Robert Griffin III

Robert Griffin III rushed out of the Fiesta Bowl on New Years' Eve, however, his wife has yet to give birth to their new daughter.

Griffin III wrote on the ‘Gram. At least for the time being, because Mrs. Well, it turns out that show of dad speed was for naught.

Robert Griffin III had to sprint out of Saturday afternoon's College Football Playoff game between No. 2 Michigan and No. 3 TCU. His wife was in labor.

Robert Griffin III had to sprint out of Saturday afternoon's College Football Playoff game between No. 2 Michigan and No. "Cutest little family, Be Blessed 😇" one fan added.

College Football pundit Robert Griffin III found himself running off the field of play mid-game because his wife was going into labor and he needed to ...

He tweeted a clip of the moment with the caption 'WIFE IS IN LABOR!!!!!!'. After dropping his technical equipment, he sprinted out of the stadium whilst being chased by camera operators and tried to make the journey home. He then quote tweeted that shortly after saying: "UPDATE!!!

Robert Griffin III played seven seasons in the NFL, three each with the Washington Commanders and Baltimore Ravens, and one with the Cleveland Browns.

However, news of Griffin III filing for divorce at the time was rumored to have taken Liddicoat aback. Griffin III and Šadeiko reportedly met through Instagram back in January 2016. The former Baylor quarterback and Liddicoat separated soon after and didn't live together for months. The former NFL star married a fitness enthusiast and heptathlete named Grete Šadeiko in 2018. In 2009, she and Griffin III met at Baylor University, and a year later, the couple got engaged. Liddicoat was born on August 13, 1988, in Boulder, Colorado, to her parents, Edward and Laura Liddicoat.

Robert Griffin III was covering the clash between the Michigan Wolverines against the TCU Horned Frogs live on ESPN when he was forced to make sharp exit ...

His frantic departure was also captured live on air, as a TV camera hilariously followed Griffin as he hunted down an exit from the stadium. Unsurprisingly the ex-NFL star was off in a dash, quickly removing all of his microphone equipment before making a run for the exit. Whilst the team were still live on air Griffin was heard crying: "I gotta go. This call however was an important one, as the 33-year-old quickly informed his colleagues on exactly why he picked up the phone. Griffin - who represented the Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens - was live on air with ESPN at the time. The 33-year-old was covering the college football clash between Michigan Wolverines and the TCU Horned Frogs, before making a sharp exit after hearing of his wife's labour update.

Sorry guys, uh, I gotta go. My wife's going into labor,” the former NFL quarterback told his co-hosts near the end of the third quarter.

Viewers at home saw Griffin talking on the phone while another analyst was discussing the game. Although the co-hosts were confused by his actions, they understood when he hung up and told them, “Sorry guys, uh, I gotta go. Griffin had a good reason for leaving: He had just found out his wife, Estonian heptathlete Grete Griffin, had gone into labor with their third child. “All I had to say was the word ‘labor’ and this man STOPPED CALLING A BOWL GAME and took off sprinting to the car to get to the airport and get on a 4 hour flight to make it home,” she wrote. After giving his co-hosts hugs, he ran off the field in Tempe, Arizona, and attempted to get home to his wife. [according to the New York Post](https://nypost.com/2023/01/01/robert-griffin-iiis-wife-grete-still-pregnant-after-labor-ordeal/).

Saturday's Fiesta Bowl was one of the wildest games in recent college football history. The underdog TCU Horned Frogs downed the Michigan Wolverines 51-45 ...

ESPN's coverage of the College Football Playoff got disrupted by a false labor Saturday. On New Year's Eve, University of Michigan faced Texas Christian ...

"All I had to say was the word 'labor' and this man STOPPED CALLING A BOWL GAME and took off sprinting to the car to get to the airport and get on a 4 hour flight to make it home," she went. [tied the knot in March 2018](https://people.com/sports/nfl-robert-griffin-marries-grete-sadeiko/), after [welcoming their first daughter together](https://www.instagram.com/p/BWIwYv3AYn-/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=8a167913-8cc8-455a-aec2-0f9540c0008a), Gloria, 5, in July 2017. "Secondly, let's talk about my husband [Robert Griffin III](https://www.businessinsider.com/robert-griffin-iii-back-2018-8), 32, was among the game analysts on the show — until he got a call from his wife, Grete Griffin, 29, that she was in labor. [@rgiii](https://www.instagram.com/rgiii/) I gave him a call in the middle of him being on live TV fully expecting to not get a hold of him but I guess when your wife is 9 months pregnant and calls you you answer the phone no matter what you're doing huh?" - He left in the middle of the game when his wife, Grete Griffin, called to tell him she was in labor.