Antonio Cromartie in Early Running for Father of the Year

by John Beattie on Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:20AM

Whether or not Antonio Cromartie tackles any individual awards on the field this season, the Jets DB is on well on his way to bagging a Father of the Year Award.

The 25-year-old, who is entering his final year of a five-year, $12 million contract, successfully named all seven of his children on the spot in the latest episode of Hard Knocks.

"I have seven kids in five different states [with six different women]," he said in a conference call in March. "I made some wrong decisions my first two years in the NFL, and now I have to take that responsibility to be a father. I need to deal with my kids and child-support issues. Those things are being taken care of. I’m going to be the best father to them that I can."

The NY Post recently wrote: "Cromartie, the father of the
bump-and-run off the field, provides a roll call of his seven children, which
includes a trio of 3-year-olds, from six different mothers."

The paper also claims that the Jets had to front $500,000 of his $1.7 million salary this year
to "clean up his lingering paternity issues."

Cromartie has recently added to this tally as his latest newborn –a girl, Jersey — puts him at eight children.

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Antonio Cromartie in Early Running for Father of the Year

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Although he wasn't as quick as Will Hunting ("Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robby, Johnny, and Brad"), Cromartie was still pretty good, considering the circumstances.