{"id":584017,"date":"2018-02-10T14:29:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T19:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=584017"},"modified":"2018-02-10T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T19:32:09","slug":"saquon-barkley-signs-with-nike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/saquon-barkley-signs-with-nike\/","title":{"rendered":"Saquon Barkley Signs Endorsement Deal with Nike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Among the best NFL prospects in recent years at his position and beyond, former Penn State running back <strong>Saquon Barkley<\/strong> announced yesterday that he has signed an endorsement contract with <strong>Nike<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Revealing the news first via Instagram, and then later on Twitter, the 2017 consensus All-American calls signing with Nike a dream come true.<\/p>\n<p>Barkley, an All-Big Ten first-team selection and the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year over the past two seasons, rushed for over 1,000 yards in each of his three seasons at Penn State. The 21-year old tailback is projected by many to be the first overall pick in 2018 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you so much for allowing me to pursue my dream of becoming a Nike Athlete! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usnikefootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@usnikefootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nike?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Nike<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachTomShaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CoachTomShaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UbWKrMD0AA\">pic.twitter.com\/UbWKrMD0AA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saquon Barkley (@saquonb21) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saquonb21\/status\/962062572152274944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fSfGS9EekA\">pic.twitter.com\/fSfGS9EekA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saquon Barkley (@saquonb21) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saquonb21\/status\/962062620030152705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Be_UtULBrUB\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 62.5% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"background: url(data:image\/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc\/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5\/p8\/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo\/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli\/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif\/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Be_UtULBrUB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thank you so much for allowing me to pursue my dream of becoming a Nike Athlete! @usnikefootball @nike @coachtomshaw<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sb_xxvi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Saquon Barkley<\/a> (@sb_xxvi) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-02-09T20:31:10+00:00\">Feb 9, 2018 at 12:31pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the best NFL prospects in recent years at his position and beyond, former Penn State running back Saquon Barkley&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137731,"featured_media":584019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1224791],"tags":[4],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - 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