Devon J. Still was born on the 1st July 1989, in Camden, New Jersey USA. He is a professional American Football player who currently plays as defensive end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). Devon Still has been playing football professionally since 2012.
How rich is the football player? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the overall size of Devon Still’s net worth is as much as $3.5 million, according to the data presented in mid-2016. At present he earns approximately $1.1 million per year.
Devon Still Net Worth $3.5 Million
To begin with, Still was educated at Howard High School of Technology where he started playing football in the position of standout lineman, but also as the captain of the team. During his senior year, Delaware Interscholastic Coaches Association rewarded him as the Lineman of the Year.
From 2008 to 2011, Devon represented Pennsylvania State University playing in the Penn State Nittany Lions football team under the guidance of the coach Joe Paterno. His career highlights and awards Devon received playing in the above mentioned team are the title of the Big Ten Champion (2008), First-team All-Big Ten (2011), Consensus All-American (2011), Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2011) as well as Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year (2011).
Concerning his professional career, Still was chosen 53rd overall in the second round of the NFL Draft 2012 by the Cincinnati Bengals. Devon debuted on the 10th September in the first game of the season, which the team lost to the Baltimore Ravens 44-13. His season as a rookie the player ended with eight appearances, none as a starter, recording 14 tackles, 0.5 sacks and forcing a fumble. In the next season his results were pretty similar, and he was cut before the 2014 season. However, after a few days he was resigned, as the team decided to help him financially, as his daughter was sick with cancer. Because of the daughter’s disease and his own serious hamstring injury, the player could not give all his effort to his team as naturally his thoughts were with his daughter’s fight against cancer. He spent days and nights at the hospital, staying with his daughter, meanwhile his team demonstrated their loyalty and support by raising funds to support the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
At the end of 2014, Still was moved to a position on the active roster. Meantime in 2015 it was announced that his daughter ws cancer free, and the same year Still, alongside his daughter received the Jimmy V Award for their fight with the above mentioned disease.
Subsequently, in 2016 he was cut by the Bengals, and signed a contract with the Houston Texans. The same year, it has been reported that Devon’s daughter Leah was still in remission.
Finally, in the personal life of the football player, he married Asha Joyce in early 2016; of course they already have one daughter. Still’s cousins Art Still and Levon Kirkland also play in the NFL.
