Cam Newton's 8 Kids: All About the Former NFL Player’s Sons and Daughters — and Why Fatherhood Surprised Him in the Best Way

Mar. 15, 2025

Quarterback Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers prior to a game against the Cleveland Browns on December 9, 2018 at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio ; Cam Newton with his children.Photo:2018 Nick Cammett/Diamond Images/Getty ; Cam Newton/Instagram

2018 Nick Cammett/Diamond Images/Getty ; Cam Newton/Instagram

The former NFL MVP shares four children with his ex-girlfriend,Kia Proctor— sonsChosen Sebastian, Camidas Swain andCashmere Saintand daughterSovereign-Dior Cambella— and helps raise Proctor’s older daughter, Shakira. Newton also shares two children with photographer LaReina Shaw — their son,Caesarand Shaw’s older son, Jaden, from a previous relationship.

Newton and his girlfriend Jasmin Brown, who have been dating since 2022, welcomed their first child together, a girl, in March 2024. They have not yet revealed her name.

While competing onSpecial Forcesin January 2025, Newton admitted that after being out of the NFL for three years, he’s not able to share the “large sum of money” he was earning with his children anymore,

“It hurts me knowing that Ican’t provide like I once did,” he said on the show. “It hurts thinking that I’m Superman, but in reality, I’m just a man.”

Newton shares four children with his ex-girlfriend Proctor

Cam Newton smiles with his daughter Sovereign Dior.Cam Newton/ Instagram

Cam Newton/ Instagram

Newton welcomed four children with his then-girlfriend, Kia Proctor.

The former Carolina Panthers quarterback and Proctor welcomed their first child, son Chosen Sebastian, on Dec. 24, 2015.

“My longtime girlfriend and I were extremely blessed to have a son last week,” Newton wrote onX. “Our family is excited, and thank you all for the well wishes!”

Newton picked the name Chosen because he “wanted something that would be masculine, but yet unique,” perThe Charlotte Observer. The former footballer added that he was “not a big fan of juniors" due to the “pressure” that brings.

Newton and Proctor’s daughter, Sovereign-Dior Cambella, was born on Feb. 3, 2017. “How did I get so lucky?” Newton captioned anInstagramphoto of himself and Sovereign in 2019.

Newton and Proctor separated in 2020 after she learned that he had fathered a child with photographer LaReina Shaw. In a September 2024Q&A videoon her YouTube channel, Proctor admitted that she thought the relationship “was going toward marriage” until Newton’s infidelity.

Newton has a son with Shaw

Cam Newton holds his son Caesar.Cam Newton/ Instagram

Newton and Shaw’s son Caesar Lorenzo, was born on July 4, 2019, and he and Shaw went public for the first time on her Instagram Stories two years later.

During a 2022 appearance onThe Pivotpodcast, Newton discussed how he had changed since his early years in the NFL, saying that a “personal situation” was behind it.

“My longtime girlfriend at the time [Proctor], we had a family. And I made a mistake, I hurt her, and I jeopardized our family at that time, and I had a child outside of our relationship,” he said.

“I can honestly say I made a humanistic mistake,” Newton added. “And when Caesar Lorenzo Newton was born, I then stopped caring [what other people thought], because I could only be the best person that I could be.”

“I knowI hurt somebody, but I didn’t want what I created to be a secret either. But all the while, too, my relationship with my oldest daughter suffered, and is suffering from that,” he said. “Daddy cheated on my mommy. I think it’s important for me to be accountable.”

Newton’s youngest child was born in 2024

Jasmin Brown with her and Cam Newton’s daughter.Jasmin Brown/ instagram

Jasmin Brown/ instagram

Newton’s oldest and youngest kids are just over a decade apart.

Brown has, however, shared some insight on Instagram into her journey as a mom. She revealed that shelearnedshe was pregnant on June 26, 2023, and has posted photos andvideosof her daughter, always keeping the infant’s facehidden.

Two of Newton’s children are from his ex-girlfriends' previous relationships

Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers, left, and Kia Proctor arrive at the 3rd annual NFL Honors at Radio City Music Hall, in New York.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock

Newton also helps to raise two of his ex’s children from previous relationships. Proctor’s older daughter, Shakira, was born in February 2007.

In 2017, Newton paid tribute to Shakira in a since-deleted Instagram post in honor of her birthday, according toESPN, writing, “in retrospect you were my first child.”

“I remember the first day you called me daddy and I was scared as hell,” Newton wrote. “But when I thought about it, I was honored for you to think of me as not only a male figure in your life but also as a father figure you could learn from as well. Your mom and I are not married, but no one can tell you that I’m not your father and they damn sure can’t tell me that you’re not my daughter.”

In February 2022, for Shakira’s birthday, Newton wrote onInstagram, “I credit you for keeping me accountable and making me alter my thinking and beliefs.” Two months later, in April, heinterviewedShakira for an episode of his series,Funky Friday.

Shaw also has an older child, son Jaden, born in February 2006.

During an April 2024 interview onClub Shay Shay, Newton shared that he “wanted to be married with a house and a picket fence,” but that “wasn’t what my life panned out to be."

“I proudly say I have 8 children. Six biologically through me. And I don’t believe in stepchildren,” he explained. “What my biological kids get, everybody gets. I don’t have no favorites. I’m raising kings and queens.”

They’ve followed in his athletic footsteps

Cam Newton and his daughter Sovereign Dior.Cam Newton/ Instagram

Football is in the Newton blood.

On her YouTube channel, Proctor shared that Chosen and Camidas are on football, basketball and track teams and said “there are no off days, off times, of any sports.”

Proctor has also shared clips of her boys’ games, including showing Newton on the football sidelines, as well as Instagram photos of her and Newton’s kids swimming and tumbling.

For Halloween 2024, Sovereigndressed upas a cheerleader while Proctordonneda sparkly football uniform. She also posted anInstagram videoof the boys in their football uniforms, with Sovereign cheering and Proctor wearing both her football costume and a referee uniform.

In addition, Shaw has uploaded sporty photos of her son Caesar, including two of himplaying tennisin honor of his 5th birthday in July 2024.

Newton has said fatherhood is his biggest priority

Cam Newton at the 2024 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Gilbert Flores/ Billboard via Getty

Gilbert Flores/ Billboard via Getty

As important as football was to Newton, he has repeatedly spoken about how fatherhood is the role he has most embraced.

That same year, Newton toldYahoo! Sportsthat fatherhood was “great,” joking, “I’m not as bad as I thought I was!”

“It’s something that a person can never really prep for, but for me I just want to be available, and it’s helped me be a better man,” he added.

Newton also pays tribute to each of his kids on social media, regularly sharinghappy birthday messageson Instagram.

Newton and Proctor have a “week on, week off” co-parenting schedule

Cam Newton relaxes with three of his children.Cam Newton/ Instagram

Despite reportedly contentious custody hearings in the past, as of 2024, Newton and Proctor seem to be on better co-parenting footing. Proctor shared on her YouTube channel that she and Newton have a “week on, week off” co-parenting schedule, switching every Sunday.

“I think the kids are great. They’re in a great space. I try to make sure that they don’t go without and that they’re good mentally. And we have a great co-parenting schedule,” she said. “I feel like we do the best we can and we make it work … for the kids. It has definitely been a work in progress, and I feel like it should get better with time.”

Proctor said that after they first separated, she and Newton would celebrate their children’s birthdays together, going to places like SeaWorld and iFly. They later began to do birthday celebrations separately, but she hopes that in the future they’ll combine them again.

In 2021, Newton publicly wished a happy Mother’s Day to bothProctorandShawon Instagram.

source: people.com