Levi’s Stadium’s roaring crowds and prime-time drama are highs that Brock Purdy would have enjoyed this season. But the star quarterback’s most unforgettable moment didn’t come on the football field. It came at home.
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When the 49ers quarterback got the call that his wife Jenna was going into labor, the team immediately told him to forget practice and be there for the birth of his daughter. Purdy and his wife Jenna welcomed their first child in July. They named their daughter Millie Joleen Purdy.
The couple had announced the news with a heartfelt joint Instagram post: “Millie Joleen Purdy Life just became a whole lot sweeter.” The arrival was a surprise, but the 49ers did not think twice about allowing their franchise QB to step away from practice to be by his wife’s side.
“Every single morning I’d wake up and go about my day like normal, just waiting for Jenna to send that text,” Purdy recalled during a press conference.
“Then that morning she had her doula over, and they said, ‘No, this baby’s coming today.’ I called Coach [Kyle] Shanahan and [QB coach Mick Lombardi] and told them I couldn’t make it in. They were great— they said, ‘Enjoy it. Be there for her.’ And sure enough, our baby came that day,” added Purdy.
Purdy and Jenna Brandt first met as students at Iowa State University and went public with their relationship in November 2022.
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Purdy proposed the following July in Saint Cloud, Florida, and the couple married on March 9, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa.
Jenna grew up in Sumner, Iowa, alongside her three siblings. A standout athlete herself, she played setter in high school volleyball before competing for Iowa State and later transferring to the University of Northern Iowa, where she finished her collegiate career in 2022 while studying kinesiology.
Purdy and Jenna are now navigating life as young parents in the middle of an NFL season. The personal journey, Purdy says, has brought him even closer to his teammates.
“So many of us are having kids at the same time,” he said with a smile. “Hopefully, we’ll be together for a while, and our kids can be out on the field pregame. Christian and I have talked about how cool it would be for them to remember us playing in the NFL.”
Purdy is leading San Francisco through another postseason push. In a gritty 23-19 wild-card win over the Eagles, a game that saw the Niners lose George Kittle to an Achilles injury, Purdy threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns to help advance to the Divisional Round.
Watching from the stands in Philadelphia were Jenna and baby Millie, turning the playoff trip into a family affair for Purdy. Jenna later shared photos from the game on social media, writing, “Took the work trip to cheer on #13! Bang bang!”
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Fans and fellow NFL wives flooded the comments section with support. “Millie in Philly for the win,” one fan wrote, while Olivia Culpo chimed in with, “Team Millie!!!!!!” Kristin Juszczyk added, “The real star of the show is Millie girl!”
Under Shanahan, the 49ers have reached the NFC Championship every year they’ve made the playoffs. And Purdy hopes to keep that streak alive in Saturday’s rubber match with the Seahawks.
That said, no matter what happens on the field, the 2025 season has already given Purdy a victory bigger than football.
