Indiana Pacers player Tyrese Haliburton got engaged to his college sweetheart Jade Jones after proposing on the basketball court at their alma mater Illinois State University.

Tyrese Haliburton and Jade Jones met at Iowa State – he played basketball and she was a cheerleader – and have been dating since college.

Haliburton, 25, led the Pacers to the NBA Finals this past season, though he tore his Achilles in Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder and will miss the entire 2025-26 campaign. He was one of several star players to suffer that injury in recent months, with Jayson Tatum and Damian Lillard among them.