Roy Devyn Marble is a professional basketball player. Roy Devyn Marble followed his father’s path and played basketball since high school. At present, he plays for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and EuroCup Basketball.

Early Life

Roy Devyn Marble was born on 21 September 1992 in Southfield, Michigan. Currently, he is 28 years old and his zodiac sign is Virgo. Moreover, his father is late basketball player Roy Lane Marble, Jr.  However, his mother’s name and other details are not disclosed yet.

His father was an American professional basketball player. Devyn’s father was 6’6″ tall and played as a shooting guard/small forward. He was most popularly known as a swingman.

In August 2014, his father was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer that began in his lungs. Moreover, his father was publicly vocal about his struggle with this terminal disease, while relocating his family from Iowa to his home state of Michigan. Sadly, he passed away due to cancer on 11 September 2015 at the young age of 48.

Devyn completed his high school in Southfield-Lathrup located in Southfield, Michigan, and joined the college at the University of Iowa from 2010 to 2014. He played professional basketball both in high school and college.

Early Career

While he attended Southfield-Lathrup High School in Southfield, Michigan, Roy Devyn averaged 22 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and two steals as a junior. Then as a senior, he averaged 24.5 points, eight rebounds, four assists, and 2.5 steals per game. Moreover, he was considered a three-star recruit by ESPN and he was listed as the No. 64 shooting guards in the nation in 2010.

During high school, he received a number of honors. Some of them are the 2010 OAA first, Oakland County Dream Team, and Michigan All-Star. Similarly, in 2009, he received honors for Oakland Red first team and All-State first team.

During college, he was a two-time team captain of the Iowa Hawkeyes. Devyn Marble finished his college career as one of only two Big Ten players since 1985–86 to amass 1,675+ points, 375+ assists, 450+ rebounds, and 175+ steals. He also finished his career ranking fifth in Iowa career scoring 1,694. He also made 432 free throws, sixth in assists (397), and free throws attempted (595). Moreover, he also recorded seventh in steals (176), while his 136 games played tied Melsahn Basabe for second all-time at Iowa.

Caption: Roy Devyn Marble playing for Trento in 2019. Source: Instagram