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Ex-Chiefs D-lineman says his wife convinced him to retire due to conussion concerns

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Mike DeVito, a defensive lineman that played nine seasons for the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs, retired earlier this offseason. On Sunday, he revealed the reason he decided to call it a career at 31 years old to Siriux XM NFL Radio: DeVito's wife convinced him to hang up his spikes because he'd suffered too many concussions.

"If it was just me up here and I didn't have a family, my wife and two sons, that'd be one thing.