Joe Flacco came straight off his couch to lead the Cleveland Browns to the playoffs last season. He then went on to win AP’s Comeback Player of the Year. Now, he is once again being thrust into the spotlight as the starting quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts.
Flacco has legit gone from throwing passes at a local football field with his brother Tom to quarterbacking another NFL franchise. With that type of 180-degree change and for Flacco to be able to hit the ground running, there has to be a good support system in place.
Well, besides every successful man, there is a supporting and loving partner who is there every step of the way. The veteran QB is no different in that regard. Let’s take a closer look at his rock and wife, Dana Grady.
Who Is Joe Flacco’s Wife, Dana Grady?
Dana Grady was born on Feb. 24, 1985, to Daniel Grady and Deborah Grady and is the wife of Super Bowl XLVII MVP and current Browns QB Joe Flacco. She has three siblings, Zachary, Sara, and Lisa, and she, along with her other siblings, attended Audubon High School in Camden County, New Jersey.
Both Joe and Dana grew up in the same area and attended the same high school, where they would begin dating in their senior year.
That relationship would continue even as they moved on to college and eventually led to Joe getting on one knee and asking Dana to marry him. The couple tied the knot on June 25, 2011.
The couple has five children together, the first of which is Stephen, who was born just a few months after Joe led the Baltimore Ravens to a win in Super Bowl XLVII over the San Francisco 49ers.
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They also have Daniel, Francis, Evelyn, and Thomas. All of them were born between the years of 2012 and 2018, making them a close-in-age, tight-knit family.
“It’s definitely changed how I spend time in the off-season. Me and my wife look at each other and wonder what we did before we had them, because you’re just wrapped up in those guys,” Joe said in a promotional video for the Baltimore Ravens. “It’s been a lot of fun.”
Dana and Joe have been together for decades, starting their relationship back in their high school days. They have grown together through the height of professional success, personal growth, and a growing family.
Flacco often shows off Dana and his loving family, never letting anyone forget his why and what he does it for every day. Football is what he does, but every day, he reminds the world that he is not just who he is, as he is a loving father, a supportive husband, and a quality man first and foremost.
And he does all of that with the love and support of his wife.