{"id":858338,"date":"2026-04-07T06:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858338\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T06:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:12:33","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-heiress-gracie-hunt-gets-engaged-to-ex-nfl-players-son-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858338\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs heiress Gracie Hunt gets engaged to ex-NFL player\u2019s son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18c2804d557815ddc7f9ea302797fd0d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gracie Hunt is engaged to Derek Green, the youngest son of former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Trent Green.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL heiress, who is the daughter of billionaire Chiefs CEO\u00a0Clark Hunt, announced the exciting news in a sweet Instagram post on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was always you,\u201d Gracie, 27, wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/graciehunt\/p\/DWuptiZiXmd\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:alongside a series of pics;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">alongside a series of pics<\/a> from Derek\u2019s proposal.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Derek Green got down on one knee under a flower-filled arch surrounded by glowing candles and proposed to Gracie Hunt. Instagram \/ @graciehunt\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0bbce3ad1348778f5d179596dceddc33.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Derek Green got down on one knee under a flower-filled arch surrounded by glowing candles and proposed to Gracie Hunt. Instagram \/ @graciehunt<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Gracie and Derek (pictured here together in February) became engaged on April 4 after a year of dating. graciehunt\/instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/39ead69316cbe63c182a3502adf808ed.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gracie and Derek (pictured here together in February) became engaged on April 4 after a year of dating. graciehunt\/instagram<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The NFL heiress (seen here with her now-fianc\u00e9 last month) announced the exciting engagement news in an Instagram post Saturday. graciehunt\/instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/c843cc37d670897498f649afc8180a52.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The NFL heiress (seen here with her now-fianc\u00e9 last month) announced the exciting engagement news in an Instagram post Saturday. graciehunt\/instagram<\/p>\n<p>The photos showed Derek, 26, down on one knee as he popped the question to his now-fianc\u00e9e beneath an outdoor altar decorated with white flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Another featured the happy couple kissing, while a third showed the NFL heiress\u2019s emerald-cut engagement ring, which was encrusted with white diamonds and a single emerald stone along the band.<\/p>\n<p>The carousel of photos also included some of the pair\u2019s family and friends filming the proposal and clapping in celebration after Gracie said \u201cyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gracie\u2019s mom, Tavia, took to her own Instagram over the weekend to celebrate her daughter and future son-in-law\u2019s engagement.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The photos showed Derek (pictured here with Gracie last month) down on one knee as he popped the question beneath an outdoor altar. graciehunt\/instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/da6bd0c8d9a52e253a6e9dd73dfc83d3.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The photos showed Derek (pictured here with Gracie last month) down on one knee as he popped the question beneath an outdoor altar. graciehunt\/instagram<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Gracie is the daughter of billionaire Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt (seen here with his wife, Tavia, and Gracie and Derek last month). graciehunt\/instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0e6ac2bc9981d9a5d995e45383a265bd.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gracie is the daughter of billionaire Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt (seen here with his wife, Tavia, and Gracie and Derek last month). graciehunt\/instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re getting another SON!!\u201d the 54-year-old wrote on her\u00a0Instagram Stories. \u201cGracie Green has a nice ring to it!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tavia and Clark share daughters Gracie and Ava, 21, as well as a 23-year-old son, Knobel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForever looks so beautiful on these two,\u201d Gracie\u2019s mom continued. \u201cGod brought these two together in such a special way, and our hearts are overflowing with joy \u2026 We are so grateful for His hand in their lives and so excited for all that lies ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Gracie and Derek (pictured here together in February 2026) started dating in April 2025. graciehunt\/instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0f16b8a1e8c0338f98a89585f12610a8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gracie and Derek (pictured here together in February 2026) started dating in April 2025. graciehunt\/instagram<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Gracie (seen here with her parents and Derek in February) took to social media in July 2025 to say that she and Derek have been \u201cfriends since 2017.\u201d graciehunt\/instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/c635b0f908bf8c299200892982517c09.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gracie (seen here with her parents and Derek in February) took to social media in July 2025 to say that she and Derek have been \u201cfriends since 2017.\u201d graciehunt\/instagram<\/p>\n<p>Gracie <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/07\/celebrity-news\/chiefs-heiress-gracie-hunt-teases-new-romance-with-taylor-swift-lyric\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:first teased her and Derek\u2019s relationship;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">first teased her and Derek\u2019s relationship<\/a> in a since-deleted Instagram video of them together at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter meeting 7.5 years ago in this place\u2026 all along there was some invisible string,\u201d she captioned the clip while <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/02\/10\/style\/kansas-city-chiefs-heiress-gracie-hunt-reveals-how-she-picked-out-taylor-swifts-pricey-gift-and-travis-kelces-involvement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:quoting Taylor Swift\u2019s song \u201cInvisible String\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">quoting Taylor Swift\u2019s song \u201cInvisible String\u201d<\/a> from the pop star\u2019s album \u201cFolklore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, both 36, are also engaged. Kelce <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/26\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-engaged-after-2-years-of-dating\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:asked the \u201cFate of Ophelia\u201d hitmaker to marry him;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">asked the \u201cFate of Ophelia\u201d hitmaker to marry him<\/a> in August 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Gracie, meanwhile, returned to social media in July of last year to reveal that she and her now-fianc\u00e9 have been \u201cfriends since 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\u201cAfter meeting 7.5 years ago in this place\u2026 all along there was some invisible string,\u201d Gracie (pictured here with Derek in February) teased in an Instagram post last year. graciehunt\/instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"838\" height=\"1023\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/978be4de5311d10063d3d138ba1b052b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter meeting 7.5 years ago in this place\u2026 all along there was some invisible string,\u201d Gracie (pictured here with Derek in February) teased in an Instagram post last year. graciehunt\/instagram<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Gracie also included several nods to Taylor Swift (seen here together during a Chiefs game in December 2023) in her social media posts about Derek. Gracie Hunt\/Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1023\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a418900e7929577809e5f5ea4e8e87ba.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gracie also included several nods to Taylor Swift (seen here together during a Chiefs game in December 2023) in her social media posts about Derek. Gracie Hunt\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m dating my best friend,\u201d Gracie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DMLqwj4O7PW\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote in the Instagram post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">wrote in the Instagram post<\/a> with Swift\u2019s \u201cYou Belong With Me\u201d playing in the background.<\/p>\n<p>Before dating Derek, Gracie was with real estate broker Cody Keith.<\/p>\n<p>Keith wasn\u2019t seen at the NFL heiress\u2019s 26th birthday party in March 2025, nor in attendance <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/02\/08\/style\/gracie-hunt-reveals-beauty-secrets-ahead-of-super-bowl-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:for the Chiefs\u2019 2025 Super Bowl loss;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">for the Chiefs\u2019 2025 Super Bowl loss<\/a> against the Philadelphia Eagles that February.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gracie Hunt is engaged to Derek Green, the youngest son of former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Trent Green.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,16628,22561,7,16629,36569,118,110,2438,2437,6,109,500],"class_list":{"0":"post-858338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-clark-hunt","10":"tag-derek-green","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-gracie-hunt","13":"tag-instagram-post","14":"tag-kansas-city","15":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","16":"tag-kansascity","17":"tag-kansascitychiefs","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","20":"tag-travis-kelce"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}