Jowon Briggs
American football player
Jowon Briggs (born September 1, 2001) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers and Cincinnati Bearcats and was selected by the Browns in the seventh round of the 2024 NFL draft.
Early life
Briggs was born on September 1, 2001, and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Walnut Hills High School alongside aspiring Play-by-Play Broadcaster Alex Perez, and was a standout defensive tackle, being named first-team All-ECC and All-SWO District as a junior and the ECC Defensive Player of the Year, first-team All-State and first-team All-SWO District as a senior. He competed at several all-star games, including the Under Armour All-America Game. Highly recruited, he was ranked as a four-star prospect, the 59th-best player nationally, the fifth-best defensive tackle and the second-best player from Ohio by 247Sports. He committed to play college football for the Virginia Cavaliers over numerous other offers that included the Ohio State Buckeyes and Michigan Wolverines.
Briggs is member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
College career
Briggs started the first game of his true freshman season at Virginia in 2019, becoming the first freshman on the defensive line to start for the team in the opener since 1986. He ended the season with 19 tackles and a sack and was named a mid-season Freshman All-American.
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