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          Jacksonville Jaguars' Dawuane Smoot helps wife deliver baby girl at home

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          Jags' Dawuane Smoot tells story of his daughter's unexpected home birth (2:59)

          Jaguars defensive end Dawuane Smoot and his wife, Aumari, tell the story of the unplanned home birth of their second child. (2:59)

          • Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterOct 19, 2021, 09:32 PM
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              Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow DiRocco on Twitter at @ESPNdirocco.
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          JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dawuane Smoot might just have the best hands on the team.

          Smoot helped his wife, Aumari, deliver the couple's second child early Tuesday morning in their Jacksonville home, according to a team official. They were about to leave for the hospital around 4 a.m. ET when Aumari fell, the official said. Smoot caught her, but there wasn't enough time to get to the hospital before the baby was born.

          Smoot called 911, and paramedics talked him through tying the umbilical cord over the phone. Daughter Ahlani Moon Smoot was born in the couple's living room.

          Smoot obviously missed Tuesday's workouts at the Jaguars' facility, but he called in to the team meeting and told the story, and was roundly cheered.

          The couple also has a 2-year-old son, Ahmir.