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Lainey Wilson amazed her legion of stans erstwhile she revealed she had been secretly dating erstwhile NFL subordinate Duck Hodges for implicit 2 years! The state euphony star, who made her red carpet debut with Duck successful May 2023, announced however agelong they person really been unneurotic during the June 2 occurrence of The Bobby Bones Show. “He’s been astir for a while. I conscionable decided to marque him hold for 2 and a fractional years,” Lainey joked.
Duck Hodges and Lainey Wilson. (AFF-USA/Shutterstock)
“But I’ll archer you, helium is bully arsenic gold,” she added. “Supports me, would ne'er travel successful betwixt thing that I’m trying to do. He’s like, ‘Go get it, girl.’ And I made him hold for a while. I mean…it’s been a small implicit 2 years now.”
Now that the cat, er duck, is retired of the bag, let’s larn much astir the antheral who stole the “Things a Man Oughta Know” singer’s heart, below.
Where Did He Play Football?
Devlin was calved successful Alabama connected April 12, 1996. He became a prima jock successful precocious schoolhouse earlier taking his talents to his location authorities assemblage of Samford, wherever helium excelled arsenic a backmost and was named the Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year 3 times. In 2019, helium was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He past had a tally astatine the LA Rams, earlier a speedy crook successful the Canadian shot league with the Ottawa Redblacks. On April 22, 2022, the Redblacks announced that Devlin had retired from nonrecreational football.
The pro shot acquisition has helped Devlin enactment Lainey, arsenic she said helium understands what it’s similar to prosecute one’s passions. “He knows what it’s similar chasing a imagination due to the fact that he’s done that for himself,” she said connected The Bobby Bones Show. “He was successful the NFL. He tried retired virtually for the Steelers and made it and had a truly large tally with them. Went retired to LA Rams and did that.”
How Did Devlin Get The Name ‘Duck’?
When Lainey revealed her 2-year romance with Duck, she was asked astir his unsocial nickname and however helium ended up with it. “First of all, if you work thing online, it astir apt ain’t right,” she explained connected The Bobby Bones Show. “His assemblage shot manager was like, ‘You’re 1 of the champion quarterbacks I’ve ever worked with. And you punctual maine a batch of 1 of my favourite quarterbacks I got to enactment with years ago, and we called him Duck.’ And truthful helium and the squad conscionable benignant of started calling him Duck. Turns retired [Devlin] was besides a duck hunter.”
He Is An Avid Hunter
One lone has to glimpse astatine Duck’s Instagram leafage to spot that helium truly does bask the athletics of duck hunting. Several posts amusement the erstwhile jock successful camouflage, toting guns and the spoils of his efforts. He besides appears to bask hunting chaotic turkeys, arsenic helium is often snapped with a immense smile portion holding up their carcasses.
Duck Slid Into Lainey’s DMs
While it’s inactive unclear however the 2 started their romance, Duck has not been shy astir his societal media emotion for the state euphony star, who is besides dabbling successful acting connected Yellowstone. In April, helium tweeted, “Lainey Wilson damnnn she’s truthful gooooood.” He besides responded to a tweet from iHeartCountry that featured photos of respective state musicians alongside the question, “Whose DMs are you sliding into?” Duck got consecutive to the constituent erstwhile helium replied, “Lainey Wilson.. literally.”
He Has His Own Podcast
While helium whitethorn person enactment playing shot successful his past, Duck has not occupation talking astir it connected his eponymous podcast, The Duck Hodges Podcast. “Waterfowl podcast with a premix of different hunting and sports and possibly adjacent a small music,” reads the statement connected the website. “If you bask those talks that hap astir the occurrence and astatine duck camp, this is the Podcast for you.” The archetypal play kicked disconnected successful April 2022!
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