Who is Joshua Dobbs' girlfriend Jocelyn Lara? All you need to know about Vikings QB's partner

Joshua Dobbs may have bounced around various teams in the NFL, but his girlfriend Jocelyn Lara has been one constant during that entire time. Since being drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2017 in the 4th round, he has been with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Tennesse Titans, Arizona Cardinals and now the Minnesota Vikings.

Dobbs was traded to the Vikings from the Cardinals days after Kirk Cousins tore his Achilles. In his first game for the Vikings, Dobbs threw for 158 yards and scored two touchdowns, leading the team to a 31-28 victory over the Falcons.

Throughout all the highs and lows, Jocelyn Lara has been right there with him. She was born on December 10, 1996, to Jose Lara and Delmy Zelaya. She was raised in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and has also lived in Atlanta, Georgia. She has two siblings: Jessica Lara Echevarria and Arnold Lara.

How did Joshua Dobbs and Jocelyn Lara meet?

The couple likes to keep their romantic life under wraps, but we can take a guess as to how they met. They both went to the University of Tennessee. Joshua Dobbs graduated with a 4.0 GPA in Aerospace Engineering in 2016. Jocelyn Lara also went to the same university but graduated in Supply Chain and Marketing in 2019.

Their paths, however, might have crossed more on the football field. As he was the starting quarterback for the college, she was a football recruiting assistant for the university. She has since remained close to the sporting world.

She participated in the NFL Women’s Careers in Football Forum in February 2020. She was also the executive assistant to the head football coach at the University of Minnesota in the same year. In June 2021, she joined Team IFA as a client relations coordinator. It is a sports management firm in Minneapolis. In October of the same year, she started working for Generation Adidas International in Atlanta as an account manager.

It is not known when they started dating, but their first picture confirming their relationship came in 2021. Joshua Dobbs and Jocelyn Lara are far removed from the usual player and WAG relationship we see in the NFL. They are setting a new example for smart and reserved relationships, and we are all for it.

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