Country Music Star Lainey Wilson Engaged to Former Steelers QB

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Lainey Wilson performs on Saturday, June 8, 2024.
Lainey Wilson performs on Saturday, June 8, 2024. / Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK
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Country music star Lainey Wilson, 32, is engaged to former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Devlin Hodges, 28, the pair announced on Instagram on Wednesday night.

The couple shared the news in a joint post captioned "4x4xU forever," a reference to Wilson's song "4x4xU."

Hodges and Wilson revealed their relationship in May of 2023, but actually started dating in 2021, per People. The country star is fresh off a performance at the 2025 Grammy Awards, during which she honored late music legend Quincy Jones.

Hodges, also known by his nickname "Duck," played a total of eight games for the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 2019-20 season, throwing for a total of 1,063 yards, five touchdowns, and eight interceptions. He remained on the team's practice squad in 2020 before a brief stint with the Los Angeles Rams in 2021. He retired from pro football in 2022.


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Brigid Kennedy is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, she covered political news, sporting news and culture at TheWeek.com before moving to Livingetc, an interior design magazine. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, dual majoring in television, radio and film (from the Newhouse School of Public Communications) and marketing managment (from the Whitman School of Management). Offline, she enjoys going to the movies, reading and watching the Steelers.