ITTA BENA -- Mississippi Valley State University football standouts Kevin Eugene, Julian Stafford and Robert Simpson are three of six nominees for the Walter Payton Achievement Award.

Click here to vote. Two winners -- one player from each school -- from the pool of six will be determined via online fan voting before the game on Sept. 1. Voting opens on July 19 and ends on Aug. 19, with the winners announced on Aug. 30.

For more information regarding the nominees, click here.

First presented in 2008, the Walter Payton Achievement Award is an honor given annually to a player from each school participating in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney.

The award is named in honor of late Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton, who attended Jackson State University, a SWAC school, in the 1970s before embarking on his Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Bears.

Three nominees from each school -- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's Florida A&M University and Southwestern Athletic Conference's Mississippi Valley State University -- were selected by a committee consisting of academic advisers and coaches.

Two winners -- one player from each school -- from the pool of six will be determined via online fan voting before the game on Sept. 1. Voting opens on July 19 and ends on Aug. 19, with the winners announced on Aug. 30.