Former NFL star Cam Newton loves his role as a father.

“Fatherhood has been great. … I’m not as bad as I thought I was!” Newton joked in a 2017 interview with Yahoo! Entertainment. “It’s something that a person can never really prep for, but, for me, I just want to be available and it’s helped me be a better man.”

The athlete is the biological dad to seven children, but has taken on a parenting role for two of his ex-girlfriends’ kids from previous relationships. Newton and girlfriend Jasmin Brown welcomed their second child, his ninth, in 2025.

Keep scrolling for a breakdown of his family:

Kia Proctor

Newton shares four children with ex-girlfriend Proctor. The athlete also helped raise her eldest daughter, Shakira — born in February 2007 — whom she welcomed in a prior relationship. (

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