These NFL WAGs are trading sidelines for tan lines.
Brittany Mahomes, Normani, Claire Kittle, Ronika Love, Christen Goff and Haley Cavinder all separately cover the February 2026 digital issue of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, sizzling in string bikinis for the beachy Florida shoot.
Photographed by Katherine Goguen, the group posed at South Seas resort on Captiva Island in the Fort Myers area for the magazine’s celebration of women redefining the “WAG” label.
Mahomes, 30, models an Ay Que Colour two-piece suit in Kansas City Chiefs red as an homage to her quarterback husband Patrick Mahomes’ longtime team.
The mom of three made her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut in 2024, also wearing a series of scarlet swimsuits.
A former pro soccer player, Mahomes took the opportunity to talk up the rising profile of the National Women’s Soccer League and her role as founding co-owner of the Kansas City Current.
“I just hope that by doing this, I can inspire women in life to still feel confident and to still work for themselves and take care of their bodies,” Mahomes, who gave birth to daughter Golden Raye in January 2025, told the magazine.
Love, 27, a pro volleyball player who is expecting her first child with her husband, Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love, posed pregnant for her cover in a Vix tube top ($128) and matching bottoms ($128).
“I think there’s so much power in being a woman and growing a human, but like, looking sexy on the beach,” she told the publication.
Love, who played at the University of Oregon, also pushed back on the “WAG” terminology. “It was hard for me to never be referred to as an athlete myself. I’m super competitive, so for people to call me [a ‘WAG’], I’m like, ‘Oh, like, he is a husband and boyfriend’ as well. He’s a HAB.”
Normani, 29, meanwhile, frolicked in the waves in a champagne-colored Sole Mare braided bikini. The pop star got engaged to Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf in March 2025.
“I feel very sexy,” the “Motivation” singer said of the shoot. “I feel like I’m in my divine femininity.”
Kittle, 31, and Cavinder, 24, made their SI Swimsuit debuts with the issue, while Goff, 32, returned for her sixth appearance in the magazine — though the first since giving birth to daughter Romy Isabelle.
She shares the seven-month-old with husband and Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff.
“These WAGs are so much more than just wives, girlfriends or familiar faces spotted on the sidelines each Sunday,” the magazine wrote in its announcement. “They’re game changers in their own right.”
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