Devin Marquese Bush Sr. (born July 3, 1973) is an American former college and professional

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player who was a

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in the

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(NFL) for eight seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s. Bush played

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for

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(FSU), where he was a member of FSU's 1993 national championship team. He was drafted by the

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in the first round of the

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, and he also played professionally for the NFL's

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and

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Early life

Bush was born in

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. He attended

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in Hialeah, Florida, where he was a standout high school football player for the Hialeah-Miami Lakes Trojans.

College football career

Bush received an athletic scholarship to attend

, where he played for coach

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team from 1992 to 1994. As a sophomore in 1993, Bush was a starting safety for the Seminoles'

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national championship team that defeated the

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18–16 in the

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. During his three-year college career as a Seminole, the team won three consecutive

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(ACC) championships, and Bush received All-ACC honors in 1993 and 1994. His defensive coordinator at Florida State,

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, later said Bush "was the most complete player he had ever coached."

Professional football career

The

chose Bush in the first round, with the 26th overall pick, of the

. Between 1995 and 2002, he played at both safety spots in his career for the

and

. He appeared in two

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s: the Falcons' loss to the

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at the end of the 1998–99 season, and the

' 23–16 win over the

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in 1999–2000. Bush had seven career interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns.

Coaching career

In April 2013, he became a football coach at

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in Pembroke Pines, Florida. On February 18, 2016, Bush became a defensive analyst for the University of Michigan under head coach

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, joining his son, Devin Bush Jr., who was part of Michigan's 2016 recruiting class, in Ann Arbor. On February 7, 2020, Ole Miss announced that Bush joined their staff as their director of recruiting.

Personal life

Devin Jr. was also a first-round draft pick in the

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to the

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. The Bush family joined (among others) the Mannings (

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), the Humphreys (

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) and the Matthews (

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, Bruce Matthews,

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, Kevin Matthews, and Jake Matthews) as families with multiple members in the National Football League.

NFL stats

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bush, Devin 1973 births Living people American football safeties Atlanta Falcons players Cleveland Browns players Florida State Seminoles football players St. Louis Rams players High school football coaches in Florida Hialeah Senior High School alumni Players of American football from Miami Sports coaches from Miami