Donald De La Haye, better known online as Deestroying, is a former American NCAA American Football placekicker and YouTuber. De La Haye is known for his videos demonstrating his kicking ability as well as his sports-related skits and vlogs talking about his life journey.
In 2017, De La Haye gained notable attention as the placekicker for the University of Central Florida when the NCAA told him to delete his YouTube Channel in order to stay on the football team despite UCF vouching for him, as the NCAA forbids its athletes from profiting off their athletic ability aside from their scholarships. Faced with this dilemma, De La Haye ultimately quit the team in order to continue his channel.[1][2][3]
Content
Many of the videos on Deestroying's channel fall under playlists,including:
- Sports Challenges: Videos demonstrating his kicking abilities and bizarre kicking-related stunts. Occasionally De La Haye will tag along some fellow YouTubers, his friends, or his girlfriend.
- NFL players be like: Satirically impersonating NFL stars such as Odell Beckham Jr., Baker Mayfield, Jalen Ramsey and JuJu Smith-Schuster
- Football players be like: Comedic mini-skits on stereotypes of each position in football
- Vlogs: De La Haye first put vlog videos depicting his daily life on his main channel, but has since moved them to a new channel, Deestroying Vlogs.
- Story Times! De La Haye tells some of the most bizarre incidents in his football career and personal life, including getting into a fight with his coach, his first touchdown, and a crazy prom date.
- Road to the NFL Draft: Just because Deestroying was forced to quit football in college, it doesn't mean he hasn't given up his dream to go pro one day! De La Haye posts videos of himself training for the NFL Combine just in case a team comes calling.