The Kansas City Chiefs are among the NFL teams grieving the death of former guard Jordan Devey, who died by suicide last week at 38, according to reports from ESPN, Pro Football Talk and other outlets.
Devey spent part of his eight-year career in Kansas City from 2016 through 2018, and he also played for four other NFL teams. His biggest on-field achievement came earlier with the New England Patriots, where he was part of the 2013-14 stretch that ended with a Super Bowl ring in 2014.
He entered the league as an undrafted free agent out of Memphis in 2013, first signing with the Baltimore Ravens before landing with the Patriots. Per Mike Florio of PFT, Devey’s NFL stops included the San Francisco 49ers in 2015, the Chiefs from 2016 to 2018, the then-Oakland Raiders in 2019 and the Buffalo Bills in 2020.
Across his career, Devey appeared in 44 regular-season games and made 21 starts. He played in seven regular-season games for New England during its championship season, then appeared in 15 games with nine starts for San Francisco the next year.
He retired in 2021 after appearing in one game for Buffalo in 2020.
A fundraising page has been set up for Devey’s family, and it included this message:
"Tragically, Jordan took his own life, leaving his family to navigate an incredibly difficult and heartbreaking time,"
Devey’s wife, Linsey, wrote on social media that he died days before the couple’s 15th anniversary.
His mother, Leslie, told Fox 13 in Salt Lake City that the family believed he suffered from CTE, according to the ESPN report, but that testing for the neurodegenerative disease would not be possible because of the way Devey died.
His death adds to an ongoing conversation around CTE in football and in other sports, with studies still continuing as more data is gathered. An autopsy is required to confirm CTE.
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