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J.J. Watt has been called one of the most dominant defensive players in the NFL.

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Add “new dad” to his list of accomplishments.

The Arizona Cardinals’ 33-year-old defensive end announced on Twitter that he and his wife, women’s soccer star Kealia Ohai, are expecting their first child.

“Could not be more excited,” Watt tweeted.

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The couple did not reveal the baby’s gender, KPRC-TV reported.

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According to Ohai’s Instagram account, the baby is expected to arrive sometime in October.

Ohai, 30, who played for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup champions, shared several photographs of her cradling her baby bump under a brown bodycon dress, People reported.

Watt proposed to Ohai in May 2019 when both were vacationing in the Bahamas, KHOU-TV reported. The couple have been together since 2016, according to the television station.

The couple got married in a Bahamas ceremony in February 2020.

Watt signed with the Cardinals in March 2021 after playing 10 seasons for the Houston Texans.