{"id":19580,"date":"2026-05-27T22:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/travis-etienne-jr-feels-whole-again-after-returning-to-louisiana-saints-wire\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T22:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:36:12","slug":"travis-etienne-jr-feels-whole-again-after-returning-to-louisiana-saints-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/travis-etienne-jr-feels-whole-again-after-returning-to-louisiana-saints-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Etienne Jr. feels \u2018whole again\u2019 after returning to Louisiana – Saints Wire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Travis Etienne Jr.\u2019s move to sign with the New Orleans Saints<\/a> has meant more to him than just joining a new team. For the Jennings, La., native, it has already become a return to the place where he feels most comfortable. Etienne discussed the homecoming in a recent appearance on Pardon My Take<\/a><\/em>, opening up about what it means to be back in Louisiana. After spending five seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, Etienne is back home.
\u201cI mean, man, this is the best feeling, honestly,\u201d Etienne said. \u201cJust being back home, being around my family. I feel like my family is really important to me, and I didn\u2019t realize how much I was missing them because I was always so busy with work. I was always able to just distract myself on my job. But whenever I got home, it\u2019s like I\u2019m still doing my job, but I just got this feeling of comfort, I guess, or just this sense of \u2014 I just feel whole again, really.\u201d
The 27-year-old running back said one of the biggest things that has changed is that he can call his mom to tell her he\u2019s coming home for the weekend, knowing that she\u2019d cook him a home-cooked meal. The meal of choice? Gumbo.
And with all of the food New Orleans and the state of Louisiana pride themselves on, there\u2019s also the challenge of not indulging too much. Etienne admitted that if he had started his NFL career in New Orleans, it might have been a problem.
\u201cI feel like if I hadn\u2019t gotten drafted here and I hadn\u2019t learned the things I learned just being in the NFL, I would\u2019ve been terrible,\u201d Etienne said. He added that his habits would have reflected the way he ate in high school. Now, after five years in the league, Etienne has a much better understanding of the diet and discipline required to sustain success.
The former Jaguars running back signed a four-year, $48 million contract with the Saints this offseason after his fifth-year contract and his rookie contract expired. Etienne rushed for over 1,100 yards and 13 total touchdowns in 17 games played last season. He now looks to bring that same impact to New Orleans, where he\u2019ll be just under three hours from home.<\/p>\n

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Travis Etienne Jr.\u2019s move to sign with the New Orleans Saints has meant more to him than just joining a new team. For the Jennings, La., native, it has already become a return to the place where he feels most comfortable. Etienne discussed the homecoming in a recent appearance on Pardon My Take, opening up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}