{"id":794334,"date":"2026-03-05T18:34:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/794334\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:34:22","slug":"denver-broncos-quarterback-bo-nix-welcomes-first-baby-on-his-birthday-weeks-after-devastating-injury-ended-his-nfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/794334\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix welcomes first baby on his birthday weeks after devastating injury ended his NFL season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-205\/isabel-baldwin.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ISABEL BALDWIN, US ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  10:55 EST, 5 March 2026   |  Updated:  10:58 EST, 5 March 2026   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/denver-broncos\/index.html\" id=\"mol-b4e6a4b0-18a9-11f1-a9f2-b98052b2ed1b\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Denver Broncos<\/a> quarterback Bo Nix received an extra special present for his birthday this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The signal caller, 26, who suffered a season-ending injury during the NFL playoffs, welcomed his first child with his wife, Izzy Nix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Izzy gave birth to their daughter,\u00a0Riley Belle, on February 25, which also happens to be Nix&#8217;s birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Izzy, who married the NFL star in 2022, announced the happy news on <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVe6EyUDc0a\/?img_index=1\">Instagram <\/a>on Wednesday, sharing a series of adorable photos of their new bundle of joy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Riley Belle Nix arrived on her dad\u2019s birthday &#8211; 2\/25\/26 at 4:45pm, 6 lbs 11 oz,&#8217; she wrote in the caption. &#8216;The best birthday party I\u2019ve ever been to!!!!!!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She added: &#8216;We are overwhelmed by the goodness of God and immeasurable joy that we have experienced this week! Thank you, Jesus, for choosing us to shepherd over her life.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4e31e06732f3f3ef\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/106899319-15616921-image-a-1_1772725528054.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix and wife Izzy welcomed their first child last month\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix and wife Izzy welcomed their first child last month\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2a4be20aa349d9c9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/106899321-15616921-image-a-2_1772725532005.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Their daughter, Riley Belle, arrived on February 25, which also happens to be Nix's birthday\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Their daughter, Riley Belle, arrived on February 25, which also happens to be Nix&#8217;s birthday<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-854be3d1d753f663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/106899329-15616921-image-a-3_1772725539552.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The signal caller was pictured carrying their bundle of joy out of the hospital in a sweet snap\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The signal caller was pictured carrying their bundle of joy out of the hospital in a sweet snap<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The new parents were pictured cradling their sweet newborn in the hospital, with Nix sporting a &#8216;Girl Dad&#8217; cap as he lovingly draped an arm around his wife&#8217;s shoulders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In another snap, the Broncos star could be seen carrying his new daughter out of the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nix and Izzy first met during their college days at Auburn University, where she was a Tigers cheerleader and where he played for three seasons before transferring to the University of Oregon for the 2022 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Izzy graduated from the university in May 2022 and the pair wed two months later in Alabama, before relocating to Oregon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nix was selected by the Broncos in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft and was later named Denver&#8217;s starter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The happy news comes as a positive boost for Nix away from the field after his 2025 NFL season ended in disaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nix broke his ankle in the final minutes of his team&#8217;s playoff win over the\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/buffalo-bills\/index.html\" id=\"mol-007d6f90-fd10-11f0-b0e9-391f800a588b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> on January 17, ruling him out of the rest of the postseason with an issue that required surgery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It meant Jarrett Stidham came in for the AFC Championship loss to the\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/new-england-patriots\/index.html\" id=\"mol-007fe090-fd10-11f0-b0e9-391f800a588b\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New England Patriots<\/a>, with the Broncos falling agonizingly short in a 10-7 loss in the snow.<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix welcomes first baby on his birthday weeks after devastating injury ended his NFL season<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By ISABEL BALDWIN, US ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Published: 10:55 EST, 5 March 2026 | Updated: 10:58 EST, 5&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[3225,258,7,6,84,817],"class_list":{"0":"post-794334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-denver-broncos","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-nfl-playoffs","13":"tag-sport"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116178013388002536","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}