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Who is NFL QB Matt Ryan’s wife, Sarah?

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Pro-football star Matt Ryan is not only making headlines for his impressive plays on the field but also for his life off the field, particularly his marriage to wife Sarah Marshall-Ryan.

Fans of the sports icon are keen to learn more about the personal life of Matt Ryan and his relationship with Sarah Marshall-Ryan.

The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback first met Sarah while they were both students at Boston College between 2003 and 2007.

Reflecting on their first meeting, Sarah revealed to The Gwinnett Daily Post, “We met freshman year at Boston College. All the athletes there and all the teams worked out in the same building. So as cliche as it sounds, we first met in the weight room. It started out as a friendship. We’d see each other in the hallways and we had the same group of friends and one thing led to another.”

Their relationship blossomed over the years, and the couple eventually tied the knot on April 8, 2011. Since then, Matt and Sarah have welcomed twin boys into their family.

The exciting news of their pregnancy was shared on Instagram on November 21, 2017, with both Matt and Sarah expressing their joy at the upcoming arrival of their twins in April.

The couple later took to social media again to announce the birth of their twin boys on April 8, 2018. Matt shared a heartwarming picture of the newborns and captioned it, “Welcome our boys Marshall and Johnny. #Family #DadLife.”

After an impressive 15-season career in the NFL, Matt Ryan officially announced his retirement on April 22, 2024. The football star played the majority of his professional career with the Atlanta Falcons before being traded to the Indiana Colts in 2022.

Following his release from the Colts in 2023, Ryan signed a one-day contract with Atlanta and retired as a Falcon.

In a video shared on Falcon’s social media, Matt Ryan expressed his gratitude for his time in the NFL, stating, “So today, 16 years after being drafted, my childhood dream has officially come to an end. I’m honored to retire as a Falcon. You have no control in this profession in where you start. I am so lucky that my start and my finish was here in Atlanta.”

Matt Ryan’s retirement marks the end of an era in professional football, and fans everywhere are excited to see what the future holds for the former quarterback and his growing family.

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