Eagles’ Saquon Barkley Shares Particular Handshake with Daughter, 6, at NFC Championship

Saquon Barkley at all times has time for his daughter — even proper earlier than an important soccer sport!

On Sunday, Jan. 26, simply earlier than the working again, 27, and the remainder of the Philadelphia Eagles confronted off towards the Washington Commanders within the NFC Championship Recreation and secured their spot within the 2025 Tremendous Bowl, Barkley took a second to greet his children and girlfriend.

In an lovely video shared on the NFL on Fox X account, Barkley’s daughter Jada, 6, son Saquon Jr., 2, and girlfriend Anna Congdon might be seen approaching him on the sidelines. The athlete requested Jada to “gimme a handshake,” and the pair launched right into a ready sequence, full with kisses on every cheek and a peace signal.

Barkley then bent all the way down to hug Jada, who wore a white puffer coat with an Eagles sweatshirt beneath.

“Love you, daddy!” she might be heard telling the working again.

Though he did not have fairly as concerned of a handshake for his son, Barkley put his resist Saquon Jr.’s and in addition gave Congdon a kiss.

It might appear the father-daughter handshake was a fortunate one, because the Eagles took house a staggering 55-23 win. In response to ESPN, Barkley scored one landing after dashing 60 yards through the Eagles’ first play.

In whole, he ran for 118 yards together with three of the Eagles’ seven dashing touchdowns. ESPN Analysis reported that his run tied him for essentially the most in a playoff sport in NFL historical past.

Instantly after the sport, Barkley was photographed celebrating together with his household, as he and Jada rolled round on the confetti-covered discipline with grins on their faces.

“I ain’t gonna lie. I attempted to downplay it in my head, however it’s wonderful, man,” Barkley advised Fox’s Erin Andrews after the workforce’s win, per ESPN. “It is wonderful. We’re right here. Tremendous Bowl.”

“However the aim wasn’t simply getting there,” he added. “The aim’s to win, and we’re gonna have fun, get pleasure from this and get proper again to work.”

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Barkley has at all times been candid about his love for his household. Simply six months after Jada was born, she made an look on the sector at considered one of her dad’s New York Giants video games. Congdon — who has been relationship the NFL star for the reason that pair met in faculty almost 10 years in the past — carried Jada in a papoose because the household of three posed for photographs within the stadium.

The athlete has additionally shared in an interview that his youngsters have impressed his soccer profession. In June 2019 (earlier than Saquon Jr.’s beginning), he advised NJ Advance Media that he considers his daughter in each determination he makes.

“Clearly I do it for myself as a result of I really like the sport, I really like competing and I need to go down as top-of-the-line [in NFL history], however I am going on the market and sacrifice my physique each single day for my daughter,” he stated.

“It is not simply soccer” the place his objectives are fueled by his daughter. “Each enterprise determination I make, each funding, each advertising deal, all have to come back with the mindset of my daughter being first,” Barkley advised the outlet.