News: The underdog status. The charisma. The cultural connection. The viral moments. Doing it in the country’s biggest market.
All the ingredients have come together to make DeVito one of the biggest stories in sports. In some ways, it has transcended sports, making him one of the biggest stories in New York and New Jersey.
The Giants’ last-second, 24-22 win over the Packers on “Monday Night Football” introduced DeVito, the undrafted rookie quarterback who began the season on the practice squad, grew up in New Jersey and still lives there with his parents, to a national audience, and he delivered with his best moment yet in primetime.
