Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons is having an extraordinary week.
Not only did his team advance to the divisional round after beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but Parsons, 23, became a father for the second time on Saturday, which Scott Van Pelt brought up while interviewing the NFL player following the Monday Night Football victory.
“Hold on, did you just have a daughter two days ago?” he asked Parsons.
“Yeah!” the linebacker-turned-defensive end replied enthusiastically.
“Man, who cares about this football stuff, man,” Van Pelt said, switching gears to talking fatherhood. “Being a girl dad, there’s nothing like it, man. Just wait, you think you are in love now, just wait.”
“Man, I already know,” Parsons — who is also dad to a 5-year-old son, Malcolm — replied.
When Micah Parsons was 4 years old, he told his mom he “didn’t wanna live like this” and he was going to the NFL.
That dream comes true tonight, with his son Malcolm in his arms 🤞@MicahhParsons11 @NFL @NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/uUKMZgyQvH
— Overtime (@overtime) April 29, 2021
“Every time she cries, I play my favorite artist, Rod Wave, and I sing it to her. She’s got me wrapped already,” he shared. “I can’t wait to get home to her. I can’t wait to get back to just lay with her.”
“You got no shot!” Van Pelt said of raising a little girl. “You got no shot! Wait until she says, ‘I love you daddy.’ There’s nothing better.”
After missing practice ahead of the matchup to be with his wife for the birth, Parsons took to Twitter to announce his daughter’s arrival to the world.
“7.1 ounces! Thank you God for blessing me with most beautiful baby girl!” he tweeted about his second child’s birth.
Parsons was drafted by the Cowboys as a first-round pick in 2021, eager to make his family’s dreams come true through an NFL career.
Joined by Malcolm on the red carpet at the NFL Draft last April, Parsons chatted with Overtime about how his upbringing drove him to success in professional sports.
“First person I’ll hug is my Mom,” Parsons said, anticipating the moment he’d be drafted. “Since I was four years old, I told her that ‘I didn’t want to live like this,’ and I was going to go to the NFL.”
“I know she’s going to be the person smiling the most, I can’t wait to embrace it, but he’s all going to be worth it. Her and My Dad,” he continued. “They’re the ones who got me there.”
