From Las Vegas, Devin Short has appeared in every Major League Rugby season to date, Representing the San Diego Legion from 2018-2020, NOLA Gold from 2021-2023, and the Seattle Seawolves in 2024. On June 3rd, 2022, Short became the 21st player in Major League Rugby history to reach 50 caps in the competition and at just 23 at the time, he is the youngest player in history to reach 50 appearances in Major League Rugby.

Short began his MLR career with the San Diego Legion, with whom he scored 3 tries in 23 games (19 starts) between 2018-2020. Short then moved to the NOLA Gold, where he scored another 3 tries during the 2022 season, gained 903m beating 19 defenders. On the defensive side, he finished 10th in terms of tackles made, on 195 for a success rate of 90.28%. His 2023 season was significantly affected by injury, appearing in just 4 games during NOLA Gold‘s 2023 campaign.

On June 17th 2022, (a week before his 24th birthday) NOLA Gold announced that they had signed the Short to a 2yr contract through the 2024 MLR season. On 11th August 2023, Short was traded to the Seattle Seawolves in exchange for Seattle’s 1st Rd pick in the 2023 MLR Collegiate Draft (11th overall, used to select Hooker Gabriel Mahuinga out of Brigham Young University) and 2024 Salary Cap Considerations (details unknown). An autoimmune disease sidelined Short for roughly half of the 2024 season, making his Seawolves debut in Round 12 just as the Seattle back row was getting thin. He helped the Seawolves lock in the 2nd seed in the Western Conference, before breaking his hand in the Western Conference Semifinal against his former team, the San Diego Legion. Remarkably, Short returned to the Seawolves starting lineup just 2 weeks later for the 2024 Championship Game, making 11 tackles as they fell to the New England Free Jacks. Short made over 70 tackles and ran for over 200m gained in just 6 games in 2024, earning a Team of the Week selection for his performance in Round 17.

Achievements

• MLR Team of the Week: 2024 – Rd 17
• 10th in MLR Tackling: 2022 (195)
• MLR Team of the Week: 2022 – Rd 15
• 21st Player in League History to reach 50 MLR caps.
• 2019 MLR Runner-Up – San Diego Legion