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Kirk Cousins is the quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. The veteran QB just signed a four-year, $180 million contract with the Falcons to leave the Minnesota Vikings after six seasons. However, his struggles led to the Falcons benching him after 14 games in favor of rookie Michael Penix Jr.
Cousins was a fourth-round draft pick of the Washington Redskins after playing four seasons for Michigan State football. After six seasons in Washington, D.C., Cousins signed a free-agent contract with the Vikings and played for them for six seasons.
Cousins certainly could not have had such a successful career without a great support system at home. Let's get to know the leader of that support system, Kirk Cousins' wife Julie Hampton Cousins.
Who is Kirk Cousins' wife Julie Hampton Cousins?
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The wife of Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins, Julie Hampton Cousins, has been with the NFL veteran for more than 10 years. They married in 2014.
She has seen her husband make four Pro Bowl teams and also followed him from Washington to Minneapolis, Minn., to Atlanta. Outside of their marriage, Julie Hampton Cousins was able to build her own story as well, being very successful in her business endeavors.
Julie Hampton Cousins was born in Atlanta on August 27, 1989. She is about one year younger than her significant other. While she followed Kirk to Washington D.C. and Minneapolis, Julie insisted on multiple occasions that she is still a Falcons girl at heart, so she certainly was thrilled when Kirk signed with her hometown team.
After finishing high school, Cousins started her college education at the University of Georgia in Athens. Her first job out of college was as an elementary school teacher. She was adamant about pursuing her own career despite her husband making it into the NFL and playing fairly well.
Julie Hampton Cousins and Kirk Cousins' relationship
Excited to be in Atlanta and become a part of this great organization. My boys and I are learning the Dirty Bird Dance ASAP. Rise Up! pic.twitter.com/kXLYw9PCLf
— Kirk Cousins (@KirkCousins8) March 14, 2024
Julie Hampton Cousins has since left her position as an elementary school teacher due to multiple factors. The couple now has two kids. Their first kid was born on September 29, 2017, and the second one followed in March of 2019. The couple can certainly afford for Julie to stop working since Kirk Cousins has a net worth of $160 million.
The Cousins family also has a labradoodle called Abe who is featured in almost all of their posts on social media. Despite raising their family while Kirk Cousins has been thriving in the NFL, Julie Hampton Cousins decided to run their charity foundation.
Both Kirk and Julie are people of faith, and they do not hide that fact from the fans that follow them on social media. They decided to start a charity organization called the Julie and Kirk Foundation.
Their aim is to provide financial support to various organizations around the U.S., including The Boys and Girls Clubs of America and International Justice Mission, to name a few.
Still, Julie decided to go even further than that. She also manages a few properties and businesses that the couple owns. The most prominent of those is the Clearbrook Golf Course in Saugatuck, Mich., that the pair obtained in November of 2022.
Kirk Cousins and Julie Hampton Cousins' proposal story
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While their business endeavors and the football resume of Kirk Cousins are impressive, it is their proposal story that turned heads.
According to the story the pair has shared multiple times before, since Kirk was playing in Washington, D.C. at the time, he had an opportunity to talk with some congressmen, most notably Michigan's Bill Huizenga, who hailed from Kirk's hometown. His idea was amazing, and this is what he said about it:
I called him to see if I could propose on the balcony of the Speaker of the House’s office because I had been there before and seen the view and thought it was a great view. He said they could set it up.
The pictures from the successful proposal can be found on Julie Hampton Cousins' Instagram page, where the wife of the veteran quarterback shares their life with her more than 63K followers. That was an instance in which the couple provided a look into their own world.
For now, this is all we know about Kirk Cousins' wife Julie Hampton Cousins.
