On July 28, the Indiana Pacers star announced that he proposed to his college sweetheart, Jade Jones, on the basketball court at Iowa State University — their shared alma mater. "The place where our story started, and where our next chapter begins," Haliburton wrote on Instagram alongside photos of the proposal.

Indiana Pacers player Tyrese Haliburton got engaged to his college sweetheart Jade Jones after proposing on the basketball court at their alma mater Illinois State University.

Tyrese Haliburton will have no problem staying busy while he recovers from an Achilles tendon tear. Among other things, he'll be planning a wedding.

Haliburton staged the proposal inside Hilton Coliseum on the Iowa State campus, where the couple began dating.

Haliburton, 25, led the Pacers to the NBA Finals this past season, though he tore his Achilles in Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder and will miss the entire 2025-26 campaign. He was one of several star players to suffer that injury in recent months, with Jayson Tatum and Damian Lillard among them.

Tyrese Haliburton revealed he'd proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Jade Jones, in a sweet Instagram post on Monday.

Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers is recovering from a calf injury during the NBA offseason, spending quality time with his girlfriend, Jade Jon

Tyrese Haliburton and Jade Jones met at Iowa State – he played basketball and she was a cheerleader – and have been dating since college.

Haliburton was just one game from bringing the Pacers their first NBA championship, and first title since the team was part of the ABA, where they won a ring in 1970, 1972, and 1973. However, a nagging calf injury turned severely worse in game seven and was confirmed to be a torn Achilles.

Tyrese Haliburton announced his engagement to longtime girlfriend Jade Jones on Monday, July 28. The Indiana Pacers star popped the question to his college sweetheart at a sentimental location.