File this under Couples You Never Saw Coming: Emily Maynard and Jeremy Shockey of The Bachelor and Carolina Panthers, respectively, are totally dating!

After announcing her split from her fiance Brad Womack in June, the ABC reality show’s fan favorite has moved on to the four-time Pro Bowl NFL tight end.

How the heck did that come about?

The only downside we can see? Emily not being The Bachelorette in 2012!

“They were set up on a blind date,” by a mutual friend on the Panthers staff, according to Us. Their first date? At BLT Steak in Charlotte’s Ritz-Carlton hotel.

Sounds like it went

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