Former NFL linebacker and special teams player Bryan Braman, who rose from undrafted free agent to Super Bowl champion, died Thursday morning after a battle with cancer.

Super Bowl winner Bryan Braman has died at the age of 38 having been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in February.

"Bryan, people saw this enormous human being, but his heart was as big as his body," his agent Sean Stellato told NBC affiliate KPRC in Houston.