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Sydney Warner<\/strong><\/a> (n\u00e9e Hightower) immediately caught Fred Warner<\/strong>\u2019s eye after her early elimination from\u00a0The Bachelor<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n \u201cHe\u00a0actually sent me an emoji\u00a0[because] he didn\u2019t think I was gonna respond and that\u2019s why he got really casual, but it was sweet,\u201d\u00a0Sydney \u2014 who briefly competed on Peter Weber<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s season of\u00a0The Bachelor <\/i>in 2020 \u2014 exclusively told\u00a0Us Weekly\u00a0<\/i>in January 2022<\/a> of meeting the professional football player.<\/p>\n Fred, who plays linebacker on the San Francisco 49ers, popped the question in May 2021. The twosome wed one year later in June 2022<\/a> \u2014 with several of her Bachelor Nation pals<\/a> in attendance.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll never be able to express into words the magic of June 25th. The love and support that filled those walls was inescapable,\u201d Sydney wrote via Instagram<\/a> one month later. \u201cI am still in awe that I get to be this incredible man\u2019s wife and love him for the rest of our days. We will cherish these photos & memories endlessly.\u201d<\/p>\n