{"id":778597,"date":"2026-02-26T23:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778597\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T23:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:08:15","slug":"former-lsu-football-player-devonta-lee-dead-at-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778597\/","title":{"rendered":"Former LSU Football Player Devonta Lee Dead At 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Devonta Lee<br \/>\n                          Former LSU Football Player Dead At 27<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              February 26, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:17 PM PST\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260226_135298deb8a74ed49029c6ee56f75750\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:bbb057fd-ddd7-4300-8dc6-9028ae9c27f0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/135298deb8a74ed49029c6ee56f75750_md.jpg\" alt=\"Devonta\u00a0 Lee getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Devonta Lee &#8212; who played college football for the LSU Tigers and Louisiana Tech Bulldogs &#8212; has died at age 27, his former schools announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The wide receiver was a star at Amite High School &#8230; and helped his team win a state championship in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260226_803f02f0770d4b7bbb713e4980a6834b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:bbb057fd-ddd7-4300-8dc6-9028ae9c27f0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/803f02f0770d4b7bbb713e4980a6834b_md.jpg\" alt=\"Devonta\u00a0 Lee sub getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was a top recruit in the state &#8230; and committed to LSU, where he played for three seasons.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lee went on to suit up for LA Tech in the final two seasons of his collegiate career.<\/p>\n<p>Lee was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a bone cancer, after getting checked out for severe back pain during the 2022 season &#8230; and kickstarted treatment, which included two surgeries and several weeks of chemotherapy and radiation.<\/p>\n<p>He was cancer-free a year later &#8230; and returned to football.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260226_f9c210316bdf4e9d99b57e14744dba66\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:bbb057fd-ddd7-4300-8dc6-9028ae9c27f0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/f9c210316bdf4e9d99b57e14744dba66_md.jpg\" alt=\"Devonta\u00a0 Lee facebook 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The LSU Football family mourns the loss of former Tiger, Devonta Lee,&#8221; the school said Thursday. &#8220;Our thoughts are with his family, friends and teammates. \ud83d\udc9c&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LA Tech added &#8230; &#8220;We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Devonta Lee, a former Bulldog wide receiver.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and former teammates during this difficult time. He will always be remembered as a member of the Bulldog family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Devonta was only 27.<\/p>\n<p>RIP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Devonta Lee Former LSU Football Player Dead At 27 Published February 26, 2026 1:17 PM PST Devonta Lee&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,49,48,88,9,266,4429],"class_list":{"0":"post-778597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-sports-news","14":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116139453690875783","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}