Who is Derek Carr's Wife? Meet Heather Neel!

Derek and Heather both attended the same high school, but they didn’t meet until they were in college at Fresno State College.

While Derek lived on campus and played football, Heather lived at home and worked as a waitress at BJ’s Brewhouse.

During a return home in his sophomore year, Derek grabbed dinner at BJ’s Brewhouse when Heather waited on his table and the two instantly hit it off.

In an interview with ABC7, Heather shared the pickup line Derek first used.

“I had like diamond earrings in my ear and I had them both, I knew I did. And he said, “Why are you only wearing one earring?” Heather recalled. “And it made me check my ears. And I was like, “that’s your pick up line?” (It worked) it did work. I talked to him.”