JJ WATT remains one of the NFL's most feared players on the defensive side of the ball.
The retiring Arizona Cardinals star, 33, recently shocked fans by revealing he'd gone into A-fib and had to have his heart shocked back into rhythm.
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Watt is a huge fan favorite and a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
He announced on Tuesday that he will retire from the sport at the end of the 2022 campaign.
And he's regularly cheered on from the stands by wife Kealia Ohai, who he first began dating in 2016.
A football power couple, Ohai is a professional soccer player and currently plays for the Chicago Red Stars.
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Prior to making it into the big leagues, the Utah native was a standout NCAA athlete at the University of North Carolina.
Ohai was the second overall pick of the 2014 NWSL Draft where she joined the Houston Dash.
She'd go on to score 28 goals in 114 games for Houston, before being traded in 2020 to the Red Stars.
Blind in one eye, Ohai was introduced to Watt by her sister Megan, who is married to JJ's former Texans teammate Brian Cushing.
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Originally hanging out as friends, their relationship blossomed and in 2017 they finally went public.
Ohai revealed: "The rumors are true. We are dating.
"I’ve known JJ for a really long time, and we’ve always been really great friend."
The sporting pair are each other's biggest fans, frequently posting snaps from their respective matches.
And after three years together, Watt plucked up the courage to pop the question in May 2019.
He revealed to his loyal 5.6m Twitter followers: "I'm the luckiest man in the world #shesaidyes"
Watt and Ohai got hitched on Valentines Day in 2021, at The Ocean Club - a Four Seasons resort - in the Bahamas.
The star-studded guests were treated to cocktails by a lily pond, a lavish sit-down meal and an in-house band through the evening.
'MY WIFE WAS BY MY SIDE'
Watt told his Instagram followers: "Best day of my life. Without question."
To top off an incredible period for the pair, the couple announced in June they are expecting their first child.
Watt spent nine seasons with the Texans after being drafted 11th overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
Hailing from a football family, his two brothers Derek and TJ both currently play for Pittsburgh Steelers.
After the game, he revealed how Kealia had been with him throughout his ordeal.
Watt said: "My wife was by my side all the time. So, that helped a lot.
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"I didn't know what else to do [whether to play or not].
"I have been playing this game my whole life...but if I was sitting at home watching the boys play and knowing that they said I was perfectly fine to play, I would have felt weird, so, I just did what I know."
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