Ex-Colts punter Pat McAfee's marriage proposal includes waterfall, helicopter

Published: Monday, February 11, 2019 @ 2:01 PM
By: Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

Former NFL punter Pat McAfee had plenty to celebrate about this weekend, signng a deal with the WWE and proposing to his girlfriend. Andy Lyons/Getty Images
Former NFL punter Pat McAfee had plenty to celebrate about this weekend, signng a deal with the WWE and proposing to his girlfriend.(Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

— Former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee pulled out all the stops when he proposed to his girlfriend over the weekend.

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McAfee, who tweeted Thursday he was joining World Wrestling Entertainment, took Samantha Lundy to Hawaii, WXIN reported. The couple took a helicopter to a waterfall, where McAfee popped the question, the television station reported.

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McAfree, known as “The Boomstick” during his eight-season NFL career with the Colts (2009-2016), tweeted that the couple “smiled, laughed and cried a bit” before they sat down to sandwiches at a table in front of the waterfall. 

“Yesterday was awesome,” McAfee wrote. “I’m the luckiest dude on this here planet.”