Meet Anna Congdon, the College Sweetheart Who Stole Saquon Barkley’s Heart and Now Stands Beside the Eagles Star.QQ

NEED TO KNOW

• Saquon Barkley and Anna Congdon have been together since 2017 after meeting at Penn State
• The couple announced their engagement in February 2025
• Barkley and Congdon share two children, daughter Jada and son Saquon Jr.

Off the field, Saquon Barkley is raising a family with fiancée Anna Congdon.

His life with Congdon and their two children are featured in his new documentary, SAQUON, which begins streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Oct. 9.

Barkley and Congdon have been together since 2017. They welcomed their first child together, daughter Jada, in April 2018 — just two days before Barkley was drafted into the NFL by the New York Giants. In September 2022, Barkley and Congdon welcomed their second child, a son named Saquon Jr.

After six years with the Giants, Barkley was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in March 2024. The team went on to win the 2025 Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 9, with the help of the running back.

The NFL star announced the couple’s engagement while speaking exclusively to PEOPLE that same month. “I have an amazing fiancée,” he said. “I can’t be the athlete I am and have the success I have without the help of her.”

From meeting at Penn State to parenting two children, here’s everything to know about Saquon Barkley’s fiancée, Anna Congdon, and their relationship.

She is from Forest City, Penn.

Congdon is from Forest City, Penn., and graduated from Forest City Regional High School. While a student there, she was the captain of the girls’ basketball team. In a February 2016 Forest City Girls Basketball Facebook post, Congdon is pictured grinning and holding a “2015-2016 District II Champions ‘A’ Girls Basketball” plaque. A separate post on the team’s Facebook account reads, “Team captain Anna Congdon lifts the championships plaque in front of the huge Forest City crowd at Mohegan Sun Arena!”

Following her high school graduation in June 2016, Congdon shared a photo of herself in a cap and gown, posing with her mother. “There is nothing I will miss more at college than sharing genuine smiles with this one🌹,” Congdon wrote in her Instagram caption.

She met Barkley at Pennsylvania State University

Congdon and Barkley met in college before Barkley became an NFL star. Congdon started school at Penn State in September 2016 and joked on Instagram, “penn state university… where the girls are always hot and the beer is ice cold.” At the time, Barkley was playing for Penn State’s football team.

The couple attended a Pi Kappa Phi fraternity formal together in December 2016. “He’s alright on the field but you should see him on the dance floor,” Congdon said on Instagram caption alongside a photo from the event. By February 2017, they were in an Instagram official relationship, and she wished a happy twentieth birthday to her “two-six” with a sweet photo.

She is a mom of two

The couple share a daughter, Jada Clare Barkley, and a son, Saquon Barkley Jr.

“💗 Jada Clare 💗 8 lbs 4 oz and 20.5 inches long – the love I have for her is something extraordinarily indescribable,” Congdon wrote on Instagram announcing the birth of her daughter.

Jada Clare is a big fan of her dad’s, and she had an encouraging message for him in a video posted by the Giants’ Twitter account in September 2021. “Hi, Daddy! Good luck, Daddy! Be really safe. Run super fast like this,” she says in the video. “Run faster! Touchdown! Be safe, Daddy. Do your best! I love you.”

Barkley opened up about his daughter shortly after her birth, saying, “I’m just honored and blessed that I have a daughter in Jada and be able to enter fatherhood and always gotta try to set the standard for her because her image of a man is gonna be off of me.”

In September 2022, Congdon and Barkley welcomed their second child together and first son. The football player called Saquon Jr. a “beautiful baby.” He added, “He lights up the room. Amazing smile. Jada is being an amazing big sister. Anna, obviously an amazing mom. We’ve got a beautiful little family.”

She has a large social media following

Congdon has more than 130,000 Instagram followers and over 5,000 Twitter followers. These days, she is more active on Twitter and she frequently supports Barkley on the platform.