Former NFL offensive lineman Jordan Devey has died at 38, with his family confirming the news on Thursday and a GoFundMe page later stating that he died by suicide.
Per ESPN, Devey died on Tuesday, July 21. His wife, Linsey Devey, also shared the news on social media, noting that he died just days before the couple’s 15th anniversary.
“Today would have been our 15th year anniversary,” Linsey Devey wrote in an Instagram post. “We have filled the walls of our homes and hearts with countless memories, joys, struggles, and triumphs.
We brought 4 beautiful children into this world that have your eyes, freckles, and compassion,” she continued. You were our hero and our hearts ache in your absence.
We love you. We miss you.
And as you said in your last words to me, ‘We’ll talk soon.'"
The GoFundMe page set up to help support Devey’s family said, “Tragically, Jordan took his own life, leaving his family to navigate an incredibly difficult and heartbreaking time,”
Devey’s mother, Leslie, told Fox 13 that the family “believed that he suffered from CTE” but said they would not be able to test for the neurodegenerative disease because of the nature of his death. In a separate comment to Fox13, she said the family believed he “possibly suffered from CTE” and was “fighting a battle none of his loved ones ever saw,” but the family will not be able to test for CTE due to the nature of his death.
On the field, Devey’s NFL career ran from 2013 to 2020 and included stops with five teams across seven seasons. He appeared in 44 games overall, including seven for the 2014 New England Patriots, who won the Super Bowl that season. He also played 15 games for the 2015 San Francisco 49ers and later retired in 2021 after a stint with the Bills.
The Raiders, who had Devey on their roster in 2019, released a statement on his death Friday.
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