“ Giant for life ,” was often a phrase Barkley floated around during his tenure with the team that drafted him, but ultimately he wound up heading South on the New Jersey turnpike to return to the state where he played his college football with Penn State.

An intimate, star-studded afterparty was thrown for Saquon Barkley in New Orleans on Sunday, Feb. 9 to celebrate his team the Philadelphia Eagles' 2025 Super Bowl victory, as well as his 28th birthday,