After a standout college career at Duke, Daniel Jones was selected by the New York Giants in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Initially seen as the successor to Eli Manning, Jones has a lot to prove. He’s had plenty of ups and downs in recent years, and he’s trying to live up to the four-year, $160 million contract that he signed in 2023.
Off the field, is Jones married or dating anyone? Here’s everything we know about Jones’ love life.
Who Is Ella Bonafede?
Jones has a girlfriend, Ella Bonafede.
Bonafede was born on June 30, 1997, in Cleveland and raised in Long Island, New York, alongside her three brothers. From a young age, she showed a passion for sports, excelling in both lacrosse and tennis during her high school years at St. Anthony’s High School.
She earned accolades in lacrosse, including US Lacrosse Academic All-American and Under Armour Underclass All-American honors. Bonafede led St. Anthony’s to four straight CHSAA league titles, earning CHSAA championship game MVP twice. She totaled 61 goals, 42 assists, and 66 ground balls.
Bonafede went on to play lacrosse at Duke, where she was a member of the ACC’s Academic Honor Roll in all four years of her collegiate career. Across 32 contests, she racked up nine goals, seven assists, 13 ground balls, one draw control, and four free position goals.
While at Duke, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in evolutionary biology and global health. Then, she earned a Master’s degree in public health, nutrition, and food policy from NYU.
According to Ella’s LinkedIn account, she currently works as a program manager of Breakthrough T1D’s research department. This is an international organization in New York that is dedicated to curing, preventing, and treating type I diabetes.
Previously, she worked for Weill Cornell Medicine as a research coordinator and the CDC as a program manager.
How Did Jones and Bonafede Meet?
Jones and Bonafede were both student-athletes at Duke University, which is how they met. The couple seemed to bond over their shared experience as college athletes.
It’s not clear when the couple met, but it was at some point between 2015 and 2018.
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In 2019, Bonafede made a heartfelt post on social media, expressing her love for Jones on his birthday.
Though rumors of a breakup circulated in 2020 after they seemingly unfollowed each other on social media, these speculations turned out to be false.