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10 completely insane Saquon Barkley stats originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The numbers simply defy belief.
Saquon Barkley is doing things nobody has ever done, and we’re here to bring you all the remarkable stats and numbers as Barkley piles up yards, big plays and touchdowns at an unprecedented rate.
Normally, we have a Roob’s 10 Eagles Stats post every week. This week, we’re breaking it up into two. This is a special edition Roob’s 10 Saquon Stats and then we’ll have a non-Saquon Eagles Stats version on Tuesday.
1. With 658 yards, a 6.1 average and five touchdown runs, Barkley is only the seventh running back in NFL history with at least 600 yards, a 6.0 average and five TDs through six games. The others are Hall of Famers Jim Brown, Jim Taylor, O.J. Simpson and Terrell Davis, should-be Hall of Famer Jamal Lewis and future Hall of Famer Adrian Peterson. Barkley’s 658 rushing yards are most ever by an Eagles running back after six games. LeSean McCoy had the previous high with 630 in his 2013 all-pro season.
2. Barkley’s 10.4 rushing average Sunday is 3rd-highest in Eagles history by a back with a minimum of 15 carries and highest in 59 years. In 1965, Timmy Brown averaged 11.6 yards per carry in a game against the Browns at the old Municipal Stadium on 16-for-186. And in 1934, Swede Hanson averaged 10.6 yards per carry against the Cincinnati Reds on 18-for-190. That was in the Eagles’ 64-0 win in the only NFL game ever played at the old Temple Stadium at Cheltenham and Ogontz in West Oak Lane, now the home of the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church (East).
3. With runs of 38, 41 and 55 yards, Barkley is the first Eagles running back in at least 34 years with three runs of at least 35 yards in the same game. There’s currently no way to search before 1991. This was actually only the second game since 1991 that the Eagles had three total scrimmage runs of at least 35 yards. In the 2013 win over the Lions – the game in the snow that LeSean…
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Publish date : 2024-10-21 17:00:51
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