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Joe Burrow, Jessica Alba Dating Rumors Swirl After Late-Night Vegas Sighting

It seems that Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow might have an A-list love interest.
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Cincinnati Bengals star quarterback Joe Burrow has had a frustrating 2025-2026 season on the football field.

The 29-year-old former LSU Tigers national champion and Heisman trophy winner only played in 8 games last season because of turf toe, which required surgery. While "turf toe" doesn't sound like a daunting injury, those who have dealt with it know it's nothing to scoff at.

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Joe Burrow (9) | Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

While Burrow played fantastically when he was on the field, the fact that he was available for less than half of the Bengals' games meant that the team struggled as a whole.

They finished with a 6-11 record, marking the third straight season where Cincinnati didn't make it to the NFL playoffs after advancing to the AFC Championship Game in the 2022-23 season.

Joe Burrow
Joe Burrow | Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Given how big a star Burrow is, his personal life always seems to find its way into the spotlight. This was the case when Burrow got honest about his house getting broken into and robbed while he was playing the Dallas Cowboys in a Monday Night Football game in December of 2024.

In the wake of this news, it came out that supermodel Olivia Ponton was at Burrow's home at the time the home invasion happened. She had her mother call 911 after the thieves (who were later arrested for stealing more than $300,000 worth of jewelry, clothes, and other items from Burrow's house) broke in.

In addition to his house being broken into, the fact that Burrow's romantic life was revealed because of Ponton's involvement in the story also seemed to frustrate him.

Burrow prefers to keep his private life exactly that. But that didn't happen after Burrow was seen in public with another A-list celebrity on March 7.

Joe Burrow Spotted With Jessica Alba After UFC Event

Several prominent social media accounts have posted a photo of Burrow sitting with A-list actress Jessica Alba at a Las Vegas casino on Saturday night.

Several prominent social media accounts have reposted this photo. Alba, who announced her separation from her longtime husband Cash Warren in January 2025, is unmistakable. And it's clearly Burrow, because he was seen wearing the same outfit at the UFC 326 fight at T-Mobile Arena earlier in the evening.

Update: TMZ reported shortly after these photos surfaced that there is nothing romantic going on between Burrow and Alba. They were indeed together in Vegas for the "Zero Bond" social club opening, but were part of a larger group, and this photo happened to be taken during a moment when the two were together.

Alba is still in a relationship with actor Danny Ramirez, so these rumors with Borrow can be put to rest.

American actress Jessica Alba
American actress Jessica Alba | Brad Penner-Imagn Images

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Grant Young
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Grant Young covers the Athlete Lifestyle, Women’s Basketball, the New York Mets, the Baltimore Orioles, the Chicago Cubs, and boxing for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years.

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