Proposals appear to be all the fad, and in a peculiar flip of occasions, former Jets QB Zach Wilson’s ex-best buddy and ex-girlfriend bought engaged days after the quarterback popped the query to his girlfriend.
Dax Milne, a large receiver for the Commanders, and Abbey Gile introduced their engagement on Monday in a put up on the receiver’s Instagram account after he popped the query on a seaside.
The information comes simply over per week after Wilson and mannequin GF Nicolette Dellanno revealed that that they had gotten engaged throughout a trip in Italy.
The timing didn’t appear to flee some folks’s ideas contemplating the controversy surrounding Wilson, Milne and Gile.
Wilson and Gile had been highschool sweethearts however break up in 2022 earlier than it got here out in July that Gile had moved on to Milne, who had been a longtime buddy of Wilson and was roommates and teammates with him whereas at BYU.
Some social media customers referred to as Gile a “homie hopper” when it was revealed that she was courting Milne and in response, she wrote on Instagram that Wilson “was sleeping together with his mother’s finest buddy … that’s the true homie hopper.”
She deleted her Instagram account shortly after making the remark, and Milne blocked feedback on his put up about his new relationship.
Whereas social media couldn’t assist however have enjoyable with the accusation, Wilson by no means commented on the accusation, and it will definitely grew to become simply one other odd chapter in his tenure with the Jets.
Milne was chosen by the Commanders within the seventh spherical of the 2021 NFL Draft and was signed to a four-year rookie contract in Could of that yr.
He appeared in 13 video games and made 9 receptions for 83 yards in his first yr and had six catches for 37 yards and a landing in 2022.
Milne didn’t play in 2023 and handled a groin harm.
Wilson, the No. 2 decide in 2021, was traded by the Jets to the Broncos this offseason.