Saquon Barkley Trademarks

Saquon Barkley is a professional football player in the National Football League. He plays running back for the New York Giants. He also had an outstanding college career playing for Pennsylvania State University.

Barkley was born in The Bronx, New York on February 9, 1997. He was raised mostly in Pennsylvania, growing up in Bethlehem, Allentown, and Coplay. His father and uncle were both boxers and one of his cousins was drafted into Major League Baseball. He loved sports as a child and was a fan of football. Although he would go on to play for the New York Giants, as a child, he was a fan of the New York Jets.

Barkley lettered in football, basketball, and track and field while attending Whitehall High School in Whitehall, Pennsylvania. As a senior, he won gold medals for his performance in track and field in the 100-meter dash and the long jump at the conference level. In football, during his senior year, he ran for 1,856 yards and scored 31 touchdowns. He was widely considered a four-star prospect in football coming out of high school. He was recruited by Ohio State University, Notre Dame University, and Penn State among others. He originally committed to Rutgers University, before flipping his commitment to Penn State where he would attend college and play football.

Although he only had one carry in his first game at Penn State and missed two games his freshman year, Barkley ran for over a thousand yards that season. He was named second-team All-Big Ten and Big Ten Network Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore, he scored five touchdowns in a game against the University of Pittsburgh and had a standout game against Ohio State University. He ran for over 1,400 yards as a sophomore and helped lead Penn State to the Big Ten Championship. He was named first-team All-Big Ten and Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year.

As a junior, Barkley helped his team to a win at the Fiesta Bowl and ran for a total of 1,271 yards for the season, scoring 22 total touchdowns. He was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, first-team All-Big Ten, and a Consensus All-American. He decided to forego his final year of collegiate eligibility and declared for the 2018 NFL Draft. He had an outstanding performance at the NFL Combine, where he ran a 4.4-second 40-yard dash. He was selected second in the draft by the New York Giants.

Barkley’s rookie season began in 2018. In the Giants season opener, he scored his first touchdown as a professional player. It was a 68-yard run that ended in the endzone. During the season he broke the league rookie record for most catches in a game. At the end of the season, he was voted to his first Pro Bowl and named the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Year, Pepsi Rookie of the Year, and NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, as well as receiving inclusion on the AP All-Rookie Team. He was ranked number 16 on the NFL Top 100 Players list.

He was named a team captain in his second year as a professional. Barkley rushed for over 1,000 yards in both of his first two years in the NFL, but in his third year, he suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in week two which ended his season.

In 2021, Barkley started in all of the 13 games he played. He missed one game due to an ankle sprain and another game due to the NFL’s COVID-19 Protocol. Regardless, he rushed for 593 yards and 11 touchdowns and had 263 receiving yards with two touchdowns. The New York Giants picked up the fifth-year option on Barkley’s rookie contract keeping him with the team through the 2022 season.

During his rookie season in 2018, Barkley through his business entity, SRQB, LLC, filed a trademark application for his name “SAQUON BARKLEY” for clothing like jerseys, jackets, and t-shirts, endorsement services promoting the products of others, and entertainment services including personal appearances by a sports celebrity.

Barkley also founded his charity organization the Michael Ann and Saquon Barkley Hope Foundation in 2018. The organization hopes to help support athletes and families with a desire to move forward and strive for progress. In 2018, SRQB, LLC applied for a federal trademark registration for “MICHAEL ANN & SAQUON BARKLEY HOPE FOUNDATION” for charitable fundraising, charitable services, and also food and clothing collecting that supports the charity’s food pantry.

Additionally, in 2021, Barkley’s company applied for a trademark for his name “SAQUON BARKLEY”, and two plays on his name “LITTLE SQUATTY” and “SAQUADS”  for athletic apparel and coffee cups and mugs.