{{Short description|American football player (born 1984)}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | image = Mike DeVito Marine Corps.jpg | caption = DeVito with the New York Jets in 2009 | current_team = | number = 70 | position = Defensive end | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|6|10|mf=y}} | birth_place = New York, New York, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lbs = 298 | high_school = Nauset Regional {{avoid wrap|(Eastham, Massachusetts)}} | college = Maine | undraftedyear = 2007 | pastteams = * New York Jets ({{NFL Year|2007}}–{{NFL Year|2012}}) * Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|2013}}–{{NFL Year|2015}}) | highlights = * First-team All-Atlantic 10 (2006) * Second-team All-Atlantic 10 (2005) | statlabel1 = Total tackles | statvalue1 = 250 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 5.5 | statlabel3 = Forced fumbles | statvalue3 = 6 | statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue4 = 3 | pfr = DeViMi99 }}
'''Michael Ralph DeVito''' (born June 10, 1984) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Maine Black Bears. He played in the NFL for the New York Jets from 2007 to 2012, and then the Kansas City Chiefs from 2013 to 2015.
==Early life== DeVito attended Nauset Regional High School in Eastham, Massachusetts, playing tight end and defensive end from 1999 to 2002. DeVito also was a member of the track and field team.
==College career== DeVito played college football for the University of Maine. He finished his career at Maine with 112 total tackles and 16 sacks and was team captain his senior season. He earned All-Atlantic 10 honors at nose tackle for the second time after finishing the 2006 with 28 tackles and 7 sacks. In 2005, he was named to the Second-team All-Atlantic 10 after starting all 11 games at one of the defensive tackle spots recorded 34 tackles (20 solo), a team-leading 12.0 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, forced one fumble and recovered another. In 2004, he started all 11 games at nose tackle and made 35 tackles (16 solo) and 2.5 tackles for loss, and recorded a sack. In 2003 as a redshirt freshman he played in 10 games, with 15 total tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and one interception.
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 3 | weight = 298 | dash = 4.87 | ten split = | twenty split = | shuttle = 4.53 | cone drill = 7.50 | vertical = 33 | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 0 | bench = 31 | wonderlic = | arm span = | hand span = | note = All values from Maine Pro Day }}
===New York Jets===
====2007 season==== He signed as an undrafted free agent on May 12, 2007, and won a roster spot over veterans Bobby Hamilton and Kimo Von Oelhoffen. He made his NFL debut in Week 12 against the Dallas Cowboys and notched two solo tackles in a Week 17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. DeVito finished the season with 5 total tackles 3 of which were solo tackles. DeVito appeared in a total of seven games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mike DeVito 2007 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DeViMi99/gamelog/2007/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
====2008 season==== DeVito saw substantially more playing time appearing in all 16 games and recording at least one tackle in 14 games. DeVito assisted on his first NFL sack in Week 14 vs the San Francisco 49ers. The next week he registered a career-high 4 tackles in a victory over the Buffalo Bills. DeVito finished the season with a career-high 24 total tackles with 15 solo tackles.
====2009 season==== In early September DeVito signed a 3-year contract extension to remain with the Jets through 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sc |first=Jetsfan In |url=http://www.ganggreennation.com/2009/9/9/1023101/mike-devito-gets-contract-extension |title=Mike Devito Gets Contract Extension |publisher=Gang Green Nation |date=September 9, 2009 |accessdate=October 19, 2010}}</ref> DeVito lived up to his contract and had his best season registering a career-high 28 tackles. In Week 1 DeVito recorded his first career fumble recovery against the Houston Texans. DeVito had a career-high 6 total tackles (including 4 solo tackles) in Week 11 against the New England Patriots. In only his second career playoff game DeVito took down Philip Rivers to record his first full sack in a victory over the San Diego Chargers.
====2010 season==== Prior to the injury to nose tackle Kris Jenkins, DeVito was named the starter on defense and has received constant praise from head coach Rex Ryan alongside teammate Sione Pouha.<ref name="Personal">{{Citation|title=Mike DeVito: Just One of the Team |url=http://www.thejetsblog.com/2010/10/26/mike-devito-just-one-of-the-team/ |work=TheJetsBlog.com |publisher=SNY |author=Zimmerman, Lisa |date=October 26, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029044552/http://www.thejetsblog.com/2010/10/26/mike-devito-just-one-of-the-team/ |archivedate=October 29, 2010 |accessdate=October 27, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> DeVito was a fixture on the Jets defensive line for the entire 2010 season as well as the Jets three playoff games. DeVito received very high praise from ESPN.com's Jets insider Rich Cimini and was cited as "the most under-appreciated player on the team" as well as being regarded as a "keeper, for sure".<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/jets/post/_/id/4636/positional-analysis-defensive-end| title = Positional analysis: Defensive end - New York Jets Blog- ESPN| date = February 18, 2011}}</ref>
In the AFC Championship Game against the Steelers DeVito was credited with a safety when Ben Roethlisberger missed a snap which was ruled a fumble and then the Steelers recovered the ball in the endzone for a safety which made the score 24–12 in front of the Steelers but the Jets would lose the game 24–19.
====2011 season==== DeVito started on the defensive line alongside Sione Pouha and Muhammad Wilkerson. DeVito racked up 34 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, and 1 sack over 12 games (11 starts). In Week 1, DeVito forced a Tony Romo fumble in the fourth quarter, helping to secure an opening-week Jets victory. DeVito later stated that this play was the most memorable of his career.<ref name="Nania">{{Citation|title=Former New York Jets DT Mike DeVito recalls biggest moment of his career |url=https://jetsxfactor.com/2020/04/13/former-new-york-jets-dt-mike-devito-recalls-biggest-moment-of-his-career/ |work=jetsxfactor.com |publisher=Jets X-Factor |author=Nania, Michael |date=April 13, 2020 |accessdate=May 9, 2020 }}</ref>
====2012 season==== As Pouha was strained by a back injury, Devito played nose tackle for part of the 2012 season. The Jets struggled all season and finished with a 6–10 record.
===Kansas City Chiefs=== On March 12, 2013 DeVito signed a three-year deal worth $12.6 million with the Kansas City Chiefs.<ref>[http://www.kansascity.com/2013/03/12/4116031/chiefs-to-add-free-agent-te-anthony.html Chiefs agree to terms with free agents Anthony Fasano and Mike DeVito]</ref> Following a torn Achilles tendon suffered in a week 1 game against the Tennessee Titans in 2014, DeVito was placed on injured reserve ending his season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chiefs Announce Roster Moves|url=http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article-2/Chiefs-Announce-Roster-Moves/fe7c9799-b94e-408a-81e9-cb921f5395b8|website=KCChiefs.com|access-date=September 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907135137/http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article-2/Chiefs-Announce-Roster-Moves/fe7c9799-b94e-408a-81e9-cb921f5395b8|archive-date=September 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On March 16, 2015, DeVito restructured his contract to save the Chiefs $2.5 million in cap room.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chiefs defensive end Mike DeVito agrees to pay cut|url=http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article13119785.html|website=KansasCityStar.com}}</ref>
===Retirement=== DeVito announced his retirement on April 11, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|work=NFL.com|url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000651840/article/exjets-chiefs-de-mike-devito-announces-retirement?campaign=fb-nf-sf24139074-sf24139074|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414103207/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000651840/article/exjets-chiefs-de-mike-devito-announces-retirement?campaign=fb-nf-sf24139074-sf24139074|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 14, 2016|title=Ex-Jets, Chiefs DE Mike DeVito announces retirement|first=Conor|last=Orr|date=April 11, 2016|accessdate=April 11, 2016}}</ref>
===Career statistics=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Team !! Games !! Combined tackles !! Tackles !! Assisted tackles !! Sacks !! Forced rumbles !! Fumble recoveries !! Fumble Return Yards !! Interceptions !! Interception Return Yards !! Yards per Interception Return !! Longest Reception !! Interceptions Returned for Touchdown !! Passes Defended |- | 2007 || NYJ || 7 || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2008 || NYJ || 16 || 24 || 15 || 9 || 0.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2009 || NYJ || 15 || 28 || 20 || 8 || 0.0 || 0 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2010 || NYJ || 16 || 59 || 34 || 25 || 0.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | 2011 || NYJ || 12 || 34 || 27 || 7 || 1.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2012 || NYJ || 16 || 52 || 27 || 25 || 1.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2013 || KC || 14 || 28 || 18 || 10 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | 2014 || KC || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- | 2015 || KC || 13 || 19 || 13 || 6 || 3.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | Total || Total || 110 || 250 || 157 || 93 || 5.5 || 6 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 |}<ref name=ESPN>{{cite web|title=Mike DeVito Stats|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/10763/mike-devito|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|access-date=April 13, 2016}}</ref>
==Personal life== DeVito married his college sweetheart, Jessie Martin, in 2010.<ref name="Personal"/> He received a Masters in Philosophical Apologetics from Houston Baptist University. He is a PhD student in philosophy at the University of Birmingham, UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://furtheringchristendom.com/about/|title=About | Furthering Christendom |date=June 29, 2020 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/roster/Mike-Devito/43e85d41-59ed-4e5a-88d3-45c7e80b4540 New York Jets bio] *{{commons category-inline}}
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