Even if he doesn’t play football here anymore, former Detroit Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy has made a home in Detroit and is starting a family here.
"Detroit has become my home," Levy, 31, told the Free Press. "Detroit has grown on me, especially the last few years I’ve been here — the community, the people I’ve met, the culture here, kind of everything that’s been happening in the city.
"When you’re playing here in the city and you start to feel connected to it. You feel a responsibility to start becoming a part of the community as opposed to just being here.