Eagles' A.J. Brown proposes, with assist from John Legend
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown earned one ring earlier this year and gave away another over the weekend.
Brown, 27, announced Sunday that he proposed to his girlfriend, Kelsey Riley, at the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia. In attendance on Saturday were several teammates, friends, family and Grammy Award winner John Legend to serenade Riley on piano with "All of Me."
Riley, however, posted on social media that she did not "hear a thing he was singing," and Brown had to note that Legend was there.
Legend made sure all parties will remember that he, indeed, was in attendance.
"Congratulations to you both," Legend wrote in the comments of Brown and Riley's joint post. "Thank you for including me."
Love apparently is in the air in "The City of Brotherly Love," as two-time All-Pro Lane Johnson recently announced his own engagement to Kelsey Holmer. Star quarterback Jalen Hurts also recently was married to Bry Burrows.
Brown, Hurts and Johnson helped the Eagles defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX in February.
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