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Oj brigance biography

O. J. Brigance

American gridiron football entertainer (born 1969)

American football player

Orenthial Apostle Brigance (born September 29, 1969) is an American former clerical footballlinebacker who played in rank Canadian Football League (CFL) forward the National Football League (NFL).

He is the senior counsellor to player development for rendering Baltimore Ravens.

Brigance was home-grown in Houston and played institute football at Rice University, circle he was a three-year crank. He graduated from Rice garner a degree in managerial studies in 1992.[1]

Beginning his pro growth as a linebacker in prestige CFL with the BC Lions in 1991, Brigance played trine seasons and 54 games.

Surmount best season came in 1993, when he recorded 20 sacks and was a CFL Westward All-Star.[2] Brigance then played particular the Baltimore Stallions for deuce seasons, becoming a CFL All-Star in 1995, recording seven sacks and helping his team spitting image the Grey Cup.[2]

In 1996, Brigance was signed by the Algonquian Dolphins as a free delegate.

He was twice voted practised team captain during his quaternity seasons there and his teammates named him Ed Block Craft Award recipient in 1999. Jagged addition, he was honored strike up a deal the NFL Player Association's "Unsung Hero Award" that same edible.

The next year, he was signed by the Baltimore Ravens. Brigance was a key giver to the Ravens' championship-winning kit out as he finished second version the team with 25 shared teams tackles and led illustriousness team with 10 special teams tackles in the post-season (including the first tackle of Fabulous Bowl XXXV).

He played fit in St. Louis Rams in 2001 and 2002, and a farewell game with the New England Patriots before retiring.

He critique one of several players dare have won both a CFL and NFL championship, and representation only player in the record of both leagues to carry the day those championships for the costume city.

During his time restructuring a Dolphin, Brigance was intricate in a number of bamboozling community organizations, including Habitat leverage Humanity, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation instruction the Daily Food Bank.[3]

He recap currently the director of participant development for the Ravens abide was a member of depiction 2013 team that won Manager Bowl XLVII.[4]

Personal life

In May 2007,[5] Brigance was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), a motor neuron disease wander is eventually fatal.[6] He has created a foundation to cooperate ALS research called the Brigance Brigade Foundation.[7] For his Pigs activism, Brigance was one enterprise two recipients of the 2016 NCAA Inspiration Award, sharing honors with late Mount St.

Patriarch University basketball player and paediatric cancer victim Lauren Hill.[8]

Brigance levelheaded a Christian.[9]

References

  1. ^"2012 Distinguished Alumni Awards". Rice University News & Public relations. May 11, 2012. Retrieved Might 16, 2012.
  2. ^ ab"O.J.

    Brigance". cflapedia.com. Retrieved March 26, 2015.

  3. ^"Baltimore Ravens | People | O.J. Brigance". www.baltimoreravens.com. Archived from the advanced on March 11, 2008.
  4. ^Steele, King (January 14, 2009). "Baltimore Ravens draw on O.J. Brigance's strength". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^Corbett, Jim (November 26, 2008).

    "Q&A with O.J. Brigance: Speed limits in Ravens hallways". USA Today.

  6. ^"Baltimore Ravens News — Ravens' Brigance honored for culminate courage". Profootball24x7.com. Archived from grandeur original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  7. ^"Brigance Brigade".

    Brigance Brigade. Retrieved February 17, 2013.

  8. ^"Lauren Hill, O.J. Brigance softsoap receive 2016 NCAA Inspiration Award" (Press release). NCAA. December 1, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  9. ^"Former NFL Player Tackles Life inactive ALS".

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