In addition to becoming well-known in the NFL, Jonathan Owens is also known for his partnership with US Olympic gymnastics legend Simone Biles. However, the sportsman is more than just a football player, despite some online bullies calling him “Mr. Simone Biles.” Owens, who was born in the Midwest, has experienced his fair share of tragedy and failure in both his personal and professional lives. He hasn’t allowed anything to stop him from striving for greatness on and off the field, from devastating family losses to a career path full of changes. He once said to Go Long, “Just because you have a name doesn’t guarantee you’ll have advantages.” “You need to go back to work.”
In terms of his life with his record-breaking athletic wife, he’s even improved himself with her support by using channels like therapy to enable him to approach problems in a different way. He went on, “I’m playing free now.” Proceed. “I dealt with issues that I was unaware I was having…After you have completed the mental task,? Your mind is an effective tool.
Jonathan lost his father while attending college.
Jonathan Owens was a rising sports sensation in St. Louis, Missouri, before he made it to the NFL. While honing his athletic skills, he was raised by his mother, Arthurine Cannon, stepfather, and older sister, Chanel Bady. He was especially fond of basketball, a sport that Cannon, whom he nicknamed “Dad,” had played as a child. Owens’ parents encouraged their son to pursue his professional goals.
However, a catastrophe occurred right before Owens’ last year of college. When his stepfather was shot and died in his hometown, the killer and his motivation eluded the investigators. The whole family was impacted by the loss. In order to support his mother during his father’s absence, Owens decided to devote even more time and energy to his sports career. Although Owens hasn’t addressed the tragedy in public, a Go Long piece described his newfound focus in the wake of it. The athlete returned to the field for his college’s season opener just one week after his father’s burial, and he went on to have such a great season that he was able to obtain his own pro day before the NFL draft.
He nearly lost his football career due to injuries.
Jonathan Owens, a young football player, came dangerously close to being out of the game twice. He had a knee injury at the beginning of his senior year of high school, but he persevered through the swelling. He eventually discovered that he had been playing with an ACL tear for the entire season, despite his initial belief that it was only a minor knee ailment. Fortunately, Missouri Western State University still offered him a football scholarship for the upcoming fall season.
In 2018, after signing to play safety for the Arizona Cardinals, he finally made it to the NFL. However, he suffered another devastating injury that may have prevented him from taking the next important step in his football career. Owens injured his other knee during organized team activities (OTAs), effectively terminating his rookie season and damaging his confidence at the same time. He said to News-Press Now, “I’m just laying on the ground bawling because I don’t even know how [this] works.” “I’m thinking, ‘I got harmed after coming all the way here.'”
He has been cut by several NFL teams.
Following his complete recuperation from his many knee injuries, Jonathan Owens was prepared to resume his NFL career. However, he experienced professional uncertainty for the first time following his cut by the Arizona Cardinals. Owens found it difficult to establish himself both on and off the field while his teammates and rivals were out rehearsing. Guys used to tell me, ‘You’re doing well, buddy.'” There is going to be an event. In an interview with the Houston Texans, a team he signed with in 2019, he noted, “It’s a long season.” People will tell you so, but I don’t really know who I am outside of football, given you’ve only played since you were twelve.”
Before accepting a contract with the Green Bay Packers, Owens spent four seasons as a player for the Texans. Nevertheless, his tenure was brief, as he quickly inked a two-year contract with the Chicago Bears. Owens has been moved around to several organizations, but he hasn’t let that deter him from pursuing his career. In an interview with the Green Bay Packers, he stated, “If anyone in the NFL knows, it’s always a respect thing when you say you’re undrafted.” “Immediately after high school, I enrolled in a Division II university. I have a grudge against everyone I met.”
He used social media to meet his Olympian athlete wife.
Jonathan Owens was concentrating on his athletic career when he met Olympic champion Simone Biles on social media while living in Houston, Texas. Although Biles has been expressing her love for her future husband on Instagram since 2019 through likes, the football star has acknowledged that when they first connected in March 2020, he had never heard of the record-breaking gymnast. “It was just sort of like, ‘Well, she has a lot of fans,'” She must be fairly skilled, or something.” He contributed to the “Simone vs. Herself” Facebook series (via Harper’s Bazaar).
At the height of the worldwide pandemic, the two finally had a face-to-face meeting, and that is when their romance really took off. According to Owens, who spoke with Texas Monthly, “that was one of the rare occasions in her life where everything was simply switched off and she couldn’t do anything.” Thus, we made use of it to truly get to know one another. It strengthened and formed our relationship.”
He and Simone Biles were married in two different ceremonies.
Jonathan Owens and Simone Biles eventually got married in 2022 with two elaborate weddings. The first took place in Houston, Texas, in April 2023, and Biles posted pictures of it on Instagram. It was a straightforward civil ceremony. The couple traveled to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, a month later for an opulent wedding attended by their loved ones. “It was a dream to see Jonathan at the altar,” Biles exclaimed to Vogue at their destination wedding. “Everyone was getting applause from our guests. The amount of love in the air astounded me. The ceremony was breathtakingly lovely and surreal.
There was little time for the pair to enjoy their delight as newlyweds. A few days later, Owens’ official contract signing with the Green Bay Packers took place in Wisconsin, where the two traveled. “I suppose you could say that was the ideal wedding gift,” Owens remarked to USA Today. “I came straight here as soon as we returned from our brief honeymoon. I needed to leave for work.
He has received a lot of negative feedback for remarks he made about his wife, Carmen Mandato (Getty Images).
After making some dubious remarks about his extremely well-known Olympian wife, Simone Biles, Jonathan Owens has faced severe criticism on the internet. Owens expressed some misogynistic views on his wife’s perceptions of him in an episode of the podcast “The Pivot.” He said on the show, “I usually say that the men are the catch.” “This is my third year [in the NFL], so it’s kind of early, but like I said, dude, it happened when I least anticipated it. I was frightened to commit.”
Fans were obviously not happy with the way Owens portrayed their connection, and many started calling him “Mr. Biles” (TMZ). Owens attempted to ignore the hate mail in the wake of the incident. He said to US Weekly, “I just let [my wife and my mother] read it.” “I try to keep out of it, but obviously you should call out and say something if you feel like things are kind of going out of hand.”
But Biles wasn’t slow to stand up for her spouse in the face of doubters. She said on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, “I believed everything was okay when he gave that interview.” “And when I post something on Twitter, everyone says to me, ‘Divorce this man.'” To begin with, I had nothing to do with the interview. Everything was done for his benefit. He must also experience his times.”
He and his spouse have had arguments about who is a better athlete.
Even well-known athletes and their partners get into arguments from time to time! It was previously disclosed by Simone Biles that she and her spouse, Jonathan Owens, had a falling out over who was the better athlete. “On “2023 Back That Year Up with Kenan Thompson,” she stated, “I think we’re good at our own sports.” We’ve made an effort to hold each other accountable for things like skill level and difficulty. Whether he agrees or not, gymnastics is ultimately harder.” Biles acknowledged that the pair had gone to the gym to support one another’s arguments. However, even after competing in the gym for their respective sports, the Olympian insisted that their love for one another was more important than anything else, even though Biles technically “won” the match. She told Thompson and guest presenter Kevin Hart, “He had done my exercise in the gym and he could barely do it and then I went to their NFL workout and I smashed it.”
In order to watch his wife compete in the Olympics, he had to ask for time off from training.
When it comes to helping his famous wife, Jonathan Owens is a loving husband, even in spite of their arguments regarding athletic prowess. He even worked to include time off from training in his NFL contract with the Chicago Bears so that he could accompany his spouse to the Olympic Games in Paris, France. Fortunately, the decision-makers granted Owens’ request for an excused absence from training camp so he could accompany his husband to Paris, so the new player was able to support his spouse overseas (source: Yahoo! Sports).
He was observed working with Biles’s parents to calculate scores during the tournament. Biles became the most decorated female Olympic gymnast in US history after going on to capture four medals at the competition. Owens expressed on Instagram and in the media his admiration for his wife’s accomplishments. “I simply wonder, ‘How did I become so fortunate to have my wife here and be able to see her?'” the media was informed by Owens (via Yahoo! Sports). “I get to call this person, who is essentially at the top of their sport, my wife. Simply put, I’m blessed.
He has ambitious hopes for the future with Simone.
Following her incredible performance at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Simone Biles and her spouse, Jonathan Owens, have talked about their future ambitions as a family. “Jonathan and I often talk about kids,” Biles said in a TODAY interview. If he could have had them yesterday, that is. Of course, before we have children, we both have aspirations that we would like to fulfill. However, that is undoubtedly in our future.
Regarding their potential offspring, Owens revealed that neither Biles nor he will feel compelled to push their offspring to pursue their parents’ sporting careers. Rather, they see themselves continuing to support their children along whatever road life leads, occasionally revisiting their parents’ history. Owens said to People, “I’m not going to attempt to force anything on them if that’s what they want to do.” “I will fully back them in whatever they want to accomplish.”
