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A West Virginia University (WVU) assistant football coach once touted as the sport’s next big star has been arrested on a shocking strangulation charge and is now being held on $40,000 bail, according to the state’s corrections website.
Noel Devine, 38, was booked on Sunday at 12:45pm according to online records.
A product of Florida’s North Fort Myers High School, which produced NFL legend Deion Sanders years earlier, Devine was once among the top football recruits in the country. ESPN went so far as to label Devine football’s ‘next’ big talent at running back.
But despite gaining 4,315 rushing yards over four seasons with WVU, Devine went unselected in the NFL Draft. And although he got invited to Philadelphia Eagles training camp, he would ultimately settle for a four-year career in the Canadian Football League.
Devine ultimately returned to his alma mater in January of 2025 as the assistant running backs coach and offensive analyst.
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Noel Devine, 38, was booked on Sunday at 12:45pm according to online records
Forth Myers native Noel Devine enrolled at WVU as one of the top recruits in the country
