# Rylee Arnold Meets Walker Lyons on Uber

> Rylee Arnold met her college football boyfriend Walker Lyons during a fateful Uber ride in December 2024.
- Title: Rylee Arnold Meets Walker Lyons on Uber · Cosmopolitan
- Summary: Rylee Arnold met her college football boyfriend Walker Lyons during a fateful Uber ride in December 2024. Rylee and Walker met through an Uber driver who…
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- Source: Cosmopolitan — https://cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a73827082/dwts-rylee-arnold-boyfriend-walker-lyons
- Author: Starr Bowenbank
- Published: 2026-09-22T19:46:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: rylee arnold, walker lyons, uber, dancing with the stars, usc, brigham young university, provo utah, college football, church of jesus christ of latter day sai
## How They Met
Rylee Arnold met Walker Lyons during a December 2024 Uber ride after she didn’t want to drive to the mall.

> I get in this Uber. It’s this really nice lady. And we’re just like, talking about dance, and she’s talking about what she does.
## The Uber Driver’s Suggestion
The Uber driver told Rylee to look up her nephew Walker on Instagram and give him a look over if interested.

> I looked him up, and I was like, okay, he’s cute.
## Mutual Connections
Rylee and Walker share mutual connections through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and have a 'crazy amount of mutuals'.

> The fact we hadn’t met before is kind of crazy, but I think we met at the most perfect time in both of our lives.
## Long Distance
Rylee and Walker are in a long-distance relationship since Rylee is filming Dancing With the Stars in Los Angeles and Walker is at college in Provo, Utah.

> Honestly, we’re just going to hope for the best.
## Walker’s Football Career
Walker Lyons started at USC in 2024 as a tight end before transferring to Brigham Young University in January 2026.

> I’m a West Coast kid from California, and obviously, it’s a really good academic school, and it’s a really good football school.
## Relationship Confirmation
Rylee and Walker confirmed their relationship in October 2024 after sharing Instagram photos from Walker’s football game.

> Is this a hard launch??
## Key takeaway

Rylee and Walker met through an Uber driver who suggested they connect with his Instagram profile.