New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley fulfilled a childhood promise when he bought his parents a new house. It was a sizable expenditure for the rookie, who has yet to even sign his contract worth upwards of $32 million.

But once Barkley gets his money, he says he won’t be touching any of it. Instead, he intends to follow “Beast Mode” Marshawn Lynch’s example of investing his football income while living entirely off his endorsement earnings.

“Once I realized when I declared for the NFL draft and kind of realized where I was going to be drafted, that was something I was like, ‘You know what? Kind of want to follow the Marshawn Lynch method. I don't want to touch that. I want to invest it, put it in the right peoples' hands and learn as I continue to make investments. And just live off the endorsement deals,'” Barkley said per Jordan Raanan of ESPN.

Thanks to his representatives at Roc Nation, Barkley has already landed several endorsement deals which were able to finance the purchase of his parents’ new house. And with the added advantage of playing in the big market of New York, he should see a sizable amount of endorsement deals coming his way.

Even at a young age, Barkley appears to have a good head on his shoulders and a maturity to secure his long-term future. Hopefully for the Giants, Barkley isn’t just savvy when it comes to his money and that he will handle his football career as a whole with the same type of wisdom.