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Saquon Barkley<\/strong>, running back for the Philadelphia Eagles, is opening up about the pressures and joys of fatherhood.<\/p>\n Barkley and his fianc\u00e9e Anna Congdon<\/strong> are parents to two children, 7-year-old daughter Jada, and 3-year-old son Saquon Jr.<\/p>\n The father of two spoke with interviewer Craig Melvin<\/strong> about his new Prime documentary, Saquon<\/em>, on the October 7 episode of Today<\/em>, where the two got into a discussion about Barkley\u2019s relationship with his kids.<\/p>\n \u201cYou said \u2018when you name your boy after yourself it puts more pressure on you.\u2019 What do you mean by that?\u201d Melvin asked.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just a different level,\u201d Barkley responded in the clip<\/a> from the show.<\/p>\n He then went on to explain that having kids in general changes your perspective on life, and that his son asking questions about the two of them sharing a name reminds him of their connection and how his son looks up to him.<\/p>\n \u201cIt literally just brightens up your day and just, you know, put[s] a fire in your heart,\u201d Barkley said about having these conversations with his son.<\/p>\n Barkley\u2019s career as an NFL player may be extremely demanding, but he always does whatever he can to prioritize his family.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to be a great football player, but \u2026 When you have those kids and you see those kids grow up, you realize that there\u2019s so much more important things in this world than how well you run a football,\u201d he said in a September 19 interview with Good Morning America<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n