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Brock Purdy and Wife Jenna Announce Baby No. 2 Just Weeks Before NFL Season

The San Francisco 49ers quarterback has another reason to celebrate before the 2026 season kicks off, as he and wife Jenna revealed they're expecting their second child together.
Oct 6, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (right) kisses his wife Jenna Brandt (left) before the game against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi's Stadium.
Oct 6, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (right) kisses his wife Jenna Brandt (left) before the game against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi's Stadium. | Darren Yamashita-Imagn

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Brock Purdy is preparing for another season leading one of the NFL's most scrutinized franchises.

Before training camp and regular-season expectations take center stage, however, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback shared some much more personal news.

Purdy and his wife, Jenna, announced Wednesday that they are expecting their second child together, revealing the pregnancy in a heartfelt Instagram post featuring the couple and their one-year-old daughter, Millie.

"Another blessing on the way 🤍 Baby #2 coming soon," Jenna wrote alongside the family photos.

The announcement was quickly met with thousands of congratulatory messages as one of the NFL's youngest star quarterbacks prepares for another major milestone away from football.

Another Big Chapter for the Purdy Family

The growing family arrives just over a year after Brock and Jenna welcomed their daughter, Millie, their first child together.

Last July, the couple introduced their newborn to the world with a simple but heartfelt caption:

"Millie Joleen Purdy💕 Life just became a whole lot sweeter."

Brock and Jenna's relationship stretches back to their college days at Iowa State University. After dating for several years, Purdy proposed during a waterfront trip to Florida in 2023, and the pair married the following March in an intimate ceremony surrounded by family and close friends.

Throughout Purdy's rise from the final pick in the 2022 NFL Draft to becoming the face of the 49ers franchise, Jenna has largely stayed out of the spotlight while remaining a constant presence at games and major career moments.

Now, the couple is preparing to become a family of four.

A Different Kind of Offseason Win

The timing makes the announcement especially meaningful.

Purdy is only weeks away from beginning another season with championship expectations in San Francisco. Every offseason brings questions about roster moves, offensive changes and Super Bowl aspirations, but for one day, football took a back seat.

Instead, the biggest headline in Purdy's life had nothing to do with touchdowns or training camp. It was about family.

As the 49ers quarterback gets ready for another demanding NFL season, he and Jenna will also be preparing for an entirely different challenge: welcoming another child into the Purdy household.

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Maggie MacKenzie
MAGGIE MACKENZIE

Maggie MacKenzie is a Boston-based writer and editor who has spent more than a decade covering sports and entertainment, with a deep focus on NASCAR. At NASCAR.com she covered the sport from race-weekends and analysis to larger stories covering the athletes, teams and series. Maggie has also held editorial roles across sports media, including as a copy editor and writer at Sports Business Journal, where she worked on coverage of the business side of professional sports, and at Heavy.com covering sports and entertainment. Maggie has been writing and editing professionally for more than ten years. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Fairfield University and an MBA from Babson College.