When the Denver Broncos quarterback Jarrett Stidham he goes out on the field, he has the sweetest side support in the woman Kennedy Stidham and his three children.
“Six years of marriage, five different states, four of us, three teams, two kids (one on the way), one love,” Jarrett and Kennedy wrote in one piece. Instagram shared post on June 2025. “Happy Birthday, I will never stop celebrating this beautiful life we have made for each other!!!!”
Jarrett and Kennedy have been together since college, eventually tying the knot in 2019 before he was drafted into the NFL. Since then, Kennedy has been his biggest cheerleader.
“It’s a long, long season, so it’s something we definitely remind ourselves of every week,” Kennedy explained in a 2023. YouTube video about life as an NFL spouse. “Every week is different, it’s only going to get harder, so we’ve got to buckle down and figure out what’s going on and get better.”
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Jarrett joined the Broncos during the 2023-2024 season as a backup quarterback. He became the starting quarterback two years later, in January 2026, after the organization’s original starter. Good Nix suffered a season-ending injury during the playoffs.
Jarrett, the first quarterback to make his conference championship debut since 1972, led the Broncos into the Jan. 25, 2026, AFC title game against the New England Patriots. Kennedy and his three children even gave him a big hug on the sidelines before the start of a public show of support.
Keep scrolling to meet Jarrett and Kennedy’s family:
Lennon Love Stidham
Jarrett and Kennedy Stidham welcomed their first child, daughter Lennon, in April 2022.
“Happy 3rd birthday to my little princess,” Jarrett wrote Instagram on April 2025. “Lennon Love, you are a blessing and I am the luckiest dad in the world. I love you so much baby girl.”
Madden Thaddeus Stidham
Jarrett and Kennedy Stidham’s second child, son Madden, joined the Stidham brood in March 2024.
“Happy 1st birthday to my boy,” the NFL star captioned one birthday tribute in March 2025. “Being your father is the greatest blessing. We love you, Bubba.”
Nella Jay Stidham
Kennedy Stidham gave birth to her and Jarrett Stidham’s third child, daughter Nella Jay, in October 2025.
“October 6, 2025, the day we became a family of five 🤍”, the couple captioned one set Instagram announcement
Kennedy Stidham
Jarrett Stidham met now-wife Kennedy Stidham when they were in college at Baylor University, marrying months before he was drafted by the New England Patriots in 2019. (Jarrett was later traded to the Las Vegas Raiders before eventually signing with the Denver Broncos).
“If you’re like a partner or a wife or whatever a professional athlete is, it’s always ‘Us.’ You feel like those losses are your losses, those wins are your wins (and) you wear them all on your sleeve because that’s all you know,” Kennedy, a former collegiate football player, said in a 2023 vlog. “I’m a sports girl, so that’s all I know.”
Once Jarrett was named the Broncos’ starting quarterback in January 2026, Kennedy took his three sons to the playoffs to watch their father in action.