Pacers All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton pulled out all of the stops to propose to his college sweetheart, Jade Jones.

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

Tyrese Haliburton proposes to longtime girlfriend Jade Jones after a romantic proposal at Iowa State Hilton Coliseum where their love story began. See the photos.

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.

Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Hailburton isn't letting a torn Achilles stop his shine. The Pacers star is making progress off the court, including recently popping the question to girlfriend Jade Jones.

The proposal went down at Iowa State University, where Tyrese Haliburton — an Oshkosh North standout — played college ball and Jade Jones was a cheerleader.

Tyrese Haliburton is celebrating a major milestone. The Indiana Pacers star, 25, shared that he proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Jade Jones, via a sentimental Instagram carousel post on Monday, July 28.

Tyrese Haliburton and Jade Jones are ready to take the next big step in their relationship: they’re engaged! Haliburton, 25, and Jones met as college students at Iowa State University, so it only made sense for the Indiana Pacers star to arrange the proposal at the school.

Tyrese Haliburton may not have gotten a championship ring, but all is not lost.The Indiana Pacers star celebrated a major milestone on Monday, announcing hisengagement to longtime girlfriend Jade Jones in a heartfelt social media post.

Former Cyclones basketball star Tyrese Haliburton and his college sweetheart, Jade Jones, are getting married after a surprise proposal at Iowa State.