At six foot five and 320 pounds, Brian Waters, plays guard for the Kansas City Chiefs, is a four-time pro bowl guard, and most recently the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award, which is the only league award that recognizes a player's off-the-field community service, as well as his playing excellence. In 2008 he received the JB Award presented by the CBS host of The NFL Today James Brown for his contribution to the community, voted by the NFL Players Association and NFL Players.

Waters entered the NFL ranks as a rookie free agent with Dallas in 1999. He signed with Kansas City in 2000 and was a first-team All-Pro selection of the Associated Press, The Sporting News and Pro Football Weekly. He has played 147 games (133 starts) in his career with the Chiefs. He earned Pro Bowl berths following the 2004-06 and 2008 seasons.

Waters has helped pave the way for each of the top four individual single-season rushing performances in franchise history - running backs Larry Johnson (1,789 yards in 2006 and 1,750 in 2005) and Priest Holmes (1,615 in 2002 and 1,555 in 2001). He is also a sturdy pass protector who helped quarterback Trent Green earn a pair of Pro Bowl berths during his tenure in the Red and Gold. He became the first offensive lineman to ever be named AFC Offensive Player of the Week since that honor's inception in '84 after a dominating performance in a 56-10 win vs. Atlanta in 2004 in which the Chiefs registered an NFL-record eight rushing TDs. No guard in either conference had previously claimed that honor. He was named to the All-Foxhole Team of The Sporting News in 2004, a prestigious list of NFL tough guys who "you'd want fighting on your side in a foxhole.

He gained his share of the national spotlight after manhandling Ravens Pro Bowl linebacker Ray Lewis for much of the evening in a 27-24 victory on Monday Night Football at Baltimore in 2004. He paired with former Iba Award recipient, Will Shields in 2004 to form the first tandem of Pro Bowl guards from the same team since Larry Allen and Nate Newton did it for Dallas following the '95 season.

Waters started at center for the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europe the spring before earning a spot in the starting lineup for the Chiefs in 2001. He played in 44 career games for North Texas and earned first-team All-Big West Conference honors as a defensive tackle. He majored in Community Service at North Texas. He was an all-district tight end and defensive end at Waxahachie High School in Waxahachie, Texas where he grew up.

Waters' heart and passion led him to establish the Brian Waters 54 Foundation in 2004.

To date, his foundation has awarded 82 college scholarships to low-income students. Waters provides opportunities for underprivileged children and low-income families. He also personally donates hundreds of thousands of dollars to the foundation and has impacted thousands of youth lives in both Kansas City and his native Waxahachie, Texas. He serves as chairman of the Chiefs First Downs for Down Syndrome program, which raises $400,000 annually. He works with Promise House in Dallas, an organization that provides hope to youth and families in crisis. Provides tickets to Cowboys games, as well as school supplies, uniforms and other incentives to children in their programs. He "adopted" a group of homeless children from Dallas and brought them to Kansas City for a day of fun and learning. He also devotes his time to the Love Fund for Children, K.E.Y.E.S., Special Olympics, the Willa Gill Center, the Third and Long Foundation, the United Way and many other causes. He remembered his humble beginnings by sponsoring a Habitat For Humanity Home in Ellis County, Texas in 2007. And hosts free football and basketball camps in his home.