As a Super Bowl-winning quarterback still in his prime, Russell Wilson’s life on and off the field is under scrutiny. His relationship with his wife, Ciara, is a particularly popular aspect of his tabloid headlines. The couple recently welcomed their third child into the world. When it came to naming the baby, Wilson was inspired by what he knows best.
Russell Wilson’s career in the NFL
It’s not since Tom Brady rose through the Patriots ranks to be a superstar that a player has climbed the ranks from quarterback to Super Bowl winner as quickly as Wilson. Out of college, which he spent in Wisconsin and North Carolina state, Wilson was a promising young general for NFL scouts, but far from a foolproof star.
With the 75th overall pick, however, the Seahawks tried their luck with the quarterback and, at the start of the season, he was the team’s full-time starter. Wilson, along with Marshawn Lynch and several other offensive weapons, served as the perfect offensive response to the defending team’s legendary Legion of Boom.
In 2014, Wilson was a Super Bowl champion. Although he didn’t repeat that success in the years that followed, the Wilson Seahawks have never won less than nine games and rarely dive below 10 in any given season. He’s the right balance of a gun for an arm and a quick quarterback.
To date, Wilson is a six-time Pro Bowler with nearly 30,000 passing yards and 227 TDs to his name. Even more impressive, he does all of this while always being there for his family at home.
Wilson’s commitment to family
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Wilson and Ciara were both coming out of broken relationships when they first met. According to his wife, a successful pop artist, the connection was quick from the moment they were introduced.
“It was different. I never had that feeling in my life. It was just, like, calm. We hooked up all the ways,” she told Jada Pinkett Smith through ET Online. “His conversation was just different. The way he looked at life was different. Plus, the energy with my son just felt right to me. And of course, the consistency. He’s consistent. That consistency is so crucial.”
Ciara had a newborn son, Future Zahir, with rapper Future when she and Wilson met, and Wilson immediately became a father figure. The couple married in 2016 and their first child, Sienna Princess, was born in April 2017. Fans who follow each other on social media or throughout their careers know how close the family is, always taking the time to be there for each other.
In 2020, their family grew even bigger when Ciara gave birth to a son named after one of Wilson’s favorite things to do.
All Russell Wilson and Ciara do is ‘win’
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Russell Wilson has such dedication to earn that he named his youngest son after the hobby, according to Yahoo. Win Harrison Wilson was born on July 23 and Ciara recently shared how they came up with a name too on the nose given Wilson’s story.
“It’s daddy. I give dad some credit. Oh my God, I’m going to get emotional, ”Ciara said Entertainment tonight. “Hormones, I’ll tell all pregnant moms, they’re real, okay? They don’t stop. Even when you have the baby and you’re just out, it happens. But these are good tears, praise the Lord. He had all the right names and Win won. So Win is the name, and he’s so cute, he’s so precious.
The baby will have a lot to live with with parents like Wilson and Ciara and a name like that. However, he is fortunate to have a loving family who will be there for him wherever life takes him from here. Wilson got a win in the offseason; he will now have to try to do it again in the field.
