Exclusive: Jalen Hurts and Bry Burrows are engaged!

Jalen Hurts has been “on the books” for years, but he’s now officially off the market. ESSENCE can exclusively confirm that the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback is engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Bry Burrows.

The couple shared exclusive photos with ESSENCE from the day the star athlete popped the query, including a have a look at the romantic backdrop of the moment. It included a violinist, candles, and red roses scattered around. We also get a glimpse of the intimate moment because the two hold hands while searching to sea.

Burrows, who’s a synthetic intelligence partner at IBM, met Hurts while they were students on the University of Alabama; she is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and he’s a star quarterback in the faculty and a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. They have been dating on and off since then, going public with their relationship in 2023. She joined Hurts on the sphere after the Eagles won the NFC Championship and has remained a personal but crucial a part of his life. But the 2 left the sphere for one night to make their red carpet debuts on the Time100 Next Gala in October 2023, wearing black and megawatt smiles.

The glad news comes as people have been whispering a couple of possible engagement. It all began when Burrows showed up on the Eagles vs. Green Bay Packers game in São Paulo, Brazil, on Sept. 6 with an enormous rock on her finger. The girls celebrated online earlier, sharing their excitement for “our good sister.”

It was only a matter of time before he asked her to marry him, as Hurts told ESSENCE of their May/June 2023 cover story that he had known for a very long time that she was special. Make it something spectacular.

“I knew a long time ago,” he said. “I mean, up until this point in my life, it’s an irreplaceable feeling. I think that’s what got us to where we are now.”

We love black love normally, but there’s something special about college students finding their strategy to the altar. Congrats to the gorgeous couple!