Jacksonville Jaguars' Arik Armstead and Wife Mindy Are Expecting Baby No. 3: 'Our Family Wasn't Complete' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Mindy Armstead

Team Armstead is expanding!

Mindy, who is 18 weeks pregnant and due at the beginning of April, raves about her excitement for her little one’s arrival and opens up alongside her NFL husband about their pregnancy journey to date.

Arik adds, “I feel very excited. I definitely feel like our family wasn’t complete. I just feel really blessed to be pregnant again and add to our family.”

Arik Armstead and his wife Mindy pose alongside their two daughters, Amiri and Ayla.Mindy Armstead

The couple, who wed in June 2020, welcomed Amiri in February 2021 and Ayla in June 2022, two daughters that havemade Arik a proud “girl dad"since they were born. Now, the expecting parents are ready to welcome a boy to their brood.

“I’m excited to have a boy,” the NFL star tells PEOPLE, though he adds he’s expecting it to be “a little bit of a learning curve” in comparison to his familiarity with parenting girls. “It’s just going to be a little bit of a different experience, but I’m excited about it.”

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“I’ve already told him, I was like, ‘Look, this is my chance now’,” she jokes. “He spoiled our daughters to no end… does their nails, give them lip glosses,” she explains. “When I have a son, you’re not taking him out, injuring him and do all this crazy stuff unless he wants it.”

Mindy continues, “If he wants to be an artist, a musician, full support… I don’t care if he’s 6'8'' unless he really wants to do it.”

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Naturally, one would assume as a parent who’s played 10 seasons in the NFL — currently in his first with the Jaguars and nine with the San Francisco 49ers, where he nearly clinched the Super Bowl LVIII victory in overtime — that he’d want his son to follow in his football footsteps, but Arik is open.

“I feel like my life and the family and that me and Mindy created and try to create for our family is just to have opportunities for them to live out their dreams or whatever they’re interested in,” he says, noting that he’s “not necessarily pushing” for his son to play football in the future.

Arik Armstead and his expecting wife Mindy pose alongside each other ahead of their newborn son’s arrival in April.Mindy Armstead

While Arik can’t help but acknowledge that “sometimes the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” he says “if he’s not into sports, then that’s okay too,” explaining, “I just want to create opportunities for them to achieve and do whatever they want to do in life.”

“So we stuck with the A’s, so it’s going to be an A name for sure,” Arik says of his son’s first initial, though notes that they “haven’t dug too deep” just yet. “We’re kind of combing through and looking at some different options, trying to see what sticks.”

Arik Armstead plays with his little daughters, Amiri and Ayla, on their soon-to-be born brother’s gender reveal celebration.Mindy Armstead

Their 2 and 3-year-old daughters are more than ready for the arrival of their little brother, too. In fact, they’ve already started big-sister training.

Mindy adds, “They’re so excited… I think maybe they’re going to love him more than Arik and I. They’re going to want to just carry him everywhere and do everything. They’re very, very excited.”

Arik Armstead cuddles up with his little daughters, Amiri and Ayla.Mindy Armstead

The expecting parents are undoubtedly overjoyed about their growing family, especially as two individuals who come from respectively large households themselves. “I’m one of five, he’s one of four. I love my sisters and I love being from a big family,” says Mindy.

She concludes: “Right now I feel okay, but I know once I get bigger I might not… my answers might change.”

source: people.com