Allison Kuch Reveals Why a 6-Month Break from Husband Isaac Rochell Helped Their Relationship in the Long Run

Mar. 15, 2025

Allison Kuch and Isaac Rochell.Photo:Bryan Steffy - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty

Bryan Steffy - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty

Allison Kuchis looking back at a pivotal time inher love story.

During an interview withAlex Cooperduring Super Bowl week in New Orleans, the football wife sat down with theCall Her Daddypodcast host and opened up about her relationship with her recently retired NFL star husband Isaac Rochell.

In the episode, which premiered on SiriusXM’sAlex Cooper Live from New Orleansseries on Feb. 11, Cooper chats with Kuch about the realities of being an NFL wife day to day. At one point in the conversation, she reveals a gap in their longtime relationship that started in college.

Rochell played football at Michigan State University and Kuch attended the University of Notre Dame, where the two met in 2014 at ahouse party. After their love-at-first-sight encounter, they went on a coffee date soon after and started dating two weeks later.

Allison Kuch and Isaac Rochell in 2022.Allison Kuch Instagram

Allison Kuch Instagram

While the two have gone the distance, Kuch told Cooper that their relationship timeline included a six-month break after Rochell made his transition to pro football. The athlete was selected seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

“So we met in college at Notre Dame. He went to Notre Dame. I went to Michigan State, and the rest is history, except we broke up for like six months, somewhere in there,” Kuch told Cooper in New Orleans.

Cooper, who thought her decision was “interesting,” asked her to explain.

Allison Kuch and Isaac Rochell.Allison Kuch Instagram

“I’m all for taking a break,” Kuch replied. “Well, not now, no. Now, we’re kind of in it, right? Like once you have a child, it’s kind of hard,” she added, referencing herdaughter Scottie Beeshe welcomed with Rochell in December 2023.

“But I’m like, you know, maybe I’ll leave for a week here and there,” continued the mom of one. “But I genuinely think that taking a break was so healthy for our relationship because we met, we were 19 and then he was handed a million dollars when he got drafted.”

“I was still in college,” Koch continued. “So it’s just, it was such a weird experience. So I think we had to like, grow apart for a second and then come back.”

Allison Kuch and Isaac Rochell in Hawaii in 2020.Allison Kuch Instagram

Rochell and Kuch secretly eloped in December 2020 before tying the knot on April 11, 2021, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. On social media, Kuch described the moment as the “best day of my life."

The couple have been supportive of each other’s careers, speaking about one another on social media and on podcasts. Prior to Rochell’s retirement from the NFL in February 2025, Koch was a staple on the sidelines and cheered him on at games.

source: people.com