Devin Bush Sr.

Devin Marquese Bush Sr. (born July 3, 1973) is an American former college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s. Bush played college football for Florida State University (FSU), where he was a member of FSU's 1993 national championship team. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft, and he also played professionally for the NFL's St. Louis Rams and Cleveland Browns.[1][2]

This article is about the former NFL player. For his son, current Steelers player, see Devin Bush Jr.

Devin Bush
Ole Miss Rebels
Position:Director of football recruiting
Personal information
Born: (1973-07-03) July 3, 1973
Miami, Florida
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:Hialeah (FL) Miami Lakes
College:Florida State
NFL Draft:1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 26
Career history
As player:
As coach:
  • Michigan (2016–2019)
    Defensive analyst
  • Ole Miss (2020–present)
    Director of football recruiting
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:410
Interceptions:7
Forced fumbles:5
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Bush was born in Miami, Florida. He attended Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School in Hialeah, Florida, where he was a standout high school football player for the Hialeah-Miami Lakes Trojans.

Bush received an athletic scholarship to attend Florida State University, where he played for coach Bobby Bowden's Florida State Seminoles football team from 1992 to 1994. As a sophomore in 1993, Bush was a starting safety for the Seminoles' Bowl Coalition national championship team that defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 18–16 in the Orange Bowl. During his three-year college career as a Seminole, the team won three consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championships, and Bush received All-ACC honors in 1993 and 1994. His defensive coordinator at Florida State, Mickey Andrews, later said Bush "was the most complete player he had ever coached."

The Atlanta Falcons chose Bush in the first round, with the 26th overall pick, of the 1995 NFL Draft. Between 1995 and 2002, he played at both safety spots in his career for the Atlanta Falcons, St. Louis Rams and Cleveland Browns. He appeared in two Super Bowls: the Falcons' loss to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXIII at the end of the 1998–99 season, and the St. Louis Rams' 23–16 win over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV in 1999–2000. Bush had seven career interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns.[3]

In April 2013, he became a football coach at Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, Florida.[4]

On February 18, 2016, Bush became a defensive analyst for the University of Michigan under head coach Jim Harbaugh, joining his son, Devin Bush Jr., who was part of Michigan's 2016 recruiting class, in Ann Arbor.

Devin Jr. was also a first round draft pick in the 2019 NFL Draft to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Bush family joined (among others) the Mannings (Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Arch Manning), the Humphreys (Bobby Humphrey, Marlon Humphrey) and the Mathews (Clay Matthews Sr., Bruce Matthews (American football), Clay Matthews Jr., Casey Matthews, Clay Matthews III,Kevin Matthews (American football), and Jake Matthews (American football)) as some families in the National Football League.[5]

NFL stats
YearTeamGPCOMBTOTALASTSACKFFFRFR YDSINTIR YDSAVG IRLNGTDPD
1995ATL113521140.0000100000005
1996ATL165850080.0110102020203
1997ATL168469150.0110104040407
1998ATL131713040.0200000000001
1999STL164235070.011024522.54515
2000STL136750171.0000000000003
2001CLE166243190.0110262314314
2002CLE54135060.0000000000001
Career116406316901.064071131645229

[6]

Key

  • GP: games played
  • COMB: combined tackles
  • TOTAL: total tackles
  • AST: assisted tackles
  • SACK: sacks
  • FF: forced fumbles
  • FR: fumble recoveries
  • FR YDS: fumble return yards
  • INT: interceptions
  • IR YDS: interception return yards
  • AVG IR: average interception return
  • LNG: longest interception return
  • TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
  • PD: passes defended

References
  1. "Flanagan High School sets sights on first playoff berth". Miami Herald. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  2. "Bush, Devin M." Who's Who Among African Americans  – via HighBeam (subscription required) . January 1, 2009. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  3. "Devin Bush". NFL. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  4. "Devin Bush named Flanagan football coach". SunSentinel. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  5. "Celebrating Fathers Day - The fathers and sons of the NFL". NFL.com. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  6. http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/847/devin-bush
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