← 1981 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R5 · #117 OVERALL · DE

Byron Braggs

Drafted by GB · GM Bart Starr · Alabama

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Full-career context

These totals follow Byron Braggs across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played55
Games started14
Weighted career AV9
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons4

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1981 · Round 5 · #117

GB draft credit

GM Bart Starr

Team games41
Team starts14
On-team AV8
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Good+0.39 contribution5th of 25 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

A Good pick

Byron Braggs was Bart Starr's 5th-best of 25 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is +0.39. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Bart Starr's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
41
on drafting team · 55 full-career
Games started
14
on drafting team
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
8
modeled; full weighted AV 9
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Bart Starr's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Bart Starr pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Byron Braggs totals +0.39. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-5-4-3-2-10+1+298. Brown#98 · Robert Brown · aggregate +2.85Brown +2.9143. Swanke#143 · Karl Swanke · aggregate +1.7234. Lee#34 · Mark Lee · aggregate +1.10188. Clark#188 · Jessie Clark · aggregate +0.53117. Braggs#117 · Byron Braggs · aggregate +0.39Braggs +0.411. Lewis#11 · Tim Lewis · aggregate +0.07172. Whitaker#172 · Bill Whitaker · aggregate -0.0526. Cumby#26 · George Cumby · aggregate -0.12105. Turner#105 · Richard Turner · aggregate -0.1262. Stachowicz#62 · Ray Stachowicz · aggregate -0.17126. Meade#126 · Mike Meade · aggregate -0.2022. Hallstrom#22 · Ron Hallstrom · aggregate -0.2161. Kitson#61 · Syd Kitson · aggregate -0.23183. Whitley#183 · Joey Whitley · aggregate -0.3748. Drechsler#48 · Dave Drechsler · aggregate -0.39132. Thomas#132 · Bryan Thomas · aggregate -0.5887. Nixon#87 · Fred Nixon · aggregate -0.61160. Sams#160 · Ron Sams · aggregate -0.62152. Parlavecchio#152 · Chet Parlavecchio · aggregate -0.6435. Lewis#35 · Gary Lewis · aggregate -0.67104. Miller#104 · Mike Miller · aggregate -0.7171. Rodgers#71 · Del Rodgers · aggregate -1.31169. Aydelette#169 · Buddy Aydelette · aggregate -1.736. Campbell#6 · Rich Campbell · aggregate -1.924. Clark#4 · Bruce Clark · aggregate -5.72Clark -5.7

Incremental contribution by season

-14-12-10-8-6-4-20+21980 · Karl Swanke · incremental +0.121980 · Syd Kitson · incremental -0.001980 · Fred Nixon · incremental -0.501980 · George Cumby · incremental -0.731980 · Mark Lee · incremental -2.621980 · Buddy Aydelette · incremental -2.721980 · Bruce Clark · incremental -9.131981 · Karl Swanke · incremental +0.051981 · Syd Kitson · incremental +0.061981 · George Cumby · incremental +0.111981 · Byron Braggs · incremental +0.131981 · Mark Lee · incremental +0.461981 · Richard Turner · incremental -0.021981 · Gary Lewis · incremental -0.081981 · Bill Whitaker · incremental -0.121981 · Ray Stachowicz · incremental -0.361981 · Fred Nixon · incremental -0.411981 · Rich Campbell · incremental -1.821982 · Richard Turner · incremental +0.001982 · Gary Lewis · incremental +0.011982 · Bill Whitaker · incremental +0.031982 · George Cumby · incremental +0.071982 · Byron Braggs · incremental +0.101982 · Mark Lee · incremental +0.251982 · Karl Swanke · incremental +0.391982 · Ray Stachowicz · incremental -0.051982 · Mike Meade · incremental -0.091982 · Rich Campbell · incremental -0.101982 · Robert Brown · incremental -0.381982 · Chet Parlavecchio · incremental -0.511982 · Joey Whitley · incremental -0.681982 · Del Rodgers · incremental -1.501982 · Ron Hallstrom · incremental -3.311983 · Jessie Clark · incremental +0.031983 · George Cumby · incremental +0.101983 · Ron Hallstrom · incremental +0.141983 · Robert Brown · incremental +0.221983 · Byron Braggs · incremental +0.391983 · Mark Lee · incremental +0.441983 · Karl Swanke · incremental +0.631983 · Tim Lewis · incremental -0.091983 · Rich Campbell · incremental -0.101983 · Richard Turner · incremental -0.171983 · Mike Meade · incremental -0.201983 · Syd Kitson · incremental -0.261983 · Dave Drechsler · incremental -0.471983 · Chet Parlavecchio · incremental -0.551983 · Gary Lewis · incremental -0.611983 · Bryan Thomas · incremental -0.951983 · Ron Sams · incremental -1.021983 · Mike Miller · incremental -1.181984 · Tim Lewis · incremental +0.101984 · George Cumby · incremental +0.111984 · Jessie Clark · incremental +0.241984 · Robert Brown · incremental +0.261984 · Ron Hallstrom · incremental +0.281984 · Mark Lee · incremental +0.451984 · Karl Swanke · incremental +0.561984 · Syd Kitson · incremental -0.071984 · Dave Drechsler · incremental -0.151984 · Gary Lewis · incremental -0.311984 · Del Rodgers · incremental -0.591984 · Rich Campbell · incremental -0.801985 · George Cumby · incremental +0.051985 · Tim Lewis · incremental +0.101985 · Ron Hallstrom · incremental +0.301985 · Jessie Clark · incremental +0.331985 · Robert Brown · incremental +0.341985 · Mark Lee · incremental +0.381985 · Karl Swanke · incremental +0.581986 · Tim Lewis · incremental +0.021986 · Jessie Clark · incremental +0.051986 · Ron Hallstrom · incremental +0.311986 · Karl Swanke · incremental +0.321986 · Mark Lee · incremental +0.441986 · Robert Brown · incremental +0.561987 · Jessie Clark · incremental +0.211987 · Ron Hallstrom · incremental +0.231987 · Mark Lee · incremental +0.341987 · Robert Brown · incremental +0.491988 · Ron Hallstrom · incremental +0.301988 · Mark Lee · incremental +0.421988 · Robert Brown · incremental +0.601989 · Mark Lee · incremental +0.291989 · Ron Hallstrom · incremental +0.311989 · Robert Brown · incremental +0.561990 · Ron Hallstrom · incremental +0.181990 · Mark Lee · incremental +0.441990 · Robert Brown · incremental +0.601991 · Ron Hallstrom · incremental +0.311991 · Robert Brown · incremental +0.601992 · Ron Hallstrom · incremental +0.311992 · Robert Brown · incremental +0.58Lee -2.6Aydelette -2.7Clark -9.1Braggs +0.1Campbell -1.8Braggs +0.1Hallstrom -3.3Braggs +0.419807 players198111 players198215 players198318 players198412 players19857 players19866 players19874 players19883 players19893 players19903 players19912 players19922 players
Above expectationBelow expectationByron BraggsGM total -9.7Byron Braggs by season +0.6

How much retained production did Byron Braggs return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: DEs drafted within ±5 picks of Byron Braggs since 2010 (10 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-0.50Model value above slot113. BarnesDerrick Barnes · model value +0.2116. WoodenColby Wooden · model value +0.2117. BraggsByron Braggs · model value +0.1+0.1117. WonnumD.J. Wonnum · model value 0117. BryantAustin Bryant · model value -0.1116. GibsonThaddeus Gibson · model value -0.1116. UwazurikeEyioma Uwazurike · model value -0.3114. HandDa'Shawn Hand · model value -0.4116. Jr.Dorance Armstrong Jr. · model value -0.4118. RumphChris Rumph · model value -0.6122. SmithZa'Darius Smith · model value -0.6
Byron BraggsSlot-similar peers (10)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'82'84'85047111401Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1981GB1601
1982GB901
1983GB16146
1984TB1401
1985000

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