Lainey Wilson married former quarterback Dak Hodges
15 may 2026 в 17:13
Lainey Wilson found her eternal love with former NFL quarterback Devlin «Duck» Hodges. In May 2026, the couple exchanged vows at a picturesque wedding in the Ruskin Cave in Tennessee, five years after their first meeting on a blind date.
«We were driving down the back roads of Tennessee and saw a billboard featuring Ruskin Cave», - Lainey told Vogue about their wedding location, adding that Duck asked her, «Do you want to get married there?» I replied, «Deal». We stopped by, checked out the place, and fell in love with the natural beauty of the cave and the simplicity of the location."
Lainey first introduced her relationship with Duck to the public when they walked the red carpet together at the ACM Awards in May 2023, more than two years after their romance began.
Read on to learn more about Duck and his relationship with Lainey.
Duck was a star athlete in high school before continuing his career at Samford College in his home state, where he excelled as a quarterback and was named Offensive Player of the Year in the Southern Conference three times. The nickname «Duck» was given to him by his college football coach, as Lainey shared on Bobby Bones' show in June 2023.
«His football coach said, 'You're one of the best quarterbacks I’ve ever worked with. And you really remind me of one of my favorite quarterbacks I worked with many years ago, and we called him Duck.' So he and the team started calling him Duck», - Lainey said. «It turned out that Devlin is also into duck hunting».
In 2019, Duck signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He then played for the Los Angeles Rams before quickly switching teams to the Ottawa Redblacks in the Canadian Football League. On April 22, 2022, the Redblacks announced that Devlin had retired from professional football.
Currently, Duck is busy working as a real estate agent. He is employed at Messy Oak Properties, according to his LinkedIn profile. Duck created his own Instagram page for real estate in February 2023, but it is no longer active.
Lainey and Duck started dating more than two years before they first appeared together on the red carpet in May 2023. Leading up to the ACM Awards, rumors about their romance surfaced. Lainey and all the members of her band wore Duck’s jerseys when they performed in Pittsburgh at the end of April, opening for Luke Combs. In the same month, Duck publicly supported Lainey on Twitter when she was nominated for the CMT Awards. He responded to a CMT tweet about who should win in the «Best Female Video of the Year» category: «Lainey Wilson, and it’s not even close!!» he enthusiastically wrote.
Lainey first spoke about her relationship with Duck on Bobby Bones' podcast in June 2023. «I'll tell you, he’s like gold», - Lainey said about her boyfriend. «He supports me, he would never get in the way of what I’m trying to do. He says, 'Come on, go for it, girl.' And I made him wait for a little while. I mean… it took just over two years».
In an interview with People magazine, Lainey explained why the couple waited two years to make their relationship public. «I said, 'We'll see if you’re really here for the right reasons.' It turned out that he was», - Lainey said. «Someone noticed how funny it was to see him greeting all my artist friends at the ACM, and I said, 'Those are his friends!'»
She continued, «He'll FaceTime me, and he’ll be with HARDY and Morgan [Wallen] and Luke [Combs], and I’m like, 'Stop stealing all my friends. They’re always going to be playing golf and drinking beer. I don’t need to convince anyone to love him. He’s such a charming guy.'»
Lainey and Duck got married in a unique cave wedding in Dickson, Tennessee. The bride wore an elegant dress by Oscar de la Renta, adorned with cherry blossom flowers along the corset.
Describing their special day, Lainey told Vogue that they «wanted it to be special and beautiful, but at the same time very welcoming and comfortable for our guests»
«We were driving down the back roads of Tennessee and saw a billboard featuring Ruskin Cave», - Lainey told Vogue about their wedding location, adding that Duck asked her, «Do you want to get married there?» I replied, «Deal». We stopped by, checked out the place, and fell in love with the natural beauty of the cave and the simplicity of the location."
Lainey first introduced her relationship with Duck to the public when they walked the red carpet together at the ACM Awards in May 2023, more than two years after their romance began.
Read on to learn more about Duck and his relationship with Lainey.
Duck was a star athlete in high school before continuing his career at Samford College in his home state, where he excelled as a quarterback and was named Offensive Player of the Year in the Southern Conference three times. The nickname «Duck» was given to him by his college football coach, as Lainey shared on Bobby Bones' show in June 2023.
«His football coach said, 'You're one of the best quarterbacks I’ve ever worked with. And you really remind me of one of my favorite quarterbacks I worked with many years ago, and we called him Duck.' So he and the team started calling him Duck», - Lainey said. «It turned out that Devlin is also into duck hunting».
In 2019, Duck signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He then played for the Los Angeles Rams before quickly switching teams to the Ottawa Redblacks in the Canadian Football League. On April 22, 2022, the Redblacks announced that Devlin had retired from professional football.
Currently, Duck is busy working as a real estate agent. He is employed at Messy Oak Properties, according to his LinkedIn profile. Duck created his own Instagram page for real estate in February 2023, but it is no longer active.
Lainey and Duck started dating more than two years before they first appeared together on the red carpet in May 2023. Leading up to the ACM Awards, rumors about their romance surfaced. Lainey and all the members of her band wore Duck’s jerseys when they performed in Pittsburgh at the end of April, opening for Luke Combs. In the same month, Duck publicly supported Lainey on Twitter when she was nominated for the CMT Awards. He responded to a CMT tweet about who should win in the «Best Female Video of the Year» category: «Lainey Wilson, and it’s not even close!!» he enthusiastically wrote.
Lainey first spoke about her relationship with Duck on Bobby Bones' podcast in June 2023. «I'll tell you, he’s like gold», - Lainey said about her boyfriend. «He supports me, he would never get in the way of what I’m trying to do. He says, 'Come on, go for it, girl.' And I made him wait for a little while. I mean… it took just over two years».
In an interview with People magazine, Lainey explained why the couple waited two years to make their relationship public. «I said, 'We'll see if you’re really here for the right reasons.' It turned out that he was», - Lainey said. «Someone noticed how funny it was to see him greeting all my artist friends at the ACM, and I said, 'Those are his friends!'»
She continued, «He'll FaceTime me, and he’ll be with HARDY and Morgan [Wallen] and Luke [Combs], and I’m like, 'Stop stealing all my friends. They’re always going to be playing golf and drinking beer. I don’t need to convince anyone to love him. He’s such a charming guy.'»
Lainey and Duck got married in a unique cave wedding in Dickson, Tennessee. The bride wore an elegant dress by Oscar de la Renta, adorned with cherry blossom flowers along the corset.
Describing their special day, Lainey told Vogue that they «wanted it to be special and beautiful, but at the same time very welcoming and comfortable for our guests»
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