The NCAA has selected O.J. Brigance as one of two recipients for its annual Inspiration Award.
Brigance, the Ravens senior advisor to player engagement, will be recognized at the NCAA Honors Celebration Friday in San Antonio.
Brigance played his college football at Rice University before going on to play professionally in both the NFL and the Canadian Football League. After his seven-year NFL career, Brigance returned to the Ravens in 2004 to work in player development and has been with the team since that time.
Brigance is in the middle of a fight with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), and he was diagnosed with the illness in 2007.