NEW ORLEANS — Saquon Barkley is one of the busiest people in New Orleans right now, but on Wednesday afternoon, with a flock of reporters trailing him down a hallway, he made time to shout-out someone special.

Barkley got his start at Whitehall High School in Whitehall, Pennsylvania, where he was also a star running back for the Whitehall Zephyrs. He came to know the Hartmans because Bob Hartman, Maisey and Zack's father, is the athletic director at Whitehall.