īarkley attended Whitehall High School in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, which competes in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, an elite division of large high schools in the Lehigh Valley and Poconos known nationally for producing an abundant number of NFL and other professional athletes.
The family later moved to neighboring Allentown and, in 2005, to Coplay, Pennsylvania. In 2001, Barkley and his family moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania in search of a safer and more suburban environment. was a baseball player drafted by the Los Angeles Angels, and his great uncle is former WBC middleweight champion Iran Barkley. He confronted injuries in the 2020 season, but was again named to the Pro Bowl in 2022.īarkley was born in Bronx, New York City, the son of Alibay Barkley, a boxer, and Tonya Johnson. During Barkley's three-year collegiate career, he set Penn State records for most all-purpose career yards (5,538), most career rushing touchdowns (43), most career receiving yards by a running back (1,157), most rushing yards by a freshman and sophomore, and most total yards in a single game.īarkley was selected second overall by the New York Giants in the 2018 NFL draft, setting several NFL and team records en route to making the 2018 Pro Bowl and being named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. In 2017, Barkley finished fourth in Heisman Trophy voting with 304 total votes, third in Maxwell Award voting, and received multiple national and Big Ten Conference awards and recognition. Prior to entering the NFL in 2018, Barkley played college football at Penn State, where he set several school records for his offensive production over three seasons, before forgoing his senior year to enter the NFL. Saquon Rasul Quevis Barkley ( / ˈ s eɪ k w ɒ n/ SAY-kwon born February 9, 1997) is an American football running back for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). Most receptions by a rookie RB in a single season: 91.Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist of the Year (2017).2× Ameche–Dayne Running Back of the Year (2016, 2017).2× Graham–George Offensive Player of the Year (2016, 2017).NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (2018).Charles, who experienced racial segregation firsthand being among the first group of black students at his elementary school, later narrated the TNT mini documentary series American Race in 2017.Whitehall ( Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania) Interestingly, none of them have talked about the troubles they had to overcome to be together. In fact, their affair caused so much controversy that the couple eventually decided to get married privately in front of a judge in court to keep their marriage a secret.
According to some sources, even his father confessed to having doubts about the relationship, but trusted his judgment.
However, when African-American Charles Barkley began dating Maureen Blumhardt, a white Caucasian woman, people from certain sections of the state reportedly disapproved of their interracial relationship. Her Parents’ Interracial Relationship Caused ControversyĬhristiana Barkley’s parents, who were married the same year she was born, first met at a restaurant called City Avenue in Philadelphia during the late 1980s. Interestingly, Christiana’s father does not use social media and is vehemently against online trolling: “People have become so mean-spirited, (online) I choose not to partake in it.” While she does use social media unlike her father, she keeps her profiles private. Even though the Instagram model, who boasted over 100k followers on the platform, did have an eerie resemblance to the daughter of NBA star, it was merely a case of mistaken identity. However, the pictures were later traced back to an Instagram account of a person with the username “Villanova”. The pictures were posted on a Twitter profile with the username “Ari” and the woman in the pictures had a striking resemblance to her, which led several outlets to believe that those were her private photos which might have been leaked, perhaps, by a jealous boyfriend. In early 2015, Christiana Barkley was subjected to online trolling after several tabloids reported that her racy pictures were available online. She Was Slandered Online Due to Mistaken Identity