Former Vikings All-Pro linebacker Chad Greenway will receive the Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award from the Big Ten Conference for his off-the-field work following his college career at Iowa.

And former Wisconsin defensive back Troy Vincent, a five-time Pro Bowl pick in the NFL, will be given the Big Ten's Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award.

Greenway, a four-year letter winner and All-America player for the Hawkeyes in 2004 and 2005, spent 11 seasons with the Vikings.

He was a fixture in the Twin Cities during his professional career, earning the NFL Players Association's Byron "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year Award in 2015.

In 2008, Greenway and his wife, Jenni, a former Iowa track standout, established the Lead The Way Foundation, offering daily support and life-changing experiences to chronically and critically ill and physically-challenged children in the Twin Cities area. Since its inception, the Lead The Way Foundation has raised more than $2 million in donations and assisted nearly 375,000 people through a variety of outreach programs.

On Twitter, Greenway (@chadgreenway52) said: "Honored to receive the Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian award from the B1G Conference. I am always proud to rep @IowaFootball and @Vikings and be a community leader through our @LeadtheWay52. Thanks to so many. #gohawks #skol"

Vincent played 15 seasons in the NFL after being taken with the No. 7 overall pick in the 1992 draft by Miami. He played a significant leadership role with the NFL Players Association as the group's president from 2004-08. He also became a national advocate for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse, resulting in his selection for two NFL Man of the Year awards following the 2002 season.

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• Drew Privette, an Augsburg assistant football coach for 26 seasons, is retiring from coaching to become an administrative assistant within the athletic department. Privette, a member of the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame, will work with the athletic and health and physical education departments, while also continuing as director of athletic concessions and merchandising.

• Gophers sophomore Mitch McKee and former Minnesota wrestler Michael Kroells will compete at the Under-23 World Wrestling Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland starting Saturday. McKee will be in the 61-kilogram (134.5 pounds) division, Kroells in the heavyweight.

• The two games the Gophers men's basketball team will play in the Barclays Center Classic this week will be viewable live on Facebook at facebook.com/StadiumCollegeBasketball. Minnesota will play Massachusetts on the campus of Long Island University-Brooklyn at 11 a.m. Friday and Alabama on the home court of the Brooklyn Nets at 4 p.m. Saturday.