NFL fullback Kyle Juszczyk and his wife, Kristin Juszczyk, are each other’s No. 1 cheerleaders. Kyle is an All-Pro for the San Francisco 49ers, while Kristin runs her own fashion brand. While she loves to cheer on Kyle, Kristin never gave up on her own career.
“If you’re a woman married to someone in the NFL and you want a career of your own, most of the time, it really has to be something that you are doing on your own,” Kristin told Niners Nation in October 2021. “Most jobs you can’t go in just for football season. A lot of people have homes elsewhere, not where they play for their team, so it’s definitely tough navigation for your career path for the women.”
The couple, who met in Maryland, relocated to California in 2017 when Kyle was traded from the Baltimore Ravens to the 49ers.
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“I was really able to look myself in the mirror and be like, ‘OK, what do you want to do? Do you want to go after real estate? Do you want to take this course all over again?’” Kristin recalled to Niners Nation. “It’s state by state, so I’d have to get my license over here.”
Kristin ultimately decided to pursue her childhood love of sewing instead, especially after she enjoyed crafting original game day outfits to go cheer on Kyle. Kristin’s creative looks soon caught the attention of other NFL partners, including Taylor Swift, Brittany Mahomes and Simone Biles.
“She’s an absolute star!” Kyle gushed via X (formerly Twitter) in January 2024 after news broke that Swift wore a Travis Kelce puffer coat to support her boyfriend at a Kansas City Chiefs game. “Jacket goes crazy.”
Scroll down to revisit Kyle and Kristin’s complete relationship timeline:
2014
When Kristin attended Towson University in Baltimore, she crossed paths with Kyle during his stint with the Ravens.
“We met on Facebook,” Kristin revealed on an October 2025 episode of “The Squeeze” podcast. “I just transferred colleges [and] my uncle John was visiting his daughter who went to a nearby school. He had bought Ravens tickets, and [my cousin] didn’t want to go, so he called me, ‘Do you want to come?’”
While Kristin had never been to a football game before, she accepted her uncle’s invite to the Ravens vs. Panthers game.
“We sit behind the bench, and I saw Kyle, and I was, like, ‘Oh my gosh, No. 44 is so handsome,’” she recalled. “I had the pamphlet ‘cause it was my first time going. I was like, ‘I’ll take the pamphlet. I’ll take all the goodies.’”
Kristin quickly read through Kyle’s stats, which inspired her to find him on Facebook after she got home.
“I friend-requested him, and he started liking my photos from years ago, like, I could tell he was stalking. … He’s liking all these photos and then he never messages me.”
Kristin eventually made the first move and sent Kyle a DM, kickstarting a private chat that led to him asking her out on a dinner date.
“We were there for four hours,” she said. “I remember leaving and being, like, ‘Wow, I think I just met my husband.’”
Kyle and Kristin made their Instagram debut one year after their first date. “Had a great weekend in Boston with this guy,” she wrote in January 2015 from a couple’s getaway.
May 2017
Kyle proposed to Kristin on a beach after three years of dating.
“WE’RE ENGAGED! Still feels like a dream but I couldn’t possibly feel any more love than I do right now,” Kristin wrote via Instagram at the time. “It’s a privilege to be able to love you forever.”
July 2019
Kyle and Kristin got married in upstate New York with several 49ers stars, including Matt Breida and Jerick McKinnon, in attendance.
Since then, they’ve started a special anniversary tradition.
“Kyle and I decided to start a new tradition last night! On our wedding anniversary we’re going to put on our dress and tux (however long we can fit into it 🤞🏼) and reflect on how much we’ve grown and changed from the previous year,” she wrote via Instagram in July 2020. “I love making traditions with you, I LOVE our new addition to our family 🐶 & I love wearing my wedding dress bc only getting to wear it one day just isn’t fair.”
May 2020
Amid the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, Kyle and Kristin expanded their family when they adopted dog Mozzarella, who is a Vanderbilt Samoyed. They have since added a second pup, Pierogi, to their brood.
“I saw these things and instantly fell in love. I was like, ‘We need to get one of these,’” Kyle exclusively told Us Weekly in July 2024. “We started thinking about names and my wife threw out Mozzarella, and that was the easiest decision of my life. As soon as I heard that, I said, ‘Boy or girl, Mozzarella is going to be the name.’”
Kyle noted at the time that they picked Mozzarella because Kristin’s entire family is Sicilian. With Pierogi, they wanted to pay homage to Kyle’s Polish heritage.
September 2023
Throughout the 2023-2024 NFL season, Kristin’s game day style made a splash in the stands. She rocked puffer coats, corset tops, mini skirts and more unique pieces made from Kyle’s jerseys.
“Women want to wear things they feel comfortable in, and for me, I try to take silhouettes and shapes I would wear in my everyday life,” she said during a January 2024 interview with the Bay Area’s KRON4 News. “I’m like, ‘How can I mimic this look into sportswear?’”
January 2024
After Kristin was commissioned to make a puffer coat for Mahomes, the wife of Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, she spontaneously made a matching version for Swift. (Swift has been dating Chiefs tight end Kelce since summer 2023.) To Kristin’s surprise, Swift wore the jacket to the Chiefs’ AFC Wild Card game.
After various news outlets and fans shared clips of the jacket on social media, Kyle made sure that his wife got proper credit. “Arriving in her jacket made by Kristin Juszczyk,” Kyle commented on a pic of Swift walking into Arrowhead stadium.
After Brittany posted pics on her Instagram, Kyle gushed in July.
February 2024
The twosome shared a sweet moment on the sidelines before Kyle took the Super Bowl LVIII field against the Kansas City Chiefs in Las Vegas.
June 2024
Kyle and Kristin stepped out to support his 49ers teammate Christian McCaffrey at his Rhode Island wedding to Olivia Culpo. Weeks later, the Juszczyks supported his teammates George Kittle and Deebo Samuel at the premiere of Netflix’s Receiver series.
On the red carpet, Kyle spoke to Us about watching Kristin’s design business flourish.
“It’s been absolutely incredible,” Kyle gushed in July. “It’s a dream come true. Something I’ve always said is that I recognize the greatness in her. It’s just so fun that everyone else is seeing it now too.”
March 2025
Kyle was released by the 49ers after eight seasons with the franchise on March 10. Hours after the news broke, Kristin reacted by sharing a photo of one of the couple’s dogs looking annoyed via her Instagram Story. “Mood,” she captioned the image, which featured the pooch being forced to wear a baseball cap.
Days later, Kristin confirmed via Instagram that Kyle’s “curtain isn’t closed just yet” and that they were “forever Faithful” to the Niners.
