Antonio Cromartie
New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie (31) is pictured during the second half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, in East Rutherford, N.J.
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New York Jets star Antonio Cromartie's wife is pregnant with twins despite the cornerback previously getting a vasectomy.
The children will be his 11th and 12th kids -- more little ones than teams are allowed players on a football field.
"I didn't even tell Antonio right away because I didn't think it was possible," Terricka Cromartie told Us Weekly.
"I was going back and forth in my head how it could even happen. In my head we were good to go, we were having free sex! I just really thought that his procedure was the best protection you could have at this point."
Antonio Cromartie and wife Terricka Cason Cromartie arrive at the Kids' Choice Sports Awards at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on Thursday, July 17, 2014, in Los Angeles. (
The New York Daily News reports a vasectomy is considered 99.85 percent effective for birth control. Only one to two women out of 1,000 will have an unplanned pregnancy in the first year after their partner has had a vasectomy, according to WebMD.
Antonio Cromartie, a four-time NFL Pro Bowler who also played with the Arizona Cardinals and San Diego Chargers, married Terricka in November 2008. They already have two kids together: A 5-year-old daughter named Jurzie and a 3-year-old son named Jagger.
According to Us Weekly, the couple is working on a book about blended families and will star on an upcoming reality TV show.
Cromartie, 31, has eight children from previous relationships with other women. He had a memorable scene on HBO's "Hard Knocks" in 2010 when he reportedly appeared to struggle to remember all of his kids' names.
He recently joked about paying child support on Instagram: