‘Dad of the Century’: Ciara’s Husband Russell Wilson Shares Sweet Pic of Young Future and Sends Fans Gushing

Seattle Seahawks quarterback and singer Ciara’s husband Russell Wilson is serving father goals for many of their fans.

The “Goodies” songstress always brags about how great of a dad her husband is and he clearly proved her 100 percent correct this past weekend. On Friday, the NFL player uploaded an adorable photo of 5-year-old Future Zahir apparently at one of his little league games.

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Future Zahir @dangerusswilson/Instagram

Baby Future rocked his blue and orange baseball getup, while posing in front of the entrance gate with a huge smile on his face. Wilson captioned the Instagram image, “Love you. Proud of you. ⚾️”

Overwhelmed by her husband’s love for her son, the “1, 2 Step” singer commented with a blue heart on Wilson’s photo.

Fans fawned over the football player’s sweet post of his stepson.

“And I’m proud of you!!! I love the love you have for him. Dad of the century ❤️”

“More of this❤️✊🏾 The role that fathers play is so crucial and so essential. Omg so cute , your such a good father to Him”

“Where did the baby go 😭😭😭😭 he grew up so fast looking just like his beautiful mama 😍 He takes his skills after you! Papa Russ!”

“What a handsome little man!! You’re beautiful BONUS Dad Russ Or excuse me Mr. Wilson💪🏽 they’re lucky to have you”

“Good job Russ ✊ you are a good man you are doing an AWESOME job with this kid…I applaud u. A real father who stepped up 🙌🏽”

Ciara shares Future with ex-fiancé and rapper Future.

The pair, however, called it quits in 2014 a few months after Ciara gave birth to their son. She and Wilson began dating in 2015 and the rest is history. She said the Seahawks player’s love for her son is what made her fall in love with him.

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(From left): Sienna, Ciara, Future and Russell Wilson (Photo: @ciara/Instagram)

“Russ jumped right in,” the mother of two told Red Table Talk last June. “He was changing diapers. He was so proud of Future’s first steps. When I go to teacher-parent conferences he’s at every one of them with me, and I make sure I schedule so he can be there because those details matter to him. It’s honestly one of the most sexiest things about him to me. Because the way he loves my son and also the way he loves our kids.”

Ciara and Wilson share 2-year-old daughter Sienna Princess, and are pregnant with their second child. The couple will have a total of three kids.

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