(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Hayden Panettiere is reportedly dating American Football player Scotty McKnight.

The 21-year-old actress split from Ukrainian heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko last month, after a few months of dating. A source has now revealed that the star is getting cosy with New York Jets player Scotty, 23.

Earlier this month, Hayden was mistakenly linked to Mark Sanchez, who is a friend of Scotty. Hayden and Mark denied reports they were dating insisting they were "just friends".

Newly-single Hayden recently told US weekly that she enjoys spending time with the sports stars, even though she wasn't romantically involved.

"I'm a huge Jets fan and became very good friends with Mark and his buddies," she told them."I've always been that girl who has a lot of dude friends. I'm into sports so we have a lot in common."

Hayden also explained that she is too quickly linked to certain males whom she is friends with. The gorgeous star admitted it was frustrating that people assume she is dating.

"Every person that I stand next to in this industry is a guy I'm going to be linked to - that's just inevitably the way it goes," she added.

Hayden has dated Stephen Colletti and Heroes co-star Milo Ventimiglia in the past. (C) Cover Media