NFL’s Jake Matthews drove to Atlanta to catch the birth of his son over an hour before the game hours in Charlotte

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: Gracie Hale | In Child , Interesting Facts

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Jake Matthews is an American football offensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL
He recently welcomed his first child with his wife Meggi Matthews
Matthews managed to dive from Charlotte to Atlanta for the birth of his son ahead of his game night

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NFL’s Jake Matthews welcomes a baby boy as his first child

Atlanta Falcons player Jake Matthews and his wife Meggi are blessed with their first child a baby boy on the 10th of November 2022. The couple welcomed their baby boy at 3:00 pm and named him Beckett Thomas.

The Atlanta Falcons offensive tackle, 30, had a hectic day that was also filled with happiness as he hurried to see his newborn child despite having a game on Thursday night. Matthews was in Charlotte, North Carolina, preparing for his team’s game against the Carolina Panthers on Thursday night.

Jake Matthews and Meggi is blessed with a baby boy as their first child — Jake Matthews and Meggi are blessed with a baby boy as their first child (Source: IG)

Matthews rushed from one city to the next as soon as he learned that his wife was going to give birth to their first child in order to support her and welcome the baby.

Actually, the due date is on Sunday, so Matthews assumed he’d play, and return, and their plan to induce labor on Sunday would proceed as planned. However, it appeared that the child had other plans.

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The 30-years old NFL player left Charlotte around 9:30 a.m. and arrived in Atlanta around 12:30 p.m. While speaking to ESPN, Matthews spoke about the situation,

“It was just scrambling making a decision of what to do. Hoping to catch a flight and that didn’t work out so forget it, we’ll jump in a car and let’s drive.”

Jake got just 15 minutes of time with his baby boy and returned to Charlotte for the game.

Matthews managed to dive from Charlotte to Atlanta for the birth of his son ahead of his game night (Source: PEOPLE)

Meggi quipped that their son would arrive on game day

Earlier Thursday, Meggi took to Instagram to share a photo of her and Jake and remarked that the birth would come on or around a game day.

After the birth, Meggi tweeted,

“Baby boy is safely delivered and @jakematthews70 is safely delivered to the plane to Charlotte,”
“RISE UP @AtlantaFalcons!!!! I did my best Falcons fans”

Has Jake Matthews arrived in time for the Falcons game?

Well, Falcons owner Arthur Blank was prepared to make sure Jack would be back in time. Blank picked him up in his jet from Atlanta to Charlotte on a flight that was covered to take off around 5 p.m. ET. Fortunately, the flight was expected to take no less than 40 minutes.

Jake Matthew proved that he is a support husband and loving father — Jake Matthew proved that he is a supportive husband and loving father (Source: IG)

Matthews then made his 137th start in a row for the Falcons as a left tackle. He said after the game,

“Couldn’t be happier with the first part of the day and how everything timed up and worked. t really was pushing it,”
“It was very surreal. It almost felt like a dream, man, bouncing around, getting dressed and getting out there. Felt like I was ready to go,”

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