Ciara's husband Russell Wilson is a match made in heaven. The power couple co-owns the Seattle Sounders Soccer Team. Wilson and Ciara started making headlines when they attended the 2015 White House State Dinner together.
They had a short, four-month engagement before getting married in 2016. The reason why they rushed to the altar might shock you…
The pair took a vow of celibacy until marriage. Then, just three months after their wedding, the singer announced her pregnancy. Wilson and Ciara tied the knot on July 6, 2016, at a castle in England after getting engaged in March of that year.
Sounds like it didn’t take them too long to figure out what to do because the couple has welcomed two children into the world since tying the knot.
Way back in 2016, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end had his own dating show on E! called Catching Kelce. Things didn’t work out with the winner of the short-lived show, but shortly after he met his now-girlfriend Kayla Nicole.
They went public with their relationship in May 2017 and love to show some seriously adorable PDA on their Instagram pages.
Kayla Nicole has a degree in broadcast journalism from Pepperdine University and hosts sports events from time to time. She also models and has competed in several beauty pageants.
The couple had heated up social media during quarantine with their TikToks of Kayla dancing as Travis plays Call of Duty behind her.
According to allegations in reports, Travis Kelce's on-again-off-again girlfriend Kayla Nicole ended their five-year relationship because she became weary of having to divide the bills with him. Nicole addressed the claims in the reports on social media stating “Not sure where y’all got this nonsense from, but it’s absurd and very false.”
Trevor Lawrence and Marissa Mowry got together before Lawrence even began his NFL career. The story is actually pretty sweet. The two have been together for years. They even took their high school senior pictures together! Then, it came to proposing, and there was no better place than the stadium.
However, the pair have a concern. Lawrence stated that they were worried it would ruin their $3 tradition. What is it? Well, the $3 tradition is where the pair go bowling for $3 games at the bowling alley in Greensville, South Carolina. It was a cheap date for them as they navigated their college relationship.
Mowry is an athlete herself. She played soccer in South Carolina for Anderson University — where the pair met. They aren’t shy about posting tons of pictures together, so Mowry naturally posted an emotional message soon after Lawrence proposed. It read…
“When I sat down and thought about our engagement day I just got overwhelmed with thankfulness that 1) I get to marry my best friend 2) He had the most detailed, sweet proposal planned 3) I have so many amazing friends who celebrated us all weekend and received so much love from everyone.”
JJ Watt and Kealia Ohai have reportedly been friends for years, but they took their relationship to the next level in early 2017. The Houston Texans defensive end popped the question in May 2019.
The adorable couple finally tied the knot over Valentine's Day weekend in 2020 with a tropical ceremony in the Bahamas. The couple made the announcement that they were expecting their first child together in June 2022.
Ohai is a professional athlete as well. After graduating college, she was selected as the second overall pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft by The Houston Dash and is now a midfielder and forward.
Fun fact: Her older sister, Megan Cushing, is married to former Texans linebacker Brian Cushing!
Although there was official confirmation of their relationship via social media, the New Orleans Saints player was spotted with a stripper who goes by the name Just Ace. Pictures of them in the Bahamas together made the rounds, and Kamara took to Twitter shortly after to address rumors about his love life: “People be so mad when you single and mindin ya own business”.
Apparently, it wasn't all great in...paradise? Hilariously, Alvin Kamara and Just Ace got into a huge spat, and that led to her bashing Alvin's manhood on her social media accounts. She wanted to tell the world that he wasn't as...big...as everyone thought he was. Yikes.
Just Ace works at Magic City in Atlanta. Her Instagram page is very colorful, both in the outfits (or lack thereof) and captions departments!
In 2020, Alvin Kamara announced how he had broken up with famed stripper Just Ace. He got together with a new girl (which is a pretty big upgrade) — Te'a Cooper.
After the fiasco with Just Ace, Alvin Kamara moved on (and in a big way). His new girl is none other than Te’a Cooper — WNBA superstar and Dwight Howard’s ex-wife. The pair confirmed their relationship by him showing up at her games and then posting on their social media accounts.
Te’a Cooper is currently a free agent, but she previously played for the LA Sparks. Her cut was a little surprising to say the least. Cooper also recently posed for the 2022 SI Swimsuit Issue, saying she was “authentically herself” in the magazine.
Tom and Gisele met in 2006 and tied the knot in 2009. Although they're now known as one of the most solid, long-lasting power couples in Hollywood, they've definitely experienced their fair share of ups and downs—one of which happened very soon after they started dating.
Gisele opened up about their trying time in her 2018 memoir: "Two months into our relationship, Tom told me that his ex-girlfriend was pregnant. The very next day, the news was everywhere and I felt my world had been turned upside down."
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen reportedly hired divorce attorneys in 2022, according to rumors.
Gisele is one of the top supermodels in the world. She was credited with ending the "heroin chic" era of modeling by replacing it with what Vogue called "The Return of the Sexy Model" in 1999, and she was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2000-2007.
Brady was a lucky guy while he was dating her, but now another guy is gonna scoop her up (probably).
The two athletes met at the ESPYs back in 2012 and have remained friends over the years. Rodgers broke up with longtime girlfriend Olivia Munn in the Spring of 2017, and Patrick broke up with NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. later that same year.
In her health and fitness book, Pretty Intense, Patrick shared that the couple enjoys working out together, playing games, and reading the same books.
Danica Patrick is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing, and currently, the only woman ever to win an IndyCar Series race.
She retired from racing in 2018, and she said on The Joe Rogan Experience that she froze her eggs as an "insurance policy", but apparently the relationship didn't work out. Aaron Rodgers was spotted with Shailene Woodley, but that didn't work out either. Now he's with another girl, and she's...interesting?
The new girl that Aaron Rodgers is someone who claims her name is “Blu of Earth.” Yeah, not Blue, but Blu. Honestly, we called her interesting, but that’s a bit of an understatement. The woman claims she’s a witch, a medicine woman, and….podcaster. Yeah, that’s the normal part.
She plays guitar, which is probably how she wooed Aaron to begin with. Some are speculating that Blue of Earth is the person that “immunized” Rodgers against COVID-19. Well, maybe she’s what he needs to start performing well, but only time will tell that.
The NFL star celebrated his 10th anniversary with long-time love Brittany Matthews by getting married in 2022. Matthews had marked the occasion 3 years before on Instagram with a cute picture of the two and a caption that addressed the big elephant in the room: “To everyone that’s gonna ask when we are getting married, the answer is whenever we want.” - And so they did.
They have two pit bulls together named Steel and Silver.
Matthews was an athlete in college as well and graduated with a degree in kinesiology. She now works as a personal trainer, and Mahomes even credits her with helping him decrease his body fat to below 10%.
Patrick and Brittany were engaged since September 2020. They were high school sweethearts and have been together ever since. They now have a baby girl together born in February 2021.
The connection between Rob Gronkowski and Camille Kostek is one of the most endearing in sports.
When he was a tight end for the NFL and she was a cheerleader for the New England Patriots, the NFL player and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model first met.
Kostek is a former Patriots cheerleader, and the pair was introduced after she quit the squad in 2015. The NFL star retired in the Spring of 2019.
Kostek told Fox News, “there have been times that we’ve joked around and I have said, ‘You could go back and play football, for the Patriots, and I could go back and be a Patriots cheerleader.’”
Kostek is a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model and joined Tyra Banks and Alex Morgan for the magazine’s 2019 annual swimsuit edition.
As of 2022, Rob Gronkowski and his girlfriend Camille Kostek have been going strong. The two had met while she was working as a New England Patriots cheerleader.
Mac Jones is coming for Tom Brady’s title – the “greatest of all time.” This was, of course, after fans posted a bunch of goat emoji’s on his Instagram page, and maybe the fans are right. What we do know is that Mac Jones and Sophie Scott are made for each other.
The two spend as much time as they can together, even getting away to Bermuda on vacation during the summer. The pair have been going out for a while, and Scott doesn’t seem flustered at all from all the fame she and her long-time boyfriend have gotten recently.
Sophie Scott is used to all the fame! She’s a famous model, physiotherapist, social media star, and Instagram influencer. When she was in college, she met Mac Jones, and they hit it off! They started dating in 2019, and it’s been love ever since.
The two haven’t revealed anything about marriage, but we’re guessing it’s coming. In her off time, Scott works as a physical therapy and occupational therapy aide at the University of Orthopedic Clinic & Spine Center. She loves what she does, but she loves going to football games even more.
Justin Herbert is known for keeping his relationships pretty under wraps, but that’s impossible since everyone is watching one of the best rookies in the NFL. This kid is already making waves, and it’s rumored that he and NFL Network broadcaster Taylor Bisciotti are an item. Why? Well, let us explain.
The rumors started when Justin Hebert was caught out with a pretty blonde girl of a similar size and height to Taylor Bisciotti. Considering the two have had several interactions, it wouldn’t be totally out of question. Is this alleged relationship actually happening, or are we hoping for a little much?
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We could see why Justin would be attracted to Taylor. She was born in 1991 and has already made a huge name for herself. She got an internship for ESPN’s SEC Network that allowed her to discover her passion for sports journalism, and she quickly rose the ranks from there.
She served as a host for Sporting News, and the NFL Network saw a chance to hire someone with massive talent. After being hired, she was the youngest on-air reporter that the NFL Network has ever hired. Naturally, she’s become a staple ever since.
According to ESPN, the Cleveland Browns quarterback was introduced to the Nebraska native by a mutual friend back in 2017. Although she turned down his advances for several months (he would reportedly follow and unfollow her on Instagram repeatedly, very charming), she eventually caved and agreed to go on a date with him before his final college football game.
They got engaged within six months of dating and were married in California in July 2019.
Up until she moved in with Mayfield in 2018, Wilkinson worked as a patient coordinator at a plastic surgery clinic in LA. Before then, she worked as a bartender.
These days, when she's not supporting her husband at his games, she's making money off of Instagram endorsements.
Congdon played basketball in high school and is currently attending Penn State University. She and their baby, Jada Clare, sometimes attend Barkley's games (and they both frequently appear on her Instagram!).
The couple shares a daughter together and they continue to support each other in their careers. As of 2022, the Giants picked up a sixth-year option on Saquon Barkley’s contract.
Cam Newton and Kia Proctor were together for a while. The pair had four children together, and all seemed happy. Unfortunately, it wasn’t so behind the scenes. Turns out, Newton was cheating on Kia behind the scenes, so the pair called it quits. Can’t say we don’t blame her.
Now, it’s rumored that Cam is going out with a girl named Jasmin Brown, and she’s pretty outspoken. She’s had tons of interviews where she’s stated she “pretty much read[s] his mind…before [he] can ever ask me for something, I’m already on it.” Jasmin has stated on social media is enjoys being submissive to her man.
Jasmin Brown, also known as Jazzy, is a comedian, actor, and influencer. Her most notable appearance was in A Miami Love Story and Always a Bridesmaid. It seems like she’s growing in popularity due to her relationship with Cam Newton.
During an interview, she was quoted as saying, ““I’ve been known to love people back to health, and sometimes it’s very draining, but my love is my superpower. And I used to hate that about myself… I love to see him eating the meal that I cooked. I love seeing him sleep easy. Every night, like clockwork. I scratch this mans back until he falls asleep.”
CeeDee Lamb is one of the most talked about players in the league for a good reason. Even in high school, he made headlines and was quickly snagged by the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. If Lamb is known for anything, it’s giving 110%. Another thing he gives his all to? His girlfriend.
Lamb and Crymson Rose are pretty new – they only started dating in 2021. The two have never spoken publicly about their relationship, and they don’t cross-post on social media. We know they’re together because Rose snatched Lamb’s phone in 2020, and they’ve been spotted in public together.
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Crymson Rose became famous in 2020 for snatching Ceedee’s phone, which was all gold from there! Who is Rose? Rose has sports in her blood. Her family is full of huge football fans, with her father being a football player in high school. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a four-year degree.
It is because of the phone-snatching scene, she quickly gained followers on Twitter and Instagram. Her following has grown to over 40,000 in total. She also has a modest YouTube channel where she documents her life and gives motivation to her viewers.
While neither of these two is “looking for anything serious at the moment” per E! News, they were spotted in Mexico together with a couple of friends. They’ve reportedly been “texting nonstop” for the past month.
Olivia Culpo is a fashion influencer and social media personality. She won the Miss Rhode Island USA competition and was later crowned Miss USA, and then Miss Universe!
Culpo is now a Sports Illustrated model. She also famously dated Nick Jonas, Tim Tebow, and most recently, Detroit Lions wide receiver Danny Amendola. (But more about that last one later..!)
Christian McCaffrey comes from a family of athletes. His father Ed McCaffrey, played college football and in the NFL. His mother Lisa Sime played soccer. His brothers play football as well for their respective universities.
The Green Bay Packers receiver married his college sweetheart, Devanne Villarreal, in June 2018. They now have a baby girl, who was born in September 2019. They made the announcement on his Instagram with a video of them popping off pink confetti to reveal the gender.
Davante and Devanne had been dating for a while before Davante started making his marriage plans clear in 2017. Even after he was drafted, Devanne pursued her career in college.
On her Instagram profile, Villarreal describes herself as an esthetician and dog mom. She enjoys posting pictures with her football-player husband, their dog, maternity photos, and flashbacks to their wedding day.
His wife continues to be a huge source of support for him in his career. He continues to play to this day and was selected for the 2021 Pro Bowl.
Ja’Marr Chase was drafted in 2021 by the Bengals as a wide receiver. He’s played various national-level football matches, but we’re gonna talk about him and his ex-girlfriend, Ambar. While Chase remains quiet about his relationships, Nicole spoke up in 2021 and everyone’s jaws drop.
Nicole claimed that Chase put his hands on “a pregnant female.” She continued to make claims on her social media account, even calling him a “PUS*Y” and saying he slept around. Neither of them responded to reporters about the comments, so we’re all left wondering what’s going on.
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Ambar Nicole is famous in her own right. She’s a fashion model and Instagram star. On top of that, she’s a social media influencer, blogger, and entrepreneur. When does she find time to rest? Soon after graduating high school, Nicole started her modeling career and has since worked with several agencies and brands.
After all the drama, she was at the forefront of media attention, but neither Chase nor Nicole have commented on the whole thing. Amber made her Instagram private after everyone started attacking her, and we can’t say we don’t blame her.
Ja'Marr Chase and Instagram beauty Jaslyn Michelle are said to be dating. There has been no comment from the rumored pair on the story, but based on Jaslyn's Instagram Stories, they may exist and be preparing to become public.
Ambar referred to him as a deadbeat father after learning about his new partner.
The new couple had been spotted jetting off to Vegas, Cancun, and Canada after initially exchanging flirty comments on Instagram. While neither has confirmed the relationship or posted about each other, the Cleveland Browns player does comment on Wood’s pictures from time to time.
Lauren Wood is not a huge celebrity but has had her fair share of time in the spotlight on MTV's Wild'n'Out. She is a model with over a million Instagram followers. The first child of Lauren Wood and Odell Beckham Jr. was born on February 17, 2022.
Lauren Wood is an Instagram model, and according to her Instagram bio, does some acting as well. She’s also super into fitness and regularly shows off her stunning physique.
Rumor has it that the couple has been dating for a while but the announcement was made somewhat public in 2019. The two support each other as Beckham is locked in a $25 million contract with Nike while continuing his NFL career.
Chase Young is yet another newcomer that’s been making huge waves. Young decided to declare the draft in 2019 instead of finishing his final year of college. That turned out to be a great decision since he was the top prospect of the NFL draft in 2020. He was invited to attend the NFL Combine and virtual draft.
We wonder how Sophie PIteo felt about that. Sophie is his longtime girlfriend! The pair met in college, and it’s a pretty nice story. Chase actually got suspended because he borrowed money from a friend to fly Piteo to the RoseBOwl in Pasadena. Wrong? Maybe, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Sophie Piteo is an Ohio State graduate who also has a love of sports. She played softball and basketball in high school as well as college. In 2020, she graduated from Ohio State with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Now, she’s a part-time technician for Giant Eagle, Inc in Columbus.
Piteo and Young haven’t shown marriage in the future, but he certainly loves taking her home to see his family. If that isn’t a serious commitment, we don’t know what is! You don’t just take any girl home to see your mom, do you?
Although the Houston Texans wide receiver is currently single, he did date rapper Iggy Azalea in 2018. Their short-lived relationship began via flirty comments on Instagram.
According to People Magazine, the day after Azalea confirmed their relationship in an interview with Y100 Miami, Hopkins tweeted "Ya'll [sic] know I can care less about social media, but ya boi is SINGLE!!"
Azalea reflected on the demise of their relationship with Yahoo Lifestyle later, saying that "the unfortunate thing is that when you're public, there are elements of everybody knowing [about your relationship] that don't exist when it's a secret...I'm used to it and it's my choice to be in this environment because I'm an artist, but people like DeAndre aren't artists and they don't want [attention]. And I understand that."
Apparently, there are no hard feelings; she also said that "he's a really good person. DeAndre is a nice guy, but eventually, you have to tell everybody because you can't keep your life secret forever. "
Ezekiel Elliot has been shoved into the spotlight, but it’s well deserved. He’s risen through the ranks as a great player. Unfortunately, he can’t keep his private life as quiet as he wants. Fans quickly found out that the Dallas Cowboys star is seeing none other than Halle Woodard.
Since then, their relationship has taken the forefront. The pair have been going out for a while, but they haven’t decided to get married yet. Rumor has it that Elliot’s mother approves of his girlfriend, so what’s stopping him from making it official?
Who is Halle Woodard? She’s pretty accomplished and certainly gorgeous. Woodard went to high school in Richardson and was an avid track and fielder. Then, she enrolled at Iowa State University and would graduate in 2013 with a degree in nursing!
We love a girlfriend that loves to help other people. That’ll be great to help Elliott through any injuries he might get on the field. She’s also a personal fitness trainer at Body Machine Fitness, so her great figure makes sense. She works at it daily. How does she have free time?
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver met his now-wife while attending Texas A&M. They married in 2016 after a two-year engagement and had 26 people in their wedding party, including Mike’s daughter, who was their flower girl. They’ve since added another daughter to their little family.
Mike Evans has two other children, Ariah Lynn and Amari Thomas, who they help raise together. Ashli regularly posts pictures of their family and has over 20K followers.
Ashli has a lifestyle blog, where she describes herself as “a wife, mother who just so happens to be a little bit obsessed with all things fashion, skincare, travel and food.” She regularly spotlights their cute little family on her Instagram—they all had matching pajamas for Christmas!
The couple met while attending Texas A&M and have been dating officially since 2014. They are going strong to this date.
Zach Ertz is a tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles who attended Stanford University and was drafted into the NFL in 2013. Like many of the football players on this list, he met his wife at Stanford but didn't propose until 2016.
The Philadelphia Eagles tight end and U.S. Women’s National Soccer star met at a Stanford University baseball game—he also proposed in the same stadium and they were married there four years later.
Julie Ertz is every bit as much of a star as her husband. She’s a FIFA Women’s World Cup Champion and plays as a midfielder for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League—which is the highest division of women’s professional soccer in the U.S. Zach even has a U.S. national team jersey with “Mr. Ertz” on the back that he wears to support his wife.
Julie Ertz has been on the US National Soccer team since 2012 and in 2015 she played at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Both she and her husband were featured in the 2017 Zach and Julie Ertz were featured in ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue after having gotten married.
This Bengals quarterback caught everyone’s eye, especially after his team won the Heisman Trophy. He’s one of the NFL’s newest and brightest stars. However, he’s a taken man! Olivia Holzmacher and Joe Burrow have been dating since 2017 when they met while attending Ohio State University.
Burrow left Ohio State in 2018 for LSU, but the pair were sure to keep their relationship going. Holzmacher can be spotted on the sidelines of LSU games, cheering on her man. Even when she can’t make the games, Holzmacher had a cardboard cut out of her placed in the stands.
So, who is Olivia Holzmacher? She’s one smart cookie! In 2019, she graduated with a degree in data analytics from the Big Ten school. Not much is known about Holzmacher outside of this, unfortunately. She’s a private person and prefers to keep her personal life on the downlow.
She doesn’t even post a ton on her own social media account, but when she does, she’s always cheering Burrow to the win. Holzmacher tries to make nearly every game, including the team’s Wild Card win over the Raiders.
Eric Decker is a wide receiver who played for the Denver Broncos, the New York Jets, and the Tennessee Titans. He played for eight seasons in the NFL. His wife, Jessie James was a country singer.
The power couple got married in 2013 and now have three children together. They briefly had a reality show on E!, but it was short-lived because Jessie got a couple of producers fired.
They met through mutual friends. According to the singer's book, Just Jessie: My Guide to Love, Life, Family, and Food, “he asked my friend for my number and texted me right away.” After talking over the phone for five weeks, the NFL star flew out to Nashville.
She told Elite Daily, “on the way to me taking him to the airport he asked me to be his girlfriend, literally like an 8th grader.”
It’s pretty rare to keep a high school relationship going, much less for a couple that has reached as much fame as Jonathan Taylor has. These hardships haven’t hurt Taylor and Ayanna, thankfully. The pair met in 2014, and their relationship quickly blossomed.
The pair posted each other on their respective social media accounts, and they even started a joint YouTube channel together called Ayanna Ly and JT. It had a modest subscriber base, but it was all they wanted as they posted a video every few months. They had better things to do (like Taylor joining the NFL).
What made Jonathan Taylor madly in love with Ayanna? It’s hard to see why not! Chapman was a hockey player while at Salem High. That’s actually how they met! She’s clearly athletic just like him, but it wasn’t what she wanted to do for a career.
She actually aspires to be an attorney and is working hard to make her dreams come true. In the meantime, she’s there for Jonathan Taylor. It’s expected that the pair will tie the knot soon, so she probably has a lot of wedding planning to get ready for!
The Detroit Lions quarterback married the former University of Georgia cheerleader in 2015. They have three children together.
To add they’re really taking the “in sickness and in health” part of their vows seriously…
Kelly recently underwent 12-hour brain surgery. In early 2019, she started to experience vertigo. An MRI revealed that she had a benign tumor resting on her cranial nerves.
Kelly has been extremely open with the healing process on her Instagram and claims that she and her husband “grew as individuals, as a couple, and as parents going through what we went through so I wouldn’t change it for the world…but I know I speak for both of us when I say we are very ready for football. So here is to season 11.”
Hill was accused of breaking the couple’s 3-year-old son’s arm in March 2019. In April, an audio clip of Hill telling his fiancé “You need to be terrified of me too, bitch” was released. To add this wasn’t the couple’s first rodeo; back in 2015, Hill was charged with domestic battery after an altercation with his then-pregnant fiancé. He pleaded guilty and was given a three-year probation sentence.
Despite Hill’s record and the evidence, The NFL later announced they would not suspend the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver as their four-month investigation couldn’t conclude that he had violated the league’s personal conduct policy.
The couple seems to have split since the incident, and Espinal is now getting child support for their twins and full custody with supervised parenting time for Hill. She met Hill when they attended the University of Oklahoma together.
The couple had gotten engaged in 2018 and while the chances of reuniting are slim, the NFL has not yet broken up with Hill, although they will re-examine if new evidence emerges.
The Miami-based painter and model Mary Isabel is the most recent woman to be linked to Tyreek Hill. They were spotted vacationing and surfing together in early March 2022. According to reports, Hill called off the planned wedding with another woman.
The circumstances of the couple's initial encounter are unknown, say sources. She was originally seen with Tyreek Hill when the Dolphins released a video of him flying to Florida. She was celebrating with him on the franchise's corporate plane.
Drew and Brittany started dating while in college at Purdue, but the football player hasn't always been so smooth with his moves! "I made a real fool out of myself when I first met her," he told ESPN the Magazine. "It was my 20th birthday and I'd had about 17 shots and put my foot in my mouth. It was a typical football player cheesy line—we'll leave it at that. It took me six months to get the courage to talk to her again."
Brittany told the same magazine that all her friends wanted to witness their first date because "he was That Guy Who Had Made Such a Fool of Himself. So he brought some of his football friends and we went to the movies."
First impressions aren't everything; the couple got married in 2003 and now has four children together. Brittany threw a surprise party in honor of Drew's 40th birthday—just hours after the Saints defeated the Eagles in the Divisional Round of playoffs.
She told The Advocate that the party was on a weekend "so it wouldn't distract the guys' preparation for the playoff games."
The Texan's defensive end has been dating makeup artist Najah Martin for several years now. Martin gave birth to their son, Jahlil, in October 2015.
Currently, Jadeveon Clowney is a defensive end for the Cleveland Browns. After playing for the Texans, he played for the Seahawks and the Tennessee Titans. Najah continues to be a valuable source of support and regularly posts about him on social media.
Martin is a makeup artist, but studied pre-med at the University of South Carolina. She graduated in 2014, the same year Clowney was drafted first overall by the Houston Texans.
After playing for the Texans, Jadeveon Clowney played for the Seattle Seahawks and the Tennessee Titans. Najah continues to be a source of great support for this talented player.
Antonio Brown is currently a wide receiver for the Tampa bay Buccaneers. Previously, he played for the Steelers, Raiders, and New England Patriots. Chelsie Kyriss is a social media personality with a huge following on Instagram.
Things are currently going well for the Oakland Raider and his girlfriend. They both have children from previous relationships and share one child together. They vacationed in Hawaii together and shared all their intimate moments on Instagram. However, things haven’t always been so peachy between them…
In January 2019, Kyriss accused Brown of domestic violence. No arrest was made, but Brown took to social media to clear his name and smear his girlfriend’s name. Shortly after, Brown asked to be traded from the Steelers after a feud with Ben Roethlisberger (who was initially the one who pushed the couple together!).
Chelsie Kyriss and Antonio Brown are still together, raising four sons and a daughter together, although the relationship certainly has its ups and downs.
In 2020 after Brown announced their engagement Kyriss replied to a comment “… we are not together love!" They are still dating.
The Dallas Cowboys player has been rumored to be dating Destiny Jones since he was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in 2015. They keep their relationship super private, but he has posted two pictures of her on his Instagram to date.
Destiny Jones is not to be confused with beauty guru and daughter of rapper Nas. Cooper's girlfriend is a psychiatrist and Alabama State University graduate.
Although she has the same name as rapper Nas’s daughter, they are two different people. In fact, not much is known about Cooper’s rumored girlfriend other than the fact that she graduated from Alabama State University in 2018 and is a psychiatrist.
The couple has not married and it is not known if or when they will. They do not have any children together either. But who knows what the future holds?
According to The Associated Press, Bell came home from the gym to find his closet "in disarray" and "all his jewelry was missing."
The names of the two women have not been released, but Bell posted an Instagram Story before the incident with the caption "MINE". Giana Milani and "Lil marlie" were tagged as well. Le'Veon Bell is currently single.
Fitzpatrick met his wife during their time attending Harvard. They tied the knot in 2006 and now have seven children together—which sounds like a circus to some, but Fitzpatrick's motto is apparently the more the merrier. He told the New York Post, “Each time I have another kid, it becomes that much merrier and more fulfilling.”
Ryan Fitzpatrick currently has a one-year contract with the Washington Football Team. He and his wife currently share a net worth of about $25 million.
The couple has more than just Harvard in common; Barber was also an athlete in college! She played soccer for the Crimson and was a captain during her senior year.
Ryan Fitzpatrick has said that his wife is his biggest fan and even gives him some pointers before his games. Sure, he's a successful quarterback, but that doesn't mean he doesn't need any help to stay that way.
Ben Roethlisberger, also known as Big Ben, is a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. His wife Ashley Harlan was a physician's assistant.
Roethlisberger and Harlan met way back in 2005, after her brother, a Steelers superfan, introduced himself to Big Ben. They later married in 2011, but not before overcoming some serious rough patches...
Roethlisberger was accused of sexually assaulting a casino hostess in 2008. Then, in 2010, he was accused of the same crime again against a Georgia college student. The charges were later dropped. Harlan, meanwhile, works in the cardiac surgery department at a Pittsburgh hospital.
The couple now has three children together.
After dating Nick Jonas and then Tim Tebow, Culpo set her sights on the Detroit Lions wide receiver in 2016.
They had a very on-and-off-again relationship, ending things for the first time in 2018 because he was traded to the Miami Dolphins (and Culpo didn’t want to move to Florida), but ended things for good in 2019, and it didn’t seem to end too amicably…
After the wide receiver announced his retirement from the NFL, Danny Amendola's girlfriend Jean Watts wrote him a touching message on social media.
The wide receiver was praised for his 13-year career, which includes two Super Bowl championships, by singer Jean Watts, who is the new girl that has been linked to Amendola since 2020.
Watts wrote "You are an inspiration in every form of the meaning" and "From where you started to now with the most perfect career possible. A true legend." on her Instagram Story.
When Culpo was spotted out with a new man soon after their most recent breakup, Amendola posted on social media that “the only thing I care about is her HAPPINESS. And if that’s dancing with scrony [sic] little f—cks, so be it. I’m happy too.” Culpo later responded to the pettiness by suggesting that Amendola wasn’t exactly faithful throughout their tumultuous relationship.
She posted a picture from an SI photo shoot: “This was one of my hardest days for personal reasons (as some of you may remember). I landed in Australia to shoot these photos with some info that rocked my world.”
The Indianapolis Colts quarterback married Nicole Pechanec, a field producer for NBC and ESPN, in early 2019. They both earned architectural design degrees from Stanford, where they met.
While at Stanford, Pechanec was gymnastic team captain and her mother was her coach. Meanwhile, Andrew Luck was a rising quarterback star.
Luck credits Pechanec for helping him get through a shoulder injury that caused him to sit out for an entire season back in 2017. He told Quarterback, "It isn't just that she was willing to do anything she could to help me. It's that she's tough. She knows what training is like, what it's like to feel pain, and what it's like to have to work really hard. There's no way I could get through those two months without her."
Pechanec also has a nonprofit called Nest that advocates for ethically conscious products and has a professional background in gymnastics.
The football star got engaged to Ashley Brown in 2010 and had a four-year engagement before finally tying the knot in 2014. Peterson has fathered anywhere from seven to nine kids with a few different women, including his wife...whom he met in college. One rumored mistress, who was pregnant at the same time as his wife, asked for $1.9 million in child support, according to TMZ.
Peterson’s alleged mistress (although it’s unclear if it’s the same one; the boy stays busy) came forward about an alleged affair with the football player in 2018. She exposed the dirty messages he sent her and claimed they had a secret relationship.
Both Peterson and Brown have yet to comment on the alleged affair(s). On a lighter note, Brown posed for Playboy once in a “Girls of the Big 12” series.
These days, she owns a makeup company called Elizabella Cosmetics and runs a nonprofit called A&A Peterson Family Foundation, which “aims to improve quality of life through resources and economic development.” Sounds like she has a very kind and patient heart to put up with her husband’s antics…
The NFL star and The Hills alum had their own reality show on E!, Very Cavallari, which followed them as they navigated Cutler’s retirement, Cavallari’s new business ventures with her jewelry store, Uncommon James, and life with their three children. Although they eventually became “couple goals,” they had a bit of a rough start back in 2009…
On the web series “A Drink With,” Cavallari shared that Cutler initially asked her out through his publicist. “I didn’t know who he was! I had to Google him. I was in the middle of filming The Hills so I was like, ‘I don’t want a boyfriend in Chicago,’ and I passed on it." Then a year later, they met in a more organic way at a Chicago Bears preseason game. They also got engaged twice in 2011 before welcoming their first child in 2012 and finally tying the knot in 2013.
Sadly, the famous couple announced their separation in 2020 amidst the coronavirus pandemic. They had just returned from quarantining as a family in the Bahamas. Jay filed first, on April 21st of that year. However, in her own divorce documents, Kristin listed the official date of separation as April 7th. Details surrounding the divorce were messy but ended with shared custody of their children.
Soon after the divorce, according to several reports, Jay Cutler was discovered "hooking up" with the wife of a close friend when they were on a family vacation, and the woman's husband is aware of it. The husband confronted the pair and learned it had been going on for a long time prior to his learning of it.
Todd Gurley works as a free agent in the NFL. In 2015, he was drafted by the St. Louis Rams, which marked the start of his professional career. Since 2020, he's been in a contract with the Atlanta Falcons
Olivia Davidson is a college graduate and fashionista who works for the Jessica Simpson Brand since 2015.
(Image via: Instagram; Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
Davison owns a boutique in Bozeman, MT, called Liv Lively, with her mother. She also has an Instagram account devoted to hair styling.
Although there have been rumors of a split this year, the couple has been together since 2015 and tends to keep the details of their private life extremely private.
