- Nicole DeSantis is a cheerleader for the Atlanta Falcons as well as a real estate agent.
- She spends her days showing homes and her nights rehearsing for NFL games.
- DeSantis’ days typically last 16 hours, and he also shoots content for TikTok.
Nicole DeSantis is a cheerleader for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons.
DeSantis, 24, told Insider that she has been dancing since she was 2 years old.
She danced competitively throughout her teens, being on the University of South Carolina dance team and performing at various sporting events.
When she graduated in 2020, she wanted to continue dancing and decided to try out for a professional sports team’s cheerleading team.
“I wanted to try out for a team, whether it’s the NBA or the NFL,” she said. DeSantis ended up auditioning for the Atlanta Falcons, and when they offered her a spot, she moved to the city.
Two weeks after moving to Atlanta, DeSantis started working at Century 21, where he continues to work as a real estate agent.
DeSantis’ two jobs keep her busy, especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays, when she has cheerleading practice after work. She gave her Insider a look at what a day in her life is like.
DeSantis told Insider that he usually wakes up at 5 a.m.
“There’s a lot to do during the day,” DeSantis said of waking up early.
She said she usually starts her day at the gym, even if it’s a day she has practice.
After hitting the gym, DeSantis gets ready and prepares his practice clothes and the rest of his meals.
“Meal prep is really important to me,” she said, adding that she usually prepares her own lunch and dinner every day. She said, “I usually don’t get home until around 10pm, so I pack my bag with everything I need for practice and for the day.”
DeSantis doesn’t drink coffee, so he usually relies on his own energy.
By 8:30 a.m., she’s out the door.
She attends a practice session at work every morning.
“We have a morning practice session every day at our brokerage,” DeSantis told Insider. “This is for new agents, more experienced agents and anyone who wants to join.”
The practice sessions typically last about 30 minutes and improve DeSantis’ sales skills.
She then spends the rest of the morning calling potential clients and attending networking events.
DeSantis spends her afternoons showing homes and working with existing clients.
DeSantis spends much of his day stuck in Atlanta traffic.
DeSantis found himself driving all over Atlanta every day because he needed to tour homes in different parts of town.
“You have no idea how many miles I put on my car,” she told Insider. “I’m not tied to her one area of Atlanta just because Atlanta is so big.”
Her office isn’t even close to Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where the Falcons play, so it can sometimes take her more than an hour to get to practice after a full day of work.
DeSantis likes the variety of work that being a real estate agent offers.
There are many things DeSantis likes about being a real estate agent, but one of her favorite parts of the job is the direct interaction with clients.
“Getting out of the office and interacting with people is a fun part of my day,” DeSantis said.
She said she was also excited about the important role that homebuying plays in people’s lives.
“Don’t get me wrong, some days I just need to relax,” she continued. “But I’m literally helping people make some of the biggest decisions and purchases of their lives.”
Her biweekly cheerleading practice lasts two and a half hours.
DeSantis leaves his office at 5 p.m., and practice begins at 6:30. She has time to quickly eat and change before it’s time to start cheering her on.
Once practice starts, it’s busy until it ends at 9pm.
“My coaches are very good about using every minute wisely,” DeSantis said. “We’re not just sitting there.”
Practices vary from week to week depending on what the team needs to focus on, but typically follow the same schedule.
“During the season, we come in and have a 10-minute meeting with the team to go over the latest information and things, and then we stretch and warm up for about 15 minutes,” DeSantis said. “Learn a new dance on Tuesday, clean it on Thursday, and perform on Sunday. It actually takes less than a week to learn the dance.”
“Every practice is like a test because at the end we will be performing all the dances that we know and have to keep up with,” she added.
By the time DeSantis finishes cheer practice, she’s been awake for 16 hours, but she passes the time by chatting with friends before heading home and going to bed.
“I try to read after I take a shower,” she said of her nightly routine. “I’m not much of a reader, but when I try to force myself to read a book, I pass out and keep doing the same thing all over again.”
DeSantis also said practice is usually the highlight of his day because of his love of dance and the relationships he has with his teammates.
“They are my best friends here,” she said. “They’re like my family because I don’t have any family here.”
As if his schedule wasn’t busy enough, DeSantis also films content for TikTok on a daily basis.
DeSantis has more than 319,000 TikTok followers, and her posts regularly garner millions of views.
She shares a variety of content on her page, from behind-the-scenes videos of her cheerleading squad to videos of them getting ready together to shopping trips.
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She told Insider that she builds filming into her schedule and intentionally records on her busiest days because she thinks they’ll be most interesting to her followers.
“One of the things I posted recently was, I knew I was going to train, but I had a closing that day, and I had some screenings, and then I was supposed to practice, and I was like, ‘Oh, today I’m going to record. It would be a good day to do it,”’ DeSantis told Insider.
While DeSantis’ schedule may sound hectic to some, she told Insider she lives by it.
DeSantis said her current schedule isn’t all that different from when she was dancing competitively when she was younger, so she’s used to it. Furthermore, she considers her current stage of life to be one that cannot continue forever.
“I’m just here doing my thing,” she said. “I don’t have any kids. I’m not married. I don’t have any pets, so I’m just doing me.”
“I’m only 24 and at this point in my life, I know it’s something I can do right now, because eventually when I have kids and get married, I won’t be able to accept all of this,” she added. .
DeSantis also said he thoroughly enjoys all of his work, which keeps him motivated.
“Dance has always been my passion, so it never feels like work to me and it’s a good stress reliever,” she said. “Then I became interested in real estate. I used to work a desk job, but now it’s completely different. I enjoy interacting with people and it’s also rewarding.”
DeSantis said his love for the Falcons organization makes a difference and that he is “grateful” to work with the Falcons.
“They’re family-owned and that’s exactly what they do. They treat each person like family,” she said. “The organization, especially my coaches, really cares about the cheerleaders and our health.”
More footage from DeSantis’ life can be seen on her TikTok.