There isn’t much that Super Bowl champion Saquon Barkley hasn’t done at the NFL level.
After being selected second overall in the 2018 NFL Draft, Barkley has earned three Pro Bowl selections, an All-Pro nod, the 2018 AP Rookie of the Year award, and the 2024 AP Offensive Player of the Year award through seven seasons.
Heck, he’s even scored his own Madden cover featuring (arguably) his most impressive highlight.
Despite quickly amassing a Hall of Fame-worthy resume, the Eagles star still has goals he wishes to achieve. Chief among them, Barkley recently stated that he wants to be remembered as the best running back in NFL history once he’s retired.
“I don’t mean it in an arrogant way. I want to be the best running back to ever play, or at least one of the best running backs to ever play,” Barkley said. “Don’t think there’s a way you can prove who’s the best. But that’s always been my motivation.”
Even after a historic 2,000-yard rushing season, Barkley feels fresh and believes he’s just now entering his prime.
“But the beauty of it is,” Barkley said, “I don’t know how many touches I had, nor how many yards, but it doesn’t feel like it. I feel really good.
“I feel like I’m entering my prime. I just gotta continue to have the mindset of listening to everyone, buying into whatever they want me to do. Whatever they want me to do, try to do it at the best of my ability.”
Barkley had a season for the ages in his first year with the Eagles, one that was capped with a championship victory in Super Bowl LIX.
The All-Pro running back rushed for 2,005 yards and 13 touchdowns in the regular season, becoming the ninth player in league history to rush for 2,000 yards in a season. He had seven touchdown runs of 60-plus yards last season (including the playoffs), an NFL record for a season and three more than the next-highest player. Three touchdown runs of 60-plus yards came in the postseason, a feat no other player has accomplished in his entire playoff career.
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