Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy and his fiancée, Katya Kuropas, announced the birth of their first child on Friday (September 12), days after a breakout performance in his first career NFL start.

"Welcome to the world Rome Micah McCarthy ✨The sweetest, most perfect gift from God!! We are so unbelievably blessed to be your parents💙," Kuropas wrote in a joint post with McCarthy, listing the child's weight as 8.7 pounds and height at 21 inches.

"God is GREAT!" McCarthy wrote in one comment, as well as "[and] so are you my love" in another.

McCarthy was absent from the Vikings' practice on Thursday (September 11) as his wife was going into labor, head coach Kevin O'Connell told reporters. The former College Football Playoff National Champion returned to the team Friday (September 12) in preparation for the Vikings' Sunday Night Football game against the Atlanta Falcons.