Jordan Devey, who earned a place on the New England Patriots’ 2014 Super Bowl team, has died at 38.
His wife, Linsey, announced the news on social media.
Devey’s path to the NFL was anything but ordinary. He grew up in American Fork, Utah, where he did not play football in high school.
Instead, he spent his high school years as an avid tuba player and as a member of the Cavemen’s basketball team. After a two-year mission in Costa Rica, he enrolled at Snow College in 2009 and then transferred to Memphis two years later.
Although he went undrafted in 2013, Devey still found his way into the league. He landed briefly with the Ravens before being released that summer, then joined the Patriots via their practice squad.
By the next season, he had worked his way onto the 53-man roster and started four of the seven games he played. At the end of that year, he picked up a Super Bowl ring as a reserve lineman.
New England traded him to San Francisco the following training camp, and his NFL journey continued from there. Devey later spent three seasons with the Chiefs, along with one season each with the Raiders and Bills. Over eight years in the league, he appeared in 45 regular season and playoff games combined.
After his playing career ended, Devey and his family moved to Eagle, Idaho. At the time of his death, he was serving as a volunteer coach and mentor at Eagle High School.
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