And the winner of the annual Korey Stringer Good Guy Award is…

… defensive end Brian Robison.

Robison is the 2014 winner of the annual award, an honor given to the player who was most cooperative, helpful and professional while interacting with the local media. There were many deserving candidates — a dozen players received votes from us — but Robison finished first in the voting to win the award for the first time.

"I'm very appreciative of this award," Robison said. "It's named after a great guy. I've heard a lot of stories about him. He seemed like an awesome guy to be around, no matter who you were. He just seemed like a great guy, and I want to be very appreciative of that.

"Secondly, I've always known that you guys have a job to do, and it's hard for you guys to come into the locker room every day, especially after losses, and really interview us and try to get stories out of us, so I'm appreciative of the fact that I'm able to talk to you guys every week and get my face out there to the fans and things like that, because without you guys the fans wouldn't know the type of person that I am, the sense of humor I have."

Robison credited the University of Texas for teaching him how to deal with media, and he also learned by watching Vikings teammates over the years.

"Especially Jared [Allen], Kevin [Williams] and even Chad Greenway," Robison said. "So having those guys around, not only on the team, but right there next to my locker, hearing those guys speak all the time to you guys, it kind of overflows to you and kind of gives you that same ability to be able to tell you guys kind of the same things."

And in typical Robison fashion, he couldn't help but poke fun at himself while accepting the award.

"This award will definitely go in the room with the rest of my NFL accolades," Robison said, pausing. "So it will be in a room by itself."