A fan missed his own jumbotron marriage proposal at a Miami Dolphins game

• A Miami Dolphins fan orchestrated a jumbotron marriage proposal, but his timing was off.
• The stadium staff posted the graphic during halftime, but the man proposing was out of his seat.

The Miami Dolphins faced off against the New York Jets on Sunday in Florida, and one fan took the opportunity to plan a very public marriage proposal. Unfortunately, there was a little hiccup along the way: He wasn't in his seat when the proposal announcement flashed across the jumbotron.

Connor Hughes, a reporter for The Athletic who covers the Jets and was at the December 19 game, tweeted a photo of the scoreboard along with an explanation of what happened when it cut to a live look at Christine Dobrin, the person being proposed to.

"So they just did a scoreboard proposal here at Hard Rock," he wrote. "However, when they cut away from this graphic to where the two are supposed to be sitting, the guy wasn't there! Just the girl, sitting there, hand over mouth!"

Even though Luis Llorens, the man proposing, didn't make it back to his seat in time for that first halftime announcement, Hughes tweeted in a reply that he did eventually return, the couple talked, and then Christine had a ring on her finger when the video turned back to them.

—Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) December 19, 2021

A spectator named Derek Fernandes who was sitting behind the couple shot a video of the moment Dobrin — who was wearing a Jets shirt while her now-fiancé sported a Dolphins hat and a "J-E-T-S suck suck suck" shirt — said yes and had a ring placed on her finger.

Though Hughs joked that the Dolphins fan was probably in line waiting for food, Llorens told WSVN News Miami what actually happened.

"I was actually there," he said. "People just don't realize I was about 25 feet underneath her. I was in the tunnel."

Llorens continued: "I thought there was going to be like a camera crew, and I was waiting for them by the tunnel, and then, of course, she saw the jumbotron, and at that point, I had to hurry up back to my seat and do what I could do to save this."

Dobrin told the news channel that before he made it back, she wasn't sure what to think.

"I didn't know what was going on because he wasn't at the seats, and looking all around, between the crying and the happiness, I didn't know where he was, so it was a whole big mix of emotions," Dobrin said.

—Derek Fernandes (@derekdferny) December 20, 2021

—Derek Fernandes (@derekdferny) December 20, 2021

Fernandes cleared things up for those following along on Twitter.

"He was In the hallway waiting for the cue," Fernandes tweeted. "It came a little late."

Fernandes shared multiple photos and a video of the newly engaged couple.

Fernandes didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Dobrin declined to comment when reached by Insider.