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Former Heroes hottie, Hayden Panettiere, is still single after dumping her boyfriend, heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko, and she vehemently denies the rumors she is dating New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez.

Hayden says, “I swear I’m not dating him at all. Honestly. I’m a huge Jets fan and became very good friends with him and his buddies. There’s genuinely, absolutely nothing going on. I’ve always been that girl who has a lot of dude friends. I’m into sports so we have a lot in common, but no, definitely 100% not dating.”

Mark and Hayden were recently seen in an In-N-Out lunch date in Laguna Hills (see photo here). The two are apparently only really good friends with no benefits, but they must have something up their sleeve. For now, Mark and Hayden have been laughing at the rumors.

“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,” Hayden explained. “When it’s a long-term friendship like that, sometimes it starts getting a little bit frustrating for certain people. You don’t want to put fuel into the fire but you don’t want to stop living your life and doing what you want to do.”

“It’s too much energy most of the time to keep it hidden. So when I say we’re just friends, I mean it!” she told Us. “Time will tell if I’m lying, but I’m 100% not! He’s a great dude and he’s a great football player and he’s Jet player, which I love.”

Would Hayden and Mark make a hot couple, or what?

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