Meet Atlanta Falcons' Drake London's super supportive parents and older sister

Drake's father, Dwan London, is a vice president of operations for a tech company. His mother Cindi London is a data developer for a publishing company. And ever since their son began playing college football with USC, they've consistently been at almost every single game. Even during COVID protocols, when he played to empty stadiums, the pair told ESPN they got cardboard cutouts of themselves and his sister to sit in the stands.

Dwan told the publication that the family also shares a very specific pre-game ritual – a prayer. "I used to do it in private in his bedroom, just me and him, because I allowed him to play tackle football and I didn't know how dangerous tackle football can be," he shared. "So OK, let's try to get out of this as healthy as we possibly can and ask the Lord to guide us through this whole process. And it hasn't stopped."

It goes as far as the couple drawing up excel spreadsheets for every game Drake plays in a season, figuring out travel plans, accommodations and even food for their visits to locations like New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and home games in Atlanta. Dwan joked that Cindi, who is in charge of the spreadsheets, draws them up "like hieroglyphics," so she even made a cheatsheet for him.

Drake's father was the one who trained him to find joy in football when he realized he was underperforming in school, and encouraged him to make it his career after being drafted by the USC Trojans. And support is a major part of their parenting style for both kids. "I just think it bleeds over to our parenting style. We want to make sure that they know that we are there for them and we expect them to be the same way for their children."

As for their daughter, Makayla, 29, is a working model and social media influencer. She boasts nearly 300k followers on Instagram alone and works as a beauty model primarily, while also creating streetwear apparel. She has worked with brands like Nike and NYX Cosmetics, and per her brand page MVKDRE, she began modeling as a teenager.

"I started independent modeling in March, 2016. It's always a path I wanted to pursue – but at that specific time I was hesitant, and truthfully unsure how to get started," she explained. "Thankfully, I have an AMAZING support system who really reassured my aspirations. My parents were so encouraging, happy, and supportive of me." She is often present at her brother's games as well, cheering him on as recently as last night.