College sweethearts Joe Burrow started dating girlfriend Olivia HolzmacherYears before Super Bowl LVI, the Cincinnati Bengals faced the Los Angeles Rams.
Holzmacher was a Ohio State University student when the football player met Holzmacher. While the pair both kicked off their time as Buckeyes in 2015, they didn’t start dating until 2017.
“10/10 … 1 being the best,” she joked in a caption from the field at Ohio Stadium in August 2017.
One year later, they celebrated the first anniversary.
“Three hundred sixty five days xoxo,” she captioned a black-and-white snap via Instagram in August 2018.
Burrow graduated from OSU earlier that year. To become the Tigers’ quarterback, Burrow enrolled at Louisiana State University.
“The first chapter was a pretty great one,” he wrote in May 2018 via Instagram alongside a series of photos from his three years at OSU. “Now it’s time to write the next one.”
Despite their distance, they remained together and Holzmacher, who graduated OSU in 2019, cheered on Burrow when he won the National Championship with LSU. He was drafted by Cincinnati Bengals first overall in the NFL draft several months later.
“Tonight a new chapter starts for you!” she gushed on social media at the time. “Thankful to be by your side joe and to be a part of the the past three seasons. I’ve had the best experiences and met the best people along the way. I’m so excited for the possibilities. Tonight will be once in a lifetime night for you.”
Fast-forward to 2022 and Burrow is set to appear in his first Super Bowl — and the Bengals’ first Big Game since 1988.
“Coming into this week, game prep, it just feels like another week,” he told the press in February 2022. ”Obviously, it’s the Super Bowl and we’re gonna have to try to eliminate as many distractions as we can, but it feels normal.”
Holzmacher will cheer him on. She posted a photo from California days before the Super Bowl at SoFi stadium.
Scroll down to see a timeline of their relationship.
