Former NFL LB Bryan Braman dies at age 38

Former NFL linebacker Bryan Braman died at age 38 after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in February.An undrafted free agent out of West Texas A&M, Braman entered the league in 2011 with the Houston Texans. He played three seasons there before spending the next four years with the Philadelphia Eagles. He also played at Idaho and Long Beach City College.Braman’s final game was Super Bowl LII as a member of the Eagles, who defeated the New England Patriots. He proudly celebrated in the postgame celebration holding his daughters, Blakely (now 11) and Marlowe (eight), who survive Braman.Braman said after retirement that winning the Super Bowl win and his daughters were “the three greatest accomplishments in my life.”Braman’s agent, Sean Stellato, and former Texans teammate J.J. Watt commented on Braman’s death on Thursday.”Rest in Peace brother,” Watt wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Gone far too soon.”

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