The NFL football star boyfriend of Kim Zolciak is suffering the brunt of some locker room taunts about his relationship with the infamous Atlanta housewife, Breaking Celebrity News can reveal.

Kroy Biermann’s Atlanta Falcon teammates have been teasing the 6' 3" 260 lbs defender about his relationship with the wig-wearing blonde after rumors spread that he was about to propose to the reality vixen.

Zolciak, 32 and Biermann, 25, have been dating for several months.

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The Real Housewives of Atlanta star even took her family to see Biermann play in last weekend’s home victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.

But according to a source close the couple, “Kroy has been taking a lot of stick because he’s dating Kim” and his teammates are teasing him that “he’s with a gold digging cougar."

“Fortunately Kroy is a big laid back kind of guy and he just let’s all their comments roll off his back – he just laughs them off actually,” an insider told Breaking Celebrity News.