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

Alix Earle may have kept her relationship under wraps at the start, but she's been public with her love for Braxton Barrios since 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 podcast Hot Mess with Alix Earle. "I don't think we've ever had a fight about anything,"

In October 2024, the Miami Dolphins wide receiver tore his ACL during 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 just always been so positive and 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

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 told Forbes in July 2024.

Berrios shared that because of his upbringing, he grew up rooting for the Dolphins and the Miami Hurricanes. When he was first drafted by the New England Patriots and then the New York Jets, he joked his dad had to switch allegiances.

"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

The wide receiver first joined the NFL in 2018 when he was selected in the sixth round by the Patriots. During his first year in the league, Berrios was placed on injured reserve and didn't play a game, but still earned a Super Bowl ring after the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams in February 2019.

Berrios was waived during final roster cuts in 2019 and was claimed by the Jets. He played with the team for four seasons before resigning a two-year $12 million contract in March 2022. However, a year later, the Jets released Berrios and he signed a one-year contract with the Miami Dolphins the following week.

"I didn't [expect it],” Berrios told Forbes. “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 he tore his ACL.

He and Earle first met at a party in February 2023

In the December 2023 episode of Hot 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 a two-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

As Earle began teasing her and Berrios' rumored relationship online — though clarifying in the comments sections of her TikToks that he was not her "bf" and that they weren't officially dating — drama between her, Berrios and Culpo began to stir up.

Culpo confirmed her and Berrios' breakup in March and, in June, seemingly alluded that the football player had cheated 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 later also denied that Berrios had cheated on Culpo with her in a September 2024 episode of Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast. She said that reading the comments after Culpo accused her of being a homewrecker was "triggering" and led her to “bawling my eyes out to my friends.”

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

Though the two made their public debut when they walked the ESPYs red carpet together in 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, Earle officially confirmed the two had put a label on their relationship and were together.

During a live taping of Call 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

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

In September 2023, Earle shared in a TikTok that she met Berrios' mom for the first time when 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 with her parents and younger siblings. In a June 2024 TikTok, she even shared that she brought Berrios along with her to Wisconsin to meet her grandma.

They are supportive of each other's careers

Earle became a mainstay in the stadiums at Berrios' games in the 2023 NFL season and seems to be on track to do the same in 2024. In an August 2024 TikTok, Earle shared how she surprised Berrios by dressing up as him in his complete jersey and gear.

She posted another TikTok of his reaction after she FaceTimed him and showed him the look, which he called "the greatest thing I've ever seen."

Berrios is also supportive of Earle's career and understands that when she needs to be on her phone, she's working. In a December 2023 interview with FanDuel TV’s Up & Adams, Berrios shared that the two help each other out.

“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.”