Alabama redshirt junior Phidarian Mathis is a name fans should be familiar with, as he earned his first two career starts late last season against Auburn in the Iron Bowl and Michigan in the Citrus Bowl.
The responsibilities that Mathis will carry moving forward now involve a beautiful, brand new baby girl named Khylei Rae Mathis! On Saturday, the Louisiana native shared the news via his Twitter account:
02/22/20 10:17am Khylei Rae Mathis#PoppaPhilly💕 Man y’all don’t understand😢 pic.twitter.com/XjtIxN0KqF
— Phidarian (Phil) Mathis🙏🏾💪🏾 (@PhidarianMathis) February 22, 2020
Little Khylei Rae was born on Feb. 22 at approximately 10:17 a.m. CT, and even former Alabama standout defensive lineman Raekwon Davis had to chime in and show his appreciation for her middle name:
Man I love that Rae part foo ❤️ https://t.co/yHj184jGWS
— Raekwon Davis (@Raekwondavis_99) February 22, 2020
The video in the tweet shows Mathis cutting his daughters umbilical cord.
He hash-tagged himself with a new nickname for himself too: “Poppa Philly”.
Well, Poppa Philly, all of us here at Roll Tide Wire congratulate you on this very exciting moment, and we are thrilled to see you tackle fatherhood in the same way you tackle being a member of the Crimson Tide! In other words, congratulations!
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