The footballer and the fashion plate: How an on-field proposal started a multi-million-dollar business

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Life has led high school sweethearts Jake and Peyton Ganus along different paths -- Jake chasing football dream while Peyton turned to fashion. Now his proposal on a football field has her leading a multi-million dollar company, and their story remains decidedluy a family affair.

It stands tall off state highway 440 in Chelsea, Alabama. The sounds of hammers and saws and rivet guns can be heard from inside its walls. The 30,000 square warehouse is right across from the Publix supermarket, just a few months from welcoming a business that is bursting at the seams.

Jake Ganus and Peyton Thomas didn’t think much of it. It was 2008, and Jake and Peyton’s grandmothers were friends — they arranged for Jake and Peyton to go on a date. Jake lived in Georgia at the time, while Peyton lived in Chelsea. “We went on a play date to VisionLand water park,” Peyton told me.Former University of Alabama QB Brodie Croyle followed the Good Book over the playbook

Prison taught lessons football could not. Now this former University of Alabama star lives life with soul.Football introduced them. Adversity united them. Now, Emme, Shaq and Tim are friends for life. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our

 

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