The Lifelong Love Story Of Darius And Kayla Leonard

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“Claflin and South Carolina State have a fence that separates them,” she said. “We would hang out all the time.”


Meanwhile, Darius’ football career was taking off.


“He set this goal and he reached it, he set this goal and he reached it, and then one day he was like, ‘I’m going to play in the NFL,’” Kayla said. “And I was like, ‘Ok.’ I believed in him.”


By his senior year, Darius’ journey to the NFL had begun. And he knew he wanted to take Kayla with him. So, he didn’t waste any time.


“My senior day, all eyes were supposed to be on me - so it was definitely a great distraction. I called her to the middle of the field,” he said. “Then, I got nervous. I forget everything I was going to say. So I just asked her, ‘Will you marry me?’”