It didn’t take lengthy for Saquon Barkley to make NFL historical past in Tremendous Bowl LIX.
On the very first play of Sunday’s title sport in New Orleans, the Philadelphia Eagles operating again delivered a four-yard run.
That gave Barkley 2,764 scrimmage yards this season, together with the playoffs, to set a brand new single-season document.
The earlier excessive mark belonged to Terrell Davis, who totaled 2,762 scrimmage yards within the 1998 common season and postseason for the Denver Broncos.
Lower than two hours later, Barkley set the single-season dashing document, together with the playoffs, with a two-yard run on the ultimate play of the primary half.
That gave Barkley 2,478 dashing yards, surpassing Davis, who totaled 2,476 dashing yards, together with the playoffs, in 1998.
Barkley, who turned 28 on Sunday, entered Tremendous Bowl LIX needing 30 dashing yards to set the brand new mark. He went into halftime with 31 dashing yards on 12 carries.
Sunday continued a historic season by Barkley, who signed a three-year, $37.75 million contract with the Eagles in March after the Giants failed to increase him.
Barkley rushed for two,005 yards over 16 video games within the common season, making him the ninth participant in NFL historical past to achieve 2,000 yards. He completed 101 yards shy of the regular-season dashing document, which Eric Dickerson set with 2,105 yards in 1984.
Fairly than pursue that document in an inconsequential Week 18 sport in opposition to the Giants, Barkley and different Eagles gamers rested forward of the playoffs.
Barkley spent his first six seasons with the Giants, whose earlier basic supervisor, Dave Gettleman, drafted him No. 2 total in 2018.
Barkley delivered a pair of 1,300-yard seasons and earned two Professional Bowl alternatives with the Giants, however he appeared in solely two playoff video games — each after the 2022 season — throughout his tenure with Massive Blue.
After utilizing the franchise tag on him in 2023, Giants basic supervisor Joe Schoen allowed Barkley to check free company final yr and watched him go away for a hated divisional rival.
Barkley entered the Tremendous Bowl with 442 dashing yards and 5 touchdowns within the playoffs.
