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Isaiah Likely’s wife shares revealing look at life with Giants’ new $40 million star

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Lemoncelli, J. (2026, September 18). Isaiah Likely’s wife shares revealing look at life with Giants’ new $40 million star. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/18/sports/isaiah-likelys-wife-shares-revealing-look-at-life-alongside-giants-new-40-million-star/

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New York Post · collected 2026-09-18 · by Jenna Lemoncelli

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Melanie Likely, wife of New York Giants tight end Isaiah Likely, has become popular among fans with her social media posts showcasing their life and his football career. Melanie shares behind-the-scenes content from game days and fashion DIY projects related to the team's gear. The couple recently celebrated their first wedding anniversary in San Francisco shortly after Isaiah signed a $40 million contract with the Giants in March, moving them from Baltimore where he previously played for four seasons.
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Melanie Guevara Likely, wife of Isaiah Likely, a tight end for the New York Giants who signed a three-year, $40 million contract in March after playing four seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, is building a following among NFL fans. The 26-year-old began sharing content on social media about their life and her husband's career shortly after they moved to New Jersey. Fans are particularly interested in Melanie’s behind-the-scenes posts of game day preparations, including the couple’s DIY fashion choices during games. She has also hosted events like the "Giants’ Significant Others'” luncheon on September 9, and Giants fans have shown their support by flooding her comment sections with welcome messages. The couple, who are college sweethearts from Coastal Carolina, celebrated their first wedding anniversary in July after eloping at San Francisco City Hall.

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Big Blue’s Coastal Carolina Giants NFL Ravens

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Giants ORG · 8× Melanie PERSON · 6× Likely PERSON · 2× NFL ORG · 2× Ravens ORG · 2× Big Blue’s ORG · 1× Coastal Carolina ORG · 1× Isaiah Likely PERSON · 1× Melanie Guevara Likely PERSON · 1× San Francisco GPE · 1×

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Melanie, 26, didn’t waste time before she began creating content around football, food, lifestyle and fashion after the pair moved to New Jersey — including the “Giants’ Significant Others'” luncheon on Sept. 9.
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Giants tight end Isaiah Likely’s wife, Melanie Guevara Likely, is leaving a footprint on Big Blue’s fanbase early in his first season with the team. asserted
wife → leave → team
Melanie’s social media is a creative diary of the behind the scenes of the couple’s life on and off the field, and fans can’t get enough of her outgoing personality and their love story. asserted
fans → get → personality
The college sweethearts at Coastal Carolina celebrated their first wedding anniversary in July. asserted
sweethearts → celebrate → July
They eloped in San Francisco at City Hall, where they “hired a last minute photographer to capture it and didn’t share the news for weeks,” Melanie previously shared. asserted
Melanie → elope → weeks
NFL fans were enamored with her DIY game-day fits in Baltimore — where Likely spent four seasons with the Ravens — before he signed a three-year, $40 million contract with the Giants in free agency in March. asserted
he → spend → March
Melanie, 26, didn’t waste time before she began creating content around football, food, lifestyle and fashion after the pair moved to New Jersey — including the “Giants’ Significant Others'” luncheon on Sept. 9. asserted
pair → waste → Sept.
Big Blue fans flooded her comments with welcome messages when she shared a behind the scenes video touring MetLife Stadium. asserted
she → flood → Stadium
She shared that she put together a last-minute fit for the Giants’ 28-20 victory over the division rival Cowboys in their season opener in East Rutherford on Sunday. asserted
she → share → Sunday
In an Instagram video, Melanie showed herself cutting Giants gear and gluing it on a one-sleeved button-up shirt. asserted
herself → show → shirt
Melanie shared a separate TikTok video that showed her and fellow Giants’ WAGs being pampered before kickoff at MetLife Stadium. asserted
her → share → Stadium
They received bags with Tarte beauty products and on-site salon services by Hoboken-based Salon Gatto, as seen in the video. asserted
They → receive → video
After Melanie showed off her fit and kissed Likely on the sideline, the former fourth-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft went off. asserted
pick → show → draft
He finished as the game’s leading receiver with eight receptions for 78 yards and two touchdowns. asserted
He → finish → yards
Likely is one of several players who followed head coach John Harbaugh from the Ravens to the Giants after he was hired in January. asserted
he → follow → January
The Giants play the Rams in Los Angeles on “Monday Night Football” on Sept. 21 as they look for a quick 2-0 start. asserted
they → play → start
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