They will wheel Jordan Devey to a surgical suite at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, Sunday. Friends, family and hospital staff members will line the hall.

“It’s called the honor walk,” said Leslie Devey, Jordan’s mother. “When someone has made the choice to be an organ donor, it is a way to honor that choice.”

Devey — the former University of Memphis offensive lineman who went on to a long NFL career — died by suicide Wednesday.

A physician declared him brain dead.

Since then, his body has been kept on life support to make a whole array of healthy organs available to save an untold number of strangers.

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“So Jordan is still with us today,” said Leslie, on the phone from the hospital Saturday. “Tomorrow, we will say our final goodbyes. And we will be able to let the surgical team know a little bit about Jordan; about what made him the special person he was.”

He was a husband to Linsey and the father of four young children.

He was the MVP of the 2012 Memphis football team.

He was a San Francisco 49er, a Kansas City Chief, an Oakland Raider and a Buffalo Bill.

As a member of the 2014 New England Patriots, he was a Super Bowl champion.

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He was a guy who never played a down of high school football — he played tuba instead — but took up the game because a friend he met on a Mormon mission to Costa Rica told him he should.

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He wound up at Memphis, where he started 24 straight games, was named second-team all-conference and won the DeAngelo Williams Award.

He wasn’t drafted, but persevered to play eight years in the NFL.

He is the only player to block for Tom Brady, Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes.

He coached high school football and a Little League team.

He quietly made sure he was an organ donor because he thought it was the right thing to do.

And, yes, Devey is also someone who made the devastating choice to take his own life at the age of 38.

Devey’s family wants people to know that, too.

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That’s why Leslie Devey took time to tell her son’s story Saturday; why she stepped out of a hospital room where she was spending a final day with him.

“Linsey wants to be very transparent and let people know Jordan chose to end his own life; he chose to hang himself,” Leslie said. “Linsey is the person who found him. She called 911 and she was coached through CPR.

“In fact, she was able to do such effective CPR that she was able to get his heart started. It gave us a glimmer of hope that he could overcome this attempt — but it was not to be.

“We suspect that Jordan possibly had CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) from all his years of playing football. Unfortunately, we’re not going to be able to test for that because — the way this played out — his brain is not suitable for testing any more.

“But he struggled the last two years. And he battled demons that he was really good at hiding. None of us really realized what was going on.”

Jordan Devey wouldn’t have wanted to burden anyone. That’s just how he was wired.

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The guy’s first year at Memphis, the Tigers went 2-10. But Devey — a newlywed! — loved the place.

“He went out to spring ball as a single person, came back, proposed to Linsey; they got married on the 24th of July and then it was right back to Memphis for fall camp,” Leslie said.

“He thought a lot of everyone there. He had a great experience.

“I remember one day, we were walking out after a game, and the equipment manager told us what a joy Jordan was.”

The NFL followed. Devey seemed to revel in those years, too.

“He loved football, he loved the game,” Leslie Devey said. “There is a clip of him from the Super Bowl describing it as a dream come true.”

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So when did that dream become something darker?

When did the CTE — if it was CTE — take its toll?

“We don’t know,” Leslie said. “He had been on anxiety and depression medicine, but you never know for sure. Jordan had a personality that was good at hiding. We liken it to Robin Williams — Jordan is that kind of personality. He likes to make people laugh. And he was a football player, you know? Football players are taught not to complain.”

That’s another reason the Devey family is being so transparent. Silent suffering doesn’t work.

“There is help out there,” Leslie said. “There’s mental health resources available. You can call, you can text, you can get professional help.”

Do they wish that Jordan had never played football?

“You do what you do in the moment,” Leslie said. “You don’t fully understand what can happen to you. Could he have taken different risks? Could he have protected himself more? We’re never going to be able to know that. But having more knowledge upfront enables you to be more of an advocate for yourself, to say, ‘Hey, coach, I have a concussion.’ The NFL is getting better and better, but more progress can still be made.”

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Last week was Jordan and Linsey’s 15th wedding anniversary. Leslie nearly offered to travel to Boise to give the couple a chance to get away.

“Let me tell you, it’s a big regret that I didn’t,” she said. “Could it have turned out differently if I had been there? We will never know.”

Instead, she is preparing for Sunday’s honor walk. During this impossibly hard time, it is a reminder of what her son was all about.

“We had no idea he had signed up to be an organ donor,” she said. “Linsey didn’t and I didn’t, either. But he wanted to make other people’s lives better. He made sure he was on the registry.”

Just like an offensive lineman, to give himself up for others.

“That was Jordan,” said his mother. “That’s what he did in his life.”

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Leslie found herself in the hospital gift shop the other day.

When she saw a pair of slippers, she knew she had to buy them for her son.

“They’re big tiger paws,” she said. “They’re furry, orange and black tiger paws. I think he’d love them. He’s wearing them now.”

— A GoFundMe page has been created to support the family. You can find it here.

— If you are struggling with depression, you can call 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.