seattle Storm, WNBA
• Stanford Cardinal, NCAA Women’s Basketball
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFL

Best NFL Player

• Tom Brady, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams
• Derrick Henry, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers

For all the rest of the award nominees (there are still a ton more), go check out this piece over at Saturday Day South. They did a nice job providing a summary for all of them. And after the unusual 2020-21 sports season, it will be interesting to see who wins in some of these categories.

Fans will be able to vote by clicking here up until the deadline, which is at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, July 9.

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