Antonio Cromartie Net Worth, Career, Wife and Children Reality Show

Antonio Cromartie is a former American football player who played in the NFL from 2006 to 2016. He has a net worth that is estimated at $10 million, a large chunk of which he made from his NFL career. Also a loving husband and father of 14 children, he was a record-setting player in the NFL, and one of the best cornerbacks and blockers the game has ever seen. There are a lot of things that pique people’s interest in this fellow; read about all that below.

Antonio Cromartie Background Details

Cromartie was born on the 15th of April 1984 in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Antonio has Haitian and American heritage. He was a dedicated, hardworking football player and athlete throughout high school. His sterling record earned him the defensive player of the year award for 2002. He ran track and also did triple jump in high school.

His mother is Cassandra Gardner and he has kept information about his father and siblings from the public eye. Nonetheless, he claims that he has a healthy relationship with the man, according to him, his father has repeatedly assured him that he wants the best for him at all times.

Facts About His Wife, Children, and Their Reality Show

Antonio had lots of very passionate relationships prior to settling down in marriage; relationships that saw him father 9 children with 8 different women. Reports had it that he went through a vasectomy in 2013, but in a funny twist, he has had three children after undergoing this procedure.

Antonio is currently married. He got married to Terricka Cason in July 2010. They have 5 children together, including a set of twins in 2016. Before she got married to Antonio Cromartie, Terricka had a child from another relationship. The woman was a television reality star and model before she got married to Antonio. She starred in the television reality show, “Candy Girls”, in 2009.

Antonio Cromartie has 14 children in all from 9 different women. Now that he has retired from playing professional football, he has more time to spend with his large family. In November 2017, Antonio and Terricka Cromartie premiered their reality TV show, “The Cromartie’s”, to give the world a peek into how they manage and keep together their large family.

Antonio Cromartie’s Net Worth and Career Earnings

As stated earlier, Antonio has a net worth of $10 million; thanks to his career as an American footballer. On an athletic scholarship, Cromartie played football as a kick returner for Florida State University. In 2005, he sustained a knee injury while playing, and was forced to miss the entire season.

The following year (2006) and during the year’s NFL Draft, Antonio was selected as the 19th overall pick of the first round by the Los Angeles Chargers. This decision was due to the immense potential they saw in him, despite being sidelined all year by a knee injury. Later that year, he signed a five-year contract with the Chargers worth $13.5 million, he also got $7.35 million in guaranteed sums.

In 2007, Antonio’s sterling performances in games earned him a well-deserved nomination for the “AFC Defensive Player of the Week” award. This nomination motivated the star player to put in more effort; he was inspired to make NFL history the very next week after the nomination. He returned a missed field goal by the opposing team, running the entire length of the field for a touchdown. This set a record for the longest play in NFL’s history.

Also in 2007, Antonio Cromartie emerged as one of the cornerbacks selected for the AFC Pro Bowl team. He went on to make two crucial interceptions at the Pro Bowl. An injury to his hip in the 2008 season hindered Antonio from reaching his set goal of breaking the all-time interceptions record in a single season.

The player was traded to the New York Jets in 2010. However, his performance was inconsistent throughout the season. In the 2012 season, an unfortunate injury to Darelle Revis made Antonio the number one cornerback for his team. He pulled off sparkling performances throughout the season and got nominated for the Pro Bowl for the second time in his career. He made it to the Pro Bowl again in 2013 and the Jets released him the following year. Thereafter, he was signed by the Arizona Cardinals (in 2014) and was at the Pro Bowl in the same year.

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Antonio was resigned by the Jets in 2015 but was released in 2016. He signed a one-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts in 2016 but was released after 4 games with the team. Antonio called time on his professional football career in March 2018, as he was without a club for the entire season.