Jordan Devey, a retired NFL offensive lineman who won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots, died on July 21, 2026, at age 38. A GoFundMe page set up to support his wife, Linsey, and their four young children states that Devey took his own life The Guardian. Reuters corroborated the cause of death in a report published July 25 Reuters.

Devey's mother, Leslie Devey, told Fox 13 in Salt Lake City that she believed CTE — the degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head impacts — contributed to her son's death. That connection has not been independently confirmed. CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, can only be definitively diagnosed after death through examination of brain tissue.

Devey's path to the NFL was anything but conventional. He did not play high school football, having given up the sport after junior high. A childhood condition that causes knee inflammation and pain in children and teens kept him off the field. He played tuba in the school band instead. After a two-year mission with the Church of Latter Day Saints, Devey enrolled at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, where he returned to football and played for two seasons before transferring to Memphis for his final two years.

He went undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft and signed with the Baltimore Ravens. The Patriots signed him to their practice squad that September and promoted him to the active roster in 2014. During New England's Super Bowl XLIX championship season — the one that ended with a dramatic win over the Seattle Seahawks — Devey started four games on the offensive line NFL.com.

In August 2015, the Patriots traded Devey to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for tight end Asante Cleveland. That season was Devey's busiest: 15 games played, nine started. His NFL career spanned seven seasons and five teams — the Patriots, 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs, then-Oakland (later Las Vegas) Raiders, and Buffalo Bills. He appeared in 44 games total with 21 starts, with his final appearances coming in 2020 with the Bills. Listed at 6-foot-6 and 320 pounds, Devey fit the mold of the massive interior linemen who do the unglamorous work of protecting quarterbacks and clearing running lanes.

After retiring from the NFL, Devey settled in Idaho, where he volunteered as a coach for his children's teams and coached high school football. The GoFundMe organized for his family describes him as a cherished member of the Eagle community GoFundMe. As of Saturday morning, July 25, the fundraiser had collected more than $92,000 toward a $200,000 goal. The Las Vegas Raiders publicly acknowledged Devey's death on social media the same day CBS Sports.

Devey is survived by his wife, Linsey, and their four children. The GoFundMe for the family remains open at gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-devey-family.

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