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Isaac Rochell is finally having a gift this year, but it is not an NFL contract.
On Sunday, the free agent defensive end's wife Allison Kuch announced her pregnancy in a TikTok video, with the closing caption revealing their first child's due date:
"Baby coming December (white heart emoji)"
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Kuch later expressed her thoughts in another video:
The secret is out: I'm pregnant. It feels so good to say that out loud. While we have kept it private and to ourselves the past few months, I also still wanted to capture the memories. I was pregnant at Coachella, Stagecoach, Turks and Caicos.
I'm definitely going to keep a lot private, especially regarding my child. I'll touch on that in the next few weeks, but I also have vlogged and recorded a lot, like going to my first ultrasounds... how I kept that all a secret because nobody knew on my trip.
While Rochell has not signed with a team as of this writing, he can take solace in becoming a father for the first time in his life. Congratulations to him and his burgeoning family.
Could Isaac Rochell be returning to the NFL?
Rochell has largely been absent from NFL-related activities since Week 16 of the 2022-23 NFL season, when he and his Las Vegas Raiders lost 34-37 against the San Francisco 49ers. Kuch recently weighed in on her husband’s free agency:
“As you guys know, we're in the process of waiting to see what NFL team my husband will play for. I understand the comments. 'Don't get your hopes up. Your husband isn't very good. Time to look for a real job now'. My husband will be entering his seventh season in the NFL, meaning we've been through this process a few times."
"Y'all are used to seeing success stories and that's why I started sharing this journey, because my husband is an example of more of a normal NFL journey.”
In his own Tik Tok video, Rochell reiterated that he was not done playing professional football:
"I’ve seen my wife's video about me not being signed. Doesn't mean I'm not going to play. Doesn't mean I'm retiring. It just means I haven't signed yet".
When someone again asked Rochell about retiring on social media just a few days ago, he was once again blunt:
“So, a lot of people have been asking me, am I retiring? Hard no, I'm not retiring. I will literally play until my legs fall off.”
“Two, people are asking me what team I'm gonna be on. I don't know yet. Have I had workouts? Yes. Am I signed? No. Soon to be determined. Just part of the NFL process.”
It will be interesting to see which team signs the DE as Isaac Rochell prepares for fatherhood.
