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Ex-Colts punter Pat McAfee's marriage proposal includes waterfall, helicopter

Former NFL punter Pat McAfee had plenty to celebrate about this weekend, signng a deal with the WWE and proposing to his girlfriend.

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Former NFL punter Pat McAfee had plenty to celebrate about this weekend, signng a deal with the WWE and proposing to his girlfriend.
By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Feb 11, 2019

Former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee pulled out all the stops when he proposed to his girlfriend over the weekend.

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McAfee, who tweeted Thursday he was joining World Wrestling Entertainment, took Samantha Lundy to Hawaii, WXIN reported. The couple took a helicopter to a waterfall, where McAfee popped the question, the television station reported.

McAfree, known as "The Boomstick" during his eight-season NFL career with the Colts (2009-2016), tweeted that the couple "smiled, laughed and cried a bit" before they sat down to sandwiches at a table in front of the waterfall.

“Yesterday was awesome,” McAfee wrote. “I’m the luckiest dude on this here planet.”

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