Brea Beal is making headlines after a spectacular career with South Carolina women's basketball.
The senior declared for the 2023 WNBA Draft at the start of the month after the Gamecocks fell in the Final Four and was invited to be on-site at Spring Studios in New York City during draft night with her teammates and fellow icons Aliyah Boston, Zia Cooke and Laeticia Amihere – also known as four-fifths of "The Freshies."
The WNBA Draft is set for Monday, April 10.
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Beal not only found improvement in her athletic career and a national title at South Carolina but love, too.
We've all heard of high school sweethearts, but what about college sweethearts?
The Sporting News laid out a timeline of Beal's current relationship with an NFL cornerback.
Who is Brea Beal's boyfriend?
The baller is currently dating Panthers' Jaycee Horn.
The two attended South Carolina together in 2019 and 2020, where Horn spent two years on the Gamecocks football team. Following the dismissal of Will Muschamp, Horn turned his attention elsewhere, opting out of the remainder of the NCAA season and preparing for the 2021 NFL Draft.
He was selected as the eighth overall pick that year and is going into his third season playing cornerback for the Carolina Panthers. His contribution on the field grew during the 2022 season when he picked up 53 tackles with the Panthers, who went 7-10 in 2022.
Beal is projected to be a first-rounder in this year's WNBA Draft. ESPN has her going No. 7 overall to the Indiana Fever, who also have the No. 1 overall pick in, presumably, Aliyah Boston. She averaged 6.1 points, five rebounds and 1.6 assists during her four-year stint and in her senior season, she set a career-high in three-point shooting, going 38% from beyond the arc.
She's a great defender when it comes to keeping perimeter players capped on their full scoring potential, but even ESPN clarified, she doesn't fit into a defined place as easily as her teammates do.
After winning the NCAA championship in 2022 against Geno Auriemma's powerhouse UConn, Beal posted a picture with Horn and the trophy, calling him her "4Lifer" in the caption.
It's unsure whether Horn will be in attendance with her at the 2023 WNBA Draft.
When did Brea Beal and Jaycee Horn start dating?
The South Carolina alums reportedly got together in 2021. Beal went live with their relationship on her Instagram on Dec. 26 that year, exactly one month after Horn's 22nd birthday. The black-and-white picture captures Beal washing Horn's hair in the sink and the caption reads "got you 4L [for life]."
Beal and Horn both have highlight reels of pictures they've taken together and of each other pinned on their respective Instagram profiles and while Beal has posts up of her and Horn, he only has posts about his football career.
Beal also appears to wear a thick diamond chain around her neck with the initials J.H., which Horn called his in a comment.
How old are Brea Beal and Jaycee Horn?
Beal is 22 and Horn is 23. Both are November babies. Beal was born on Nov. 8, 2000, and is a Scorpio, while Horn was born on Nov. 26, 1999, and is a Sagittarius. They're just under one year apart, mathematically.
