Philadelphia Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley announced Monday that he declined President Donald Trump’s invitation to serve on the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. Trump announced the revitalized council last Thursday as part of an executive order that also reinstated the Presidential Fitness Test.

Saquon Barkley has declined an invitation to join President Donald Trump's council on sports, fitness, and nutrition.

Philadelphia Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley said Monday he was surprised to learn he had been named to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition because he had turned down the opportunity earlier this year.