{"id":169078,"date":"2025-09-25T20:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/169078\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T20:13:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:13:40","slug":"former-nfl-star-shaun-alexander-expecting-baby-no-14-with-wife-valerie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/169078\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Star Shaun Alexander Expecting Baby No. 14 with Wife Valerie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<br \/>\nShaun Alexander&#8217;s family is getting biggerThe former NFL star and his wife Valerie are expecting baby no. 14 togetherAlexander announced the news on the Up &amp; Adams Show with Kay Adams<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shaunalexander\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shaun Alexander<\/a> is expanding his family!\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The former NFL star, 48, and his wife Valerie are expecting baby No. 14 together, sharing the news on the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6ztN64DTZEU?si=_x0kYK5B929cSR_H\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Up &amp; Adams Show with Kay Adams<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;We&#8217;re just now starting to tell people, but number 14 is in the belly,&#8221; the proud dad shared with a bright smile on his face.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The former Seattle Seahawks tailback and his wife, who tied the knot in 2002, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHvxYtTKOFJ\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proud parents of 10 daughters and 3 sons<\/a> \u2014 Judea, Hope, Hosanna, Eternity, Torah, Jedidiah, Honor, Temple, Justus, Joseph, Eden, Trinity and Heaven.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> While he didn&#8217;t reveal the sex or the due date for the baby on the way, Alexander smiled when sharing the news, adding that host Kay Adams is the first person he&#8217;s told on television.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The soon-to-be dad of 14 regularly shares glimpses of his family on social media. Recently, Alexander shared snaps from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DI5d43_tYaf\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">outing<\/a> at the 2025 NFL Draft with his sons, noting it was a birthday celebration for his son Jedidiah.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;I asked Jedidiah what he wanted for his birthday; He said go somewhere with you. So, draft it was. Great time with my boys.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/happybirthdayjedidjah\/?hl=en\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Happybirthdayjedidjah<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/nfldraft2025\/?hl=en\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#nfldraft2025<\/a>&#8221; he wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Shaun Alexander&#8217;s family is getting biggerThe former NFL star and his wife Valerie are expecting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-169078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}