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- Travis Hunter and Leanna Lenee tied the knot at a luxury wedding venue in Tennessee on May 24
- The Jacksonville Jaguars rookie gifted his longtime partner a six-figure Mercedes-Benz during their nuptials
- Hunter and Lenee, who met as teenagers and have been together since he was in high school in Georgia, got engaged in February 2024
Travis Hunter and Leanna Lenee are married!
On Saturday, May 24, the Jacksonville Jaguars rookie, 22, and Lenee, 23, exchanged vows at The Barn at Faith Farms, a luxury wedding venue in Tennessee, according to The Daily Mail.
Returning to social media after a hiatus, Lenee, whose full name is Leanna De La Fuente, shared photographs of her white wedding gown as she posed alongside her husband, Sports Illustrated reported.
A video shared on X showed that Hunter bought Lenee a Mercedes-Benz AMG G63 Brabus 800 as a wedding gift. Guests could be heard cheering as the bride unwrapped the six-figure vehicle.
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Lenee wore two custom-made dresses by New York designer Justin Alexander for her wedding to Hunter, which appeared to have a black and white theme.
Her sister Alina served as her maid of honor, while her bridesmaids included her other sister Elisha, her brother Jalen’s wife Gabby, Hunter’s sister Ashley and four of her friends.
Hunter’s friend Fella was his best man, while his brother Trayvis, cousin TJ and Lenee’s relatives were among the groomsmen.
Before ending their special day with fireworks, the pair had their first dance to Alicia Keys’ “If I Ain’t Got You,” The Daily Mail reported.
The rising NFL star and Lenee have been together since he was in high school in Georgia, according to Sports Illustrated.
The now-married pair maintained their relationship as he went to Jackson State and then Colorado, the outlet reported.
Hunter and Lenee announced their engagement in February 2024. “A million times, yes 💍,” Lenee captioned engagement pictures shared on Instagram at the time.
Lenee was proposed to with a $100,000 ring, Sports Illustrated said. The couple then revealed they had set a wedding date while on the 2Legendary podcast.
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Hunter and Lenee’s wedding day took place a month after they walked the red carpet together at the 2025 NFL Draft.
Before the event, Lenee gifted Hunter a Rolex and a bracelet to celebrate the new chapter in his football career.
She had been silent on social media in the months prior to the outing after being criticized for staying seated when Hunter won the Heisman Trophy.
A video circulating on X at the time appeared to show Buffalo’s head coach Deion Sanders telling her to stand up and clap for Hunter.
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Lenee later defended herself on TikTok, and Hunter also responded to critics on Twitch.
“I know what I got. I know my girl. My girl’s been with me for five years,” he said at the time. “Y’all are just now starting to talk about me and just now starting to be with me. Come on, man.”
“Y’all hate on me and then y’all go hate on my girl,” Hunter added. “I feel the same pain that she feel. We’re unseperable [sic], we’re with each other. If she hurting, of course I’m going to be hurting.”
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