Personal
McNabb and his college sweetheart, Raquel Ann Sarah "Roxie" Nurse, were married in June 2003. They have four children: daughter Alexis, who was born in 2004, twins Sariah and Donovan Jr. who were born in 2008 and Devin James who was born in 2009. The family splits its time between homes in Moorestown Township, New Jersey, an affluent suburb of Philadelphia, and Chandler, Arizona.
In 2002, McNabb, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree in speech communication from Syracuse University, was named to the institution's Board of Trustees; he is one of the youngest trustees to have served there. It is stated on his website that he plans to use his speech communication degree when his playing days are over to become a broadcaster.
McNabb's parents, Sam and Wilma McNabb, have gained fame appearing as themselves in a series of Campbell's Chunky Soup commercials. Actress Marcella Lowery has played McNabb's mother on occasion. Wilma is also a vice president of the NFL Mothers' Association and the executive director of the Donovan McNabb Foundation, and runs McNabb Unlimited, which oversees Donovan's endorsements.
McNabb also played basketball at Syracuse University as a reserve guard. In the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament national championship game against the University of Kentucky Wildcats, McNabb played against his former high school teammate Antoine Walker.
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