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Lainey Wilson<\/strong><\/a> might have a heart like a truck, but her fianc\u00e9\u00a0isn\u2019t dragging it through the mud! The country singer and Yellowstone<\/em> star<\/a> debuted her man, Devlin \u201cDuck\u201d Hodges<\/strong>, at the Academy of Country Music Awards<\/a> in May 2023. However, they\u2019ve been dating for much longer than that, and Lainey is slowly letting fans know more about their relationship \u2014 including why they\u2019ve been so private. Football fans might recognize Devlin, as he was once a quarterback at Alabama\u2019s Samford University and was later signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2019. He then signed with the Ottawa Redblacks in September 2021, although the team announced Devlin\u2019s retirement from professional football less than a year later, in April 2022. Today, Devlin sells real estate with <\/span>Mossy Oak Properties<\/span><\/a> in Louisiana.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to football, Devlin is known for his duck calling skills. He won the 2018 Alabama State Duck Calling Championship. <\/span>However, that\u2019s not how he received the nickname \u201cDuck.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHis college football coach was like, \u2018You\u2019re one of the best quarterbacks I\u2019ve ever worked with. You remind me of one of my favorite quarterbacks I got to work with years ago and we called him Duck,\u2019\u201d Lainey shared. \u201cAnd so the team just kind of started calling him Duck.\u201d<\/p>\n Though Lainey and Devlin only walked the red carpet together for the first time in 2023, they started dating around the beginning of 2021. In a June 2023 interview, Lainey revealed that she and Devlin had already been together for more than two years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The musician told <\/span>People<\/span><\/i><\/a> she wanted to wait to introduce him to the world because she wanted to see if he was \u201cin it for the right reasons.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTurns out, he is,\u201d Lainey added.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Before their red carpet debut, Lainey sparked speculation that she was dating the former NFL star in April 2023 when she opened up for Luke Combs<\/strong> in Pittsburgh. When the country crooner and her bandmates took the stage, they were all wearing Devlin Hodges jerseys, even though he hadn\u2019t played for the team since 2020.<\/p>\n In November 2023, Devlin joined Lainey on the red carpet<\/a> at the CMA Awards, where they twinned in matching cowboy hats. The two looked madly in love as they stared into each other\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n Lainey and Devlin met through mutual friends in Nashville and then went on their first date at \u201cthis old place called Silverados,\u201d she told People<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt had free beer and wine from 5 to 10 p.m.,\u201d she said. \u201cI was like, \u2018This boy likes to ball on a budget too. This is gonna work out.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Now, Devlin is happy to support his girlfriend in her rising country music career. \u201cDuck is the kind of dude who high-fives me on the way in the door and on the way out and says, \u2018Go get it,\u2019\u201d she continued. \u201cHe knows how important this dream is to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Devlin has even inspired Lainey\u2019s music in new ways, as she said, \u201cI was never really able to write love songs, because I don\u2019t know if I had actually felt it, but I\u2019m writing me some love songs now. I\u2019m grateful for him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The former football player has also proven himself to be Lainey\u2019s biggest fan. She often appears on his TikTok account. In one <\/span>June 2023 video<\/span><\/a>, he tagged along to one of his girlfriend\u2019s photoshoots and was mesmerized by her beauty.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWent to one of those photo shoot things with Lainey.. I\u2019d go to another one Yeah I\u2019m simping hard,\u201d he captioned the clip.<\/span><\/p>\n They are still going strong, and Lainey and Delvin announced their engagement<\/a> in an Instagram<\/a> post on February 12, 2025. \u201c4x4xU forever,\u201d they captioned the joint post, which included photos from the proposal and a close up of her stunning diamond engagement ring.<\/span><\/p>\n For the proposal, Delvin set up candles and rose petals on the front porch of a house. One photo showed the pair having an intimate conversation, while the couple embraced as she showed off her ring in other snapshots.<\/span><\/p>\n One year before their engagement, the athlete gave his then-girlfriend a special shoutout on social media ahead of her attending the 2024 Grammys.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cGrammys Night!!!!\u201d he captioned the post as he shared a photo of Lainey in February 2024. By April, the two stepped out for another award show evening, hitting the CMT Music Awards red carpet and looking smitten while doing so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In May 2024, while promoting her new album, Whirlwind<\/em>, in an interview with Billboard<\/em><\/a>, Lainey opened up about why she and Devlin decided to keep their relationship private.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it comes to mine and Duck\u2019s relationship, there\u2019s going to be some things that we can\u2019t escape and people are going to say and do whatever, but me and him are on the same page about the less we put out there, the less that we\u2019re going to have to deal with people making anything up and saying anything,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want to keep that as sacred as we possibly can between me and him, and so far, it has worked for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/p>\nWho Is Lainey Wilson\u2019s Fiance Devlin \u2018Duck\u2019 Hodges?<\/h2>\n
When Did Lainey Wilson and Devlin Hodges Start Dating?<\/h2>\n
How Did Lainey Wilson and Devlin Hodges Meet?<\/h2>\n
Are Lainey Wilson and Devlin Hodges Still Together?<\/h2>\n