Super Bowl 50 Champion Britton Colquitt grew up in a home where professional sports was the family business. And with the last name Colquitt, you become a punter, play for the University of Tennessee, and then the NFL.
“I always believed pro football was what I was going to do. That was my father’s job. It was our environment,” Britton says. “That’s what I believed.”
Britton, his father Craig, and his older brother Dustin are the first father-son-son trio to each win a Super Bowl in NFL history. Talent, hard work, determination, and non-stop training and practice earned all three the prized ring. For Britton, that same drive for practice also led to the coastal home and year-round lifestyle that he and his wife, Nikki, and their four children now enjoy in WaterColor, Florida.
“Our house backs up to a big field 70 yards by 50 yards. It’s like a miniature football field, big enough to punt on,” Britton explains. “When we first vacationed at Santa Rosa Beach before training camp, Dustin and I would stay in the same house and practice punting on that field.”
Dustin bought a home in WaterColor in 2016, and when the brothers went back on vacation in 2017, there was one unsold house left in the neighborhood on a lot that backed up to that field. “Nikki and I bought it. So now, my backyard is the field where my brother and I punted during vacation and where my kids and I play every day.”
Britton’s WaterColor community, that house, that field, that 180-degree swap from cold climate living in-season in Denver, Cleveland or Minneapolis to year-round living on the Emerald Coast, also led to his post-NFL career.
Jason Romair built Britton’s, as well as many of the homes in stunning WaterColor and Watersound Origins on Scenic Highway 30A. Jason is also the owner/developer of the newest jewel in the 30A crown – Kaiya Beach Resort at Inlet Beach.
“After getting to know each other and our families’ becoming friends, Jason invited me to help him bring Kaiya to the world,” Britton says. “I got my realtor’s license to represent coastal living on what many believe are the most beautiful white beaches and blue-green seas in the country – and joined the Kaiya team.”
A Life-Giving Level of Luxury
Why did Kaiya inspire him to open his next chapter in real estate?
“I believe so strongly in the lifestyle experience Jason is creating,” Britton says. Kaiya is a Hawaiian Pacific-culture word that means a life in harmony. “It’s totally unique from anything down here in its private resort club concept. I value that it is a much smaller residential and resort community, compared to other high-end properties on 30A. Less than 175 residences total (homes, villas, condos, and townhomes) and that includes two condo buildings and 26 residences in the boutique Oyom Hotel – which means beyond.”
Jason’s intention for Kaiya Beach Resort is a smaller, intimate, connected sanctuary with carefully curated amenities that create an elegant ease to the day, a life-changing journey for residents and guests – not a destination. Kaiya is crafted on an exclusive concept of a private membership club with customized concierge service by a world-class hospitality group on-site who can also manage properties for owners. Toward the Kaiya adventure, the private club has a yacht in the Bahamas that members can charter.
All aspects and up-leveled amenities integral to a life in harmony experience have been designed into Kaiya. The leadership team wants to introduce a Blackberry Farm-level model for the Kayai coastal culinary experience – locally sourced, organically nutrition-dense, farm to table-nourishing, unforgettably flavorful.
“Also, a huge attraction for me as an athlete, is a performance-level fitness, wellness, and spa center with state-of-the-art equipment, technology, and holistic treatments,” Britton adds.
Another feature to this stretch of 30A is the small-town Mayberry-era family feel. Schools, shopping, sports, small business, and churches – everything in place to draw families to move seaside.
The Luxury of More Hang Time with the Kids
The pro punter who worked to perfect the skill sets of longer hang times on the field now finds he and Nikki can stretch out time with their children living on beach time. Britton is happy to report “all four kids are great athletes.” Rhodes, 6, plays travel baseball and flag football. Nash, 12, plays middle school football and soccer. Daughters Isla, 8, and Everly, 10, are into gymnastics and seasonal sports.
“We are a golfing family, but my six-year-old is a very special golfer. His new record was a 123-yard drive – which a golf coach said is a rare sign when you can hit three yards per pound of body weight. My next career might be PGA caddy for him,” Britton says, laughing. “Our kids have adopted the Colquitt family belief that professional sports is just what you do. We’ll see!”
And keeping it all in the family, Britton adds that he and his wife, Nikki – a Memphis native and University of Memphis graduate – are a “one-stop shop” for those looking for their beach haven on the Emerald Coast. Nikki is an interior designer, Colquitt and Company, and in fact, recently finished a project for the home of Jason’s daughter, Ellie, and son-in-law, Alexander Alford, who is co-developer of Kaiya. Nikki worked closely with 30A-area designers Maison Studios on their WaterColor home which was featured in Southern Living.
Strong Bodies. Strong Minds. Stronger Faith.
Britton believes they are blessed to be in a coastal community with a conducive lifestyle for modeling for their children how to bring their values into harmony in daily living.
“Their mental, emotional and physical health and well-being is a priority. A strong body and mindset will take you a long way to determining who you become in life,” Britton says. “But ultimately, as a father myself, my foundation is my faith in God the Father. I want our kids to witness my faith in our Creator – to know that’s where my identity lies.”
Coming from a family of elite athletes, Britton knows how important it is to be clear about your true identity.
“The reason I made it at the higher levels of competition, aside from the grace of God, especially in my college years, was because of my belief I could do it.” But, Britton clarifies, “That was my job, not my identity.”
“I was blessed in pro football to meet some godly men who opened my eyes that you can be on top of the world from the championship win, but then you can go home feeling empty because it’s never enough. It’s cool my dad, my brother and I all have Super Bowl rings, but that doesn’t define me. My identity is in my faith and my family. When I was playing, I made sure the game stayed in the car when I got home. Great thing about kids? You can shank the punt and your team loses, but walk in the front door and your kids are all over you – they love you for who you are win or lose.”
Britton admits the transition away from the regimen of the NFL life he loved and his passion for playing the game had real challenges. But looking here and now, and downfield to what stretches ahead for him and his family, Britton still believes, in the unique perspective of the focused punter: “First, second and third downs are of lesser relevance. Fourth down. That’s the important one.”
For more information, contact Britton Colquitt, Real Estate Advisor, at 303-919-5109 or email him at britton@kaiyabeachresort.com
Britton and Nikki feel blessed to be in a coastal community with a conducive lifestyle for modeling for their children how to bring their values into harmony in daily living: strong bodies, minds, and faith.
I believe so strongly in the lifestyle experience of Kaiya–a Hawaiian Pacific-culture word meaning a life in harmony. It’s totally unique from anything on Scenic Highway 30A in its private resort club concept.