Byron Braggs

Byron Charles Braggs (born October 10, 1959) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Green Bay Packers (1981–1983) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1984).

He attended and played football at George Washington Carver High School in Montgomery, graduating in 1977.

Braggs was the first African American to win the "Jimmy Hitchcock Award", named in honor of Auburn University's All-American football player, who also was a native of Montgomery.

Subsequently that entity became a part of the Department of Homeland of Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Today, Braggs is married and lives in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area and is a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, and participates with various civic, social and charitable organizations.