Who Is Alix Earle's Boyfriend, Braxton Berrios? All About the Influencer's Romance with the NFL Player

Mar. 15, 2025

Braxton Berrios and Alix Earle attend The 2023 ESPY Awards on July 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty

Alix Earlemay have kept her relationship under wraps at the start, but she’s been public with her love forBraxton Barriossince the two confirmed they were officially dating in November 2023.

The TikTok creator began teasing her relationship with “NFL Man” in March 2023, but it wasn’t until November that Earle called Berrios her boyfriend. Since then, Earle has been open about her life with Berrios, posting peeks into their trips and dates together on her TikTok and Instagram.

“I really do appreciate NFL man, and he is the best and is so respectful of me and I’m trying to be my best self,” Earle said in a December 2023 episode of her podcastHot Mess with Alix Earle. “I don’t think we’ve ever had a fight about anything,”

In October 2024, the Miami Dolphins wide receivertore his ACLduring a game against the Indianapolis Colts. Berrios announced on Instagram that his “season is over.” Days later, Earle told PEOPLE she was flying back to Miami to be with him after his injury.

“He’s justalways been so positiveand such a good reinforcement in my life, so I’m happy to be able to be there for him,” she said. “I have no doubt he’ll come out on the other side even better.”

So who is Alix Earle’s boyfriend? Here’s everything to know about Braxton Berrios and his relationship with the influencer.

Berrios grew up in North Carolina, but calls Miami home

Braxton Berrios and Alix Earle attend the Super Bowl LVIII Pregame on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Kevin Mazur/Getty

Berrios was raised in Raleigh, N.C., where he attended Leesville Road High School. Though he had offers from a number of famous football schools like Ohio State University and Clemson University, he chose to play for the University of Miami, an hour away from where his father grew up in Homestead, Fla., he toldForbesin July 2024.

“The whole side of my dad’s family is from here,” Berrios said of Miami. “You can imagine when I was drafted to New England, my dad was very happy.”

He continued, “But he was like, ‘Oh, gotta root against my Dolphins.’ And then going to the Jets and having my family root against the Dolphins. When I signed with Miami, it’s kind of a full circle moment. And this is home for me.”

He is a wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins

Braxton Berrios of the Miami Dolphins is introduced prior to a game against the New York Jets at Hard Rock Stadium on December 17, 2023.Rich Storry/Getty

Rich Storry/Getty

“I didn’t [expect it],” Berrios toldForbes. “But this is part of the business — you learn not to have so many expectations — as sad as that is — and you have a loyalty to the team you’re with and sometimes they serve that and sometimes they don’t.”

He re-signed with the Dolphins in March 2024, but just seven weeks into the season, Berrios experienced a season-ending injury when hetore his ACL.

He and Earle first met at a party in February 2023

Braxton Berrios and Alix Earle at the 13th Annual NFL Honors on February 8, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Christopher Polk/Variety/Getty

Christopher Polk/Variety/Getty

In the December 2023 episode ofHot Mess, Earle shared that she and Berrios first met at a Miami party in February 2023.

“He’s super cool, super nice, and flash forward two weeks, I get invited to go to the Super Bowl," she said.

However, he was just getting out of atwo-year relationship with Sophia Culpo, which Earle was insecure about, she said, so “nothing had really happened” between them in February, and they were just friendly.

Berrios then officially asked Earle out on a date in March in which he surprised her with a helicopter ride over Miami.

Rumors swirled about their relationship throughout 2023

Braxton Berrios and Alix Earle during Cannes Lions at Spotify Beach on June 18, 2024 in Cannes, France.Dave Benett/Getty

Dave Benett/Getty

Culpo confirmed her and Berrios' breakup in March and, in June, seemingly alluded that the football player hadcheated on her with Earle.

Berrios broke his silence on the situation on his Instagram Stories in June after staying quiet because “it’s totally out of character” for him to “talk about his private life publicly.”

“I don’t wanna start anything. I don’t wanna fuel anything. I genuinely want all this to be over and everybody to move on and do whatever makes them happy,” Berrios said. He added that the relationship was “good” and “healthy,” but “towards the end” things “weren’t working out” and there was no other reason for his breakup with Culpo.

Earle added that she confronted Berrios about the situation “probably 110 times” because she said she knew if he could do that to another person, he could that to her too.

“You know I was asking for the receipts," she said. “Like, right away I was probably more psycho than she was. I was like there’s just no f—— way this happened. Like, I was checking everything.”

Earle confirmed the two were official in November 2023

Braxton Berrios and Alix Earle attend The Unwell House at SXSW on March 9, 2024 in Austin, Texas.Rick Kern/Getty

Rick Kern/Getty

Though the two made their public debut when theywalked the ESPYs red carpet togetherin July 2023, Earle and Berrios were “not exclusive” at the time.

“Maybe in traditional Hollywood terms, that could be interpreted as a ‘hard launch’ of a relationship, that’s not what it was at all,” a source told PEOPLE. “Both have continued to keep things casual. The two have always agreed they were not exclusive or official.”

However, in November 2023, Earleofficially confirmed the two had put a labelon their relationship and were together.

During a live taping ofCall Her Daddy, Cooper confronted Earle and asked her once and for all if she had a boyfriend, to which she replied, “I mean … yes.”

They are close to each other’s families

Braxton Berrios and Alix Earle attend Spotify Beach At Cannes Lions 2024 on June 19, 2024 in Cannes, France.Dave Benett/Getty

Even before they made their relationship official, Berrios and Earle were getting close to each other’s families.

In September 2023, Earle shared in aTikTokthat shemet Berrios' mom for the first timewhen she attended one of his Dolphins games. However, the meeting didn’t go exactly as she planned.

After Berrios' mom encouraged her to eat, Earle said she was “shoving” food in her mouth, but then when she laughed, “the ham spit out of my mouth across the room.”

“I tried to laugh it off,” she said.

Berrios also has become close to Earle’s family, as she frequently posts videos of him spending time withher parentsandyounger siblings. In a June 2024TikTok, she even shared that she brought Berrios along with her to Wisconsin to meet her grandma.

They are supportive of each other’s careers

Braxton Berrios and Alix Earle pose backstage at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Runway Show During Miami Swim Week on June 01, 2024.Alexander Tamargo/Getty

Alexander Tamargo/Getty

She posted anotherTikTokof his reaction after she FaceTimed him and showed him the look, which he called “the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.”

“She does a great job with doing her work and then putting the phone down and doing everything else," he explained. “Then, when she picks up the phone,I completely understand its work."

“It’s never been an issue. It doesn’t bother me,” he added. “Honestly, to me, I met her, I understood, learned what she did and you understand that this is how she makes her money. This is her career. This is what she loves to do.”

source: people.com