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Ten Saquon Barkley stats that will blow your mind originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
What Saquon Barkley is doing is virtually unprecedented in NFL history.
In his first 10 games in an Eagles uniform, he has over 1,100 rushing yards, a 5.8 rushing average, over 1,300 scrimmage yards, 10 touchdowns and eight plays over 30 yards.
That’s insane.
We could have squeezed a few Saquon numbers into our weekly Eagles Stats column, but there’s just too much good stuff.
So here’s our Special Edition Saquon Barkley Stats column. And I have a hunch it won’t be the last one.
1. ELITE COMPANY
Barkley is only the third player in NFL history with at least 1,137 rushing yards, a 5.8 rushing average and 10 touchdowns through 10 games. The others are Jim Brown in 1958 and 1963 and Walter Payton in 1977. Derrick Henry is very close this year at 1,120 rushing yards, a 6.1 average and 10 TDs. And Jim Taylor was close in 1962 (1,121, 5.7 average, 14 TDs).
2. EAGLES VS. GIANTS
2A. Barkley has four games with at least 150 scrimmage yards in the Eagles’ last eight games. He had four games with at least 150 scrimmage yards in his last 87 games with the Giants.
2B. Barkley already has four games this year with 140 rushing yards and 5 ½ yards per carry – the Saints, Giants, Jaguars and Commanders. He had three in six years with the Giants.
2C. Barkley has two games this year with rushing and receiving touchdowns. He had two in his entire six-year Giants career.
3. HUGE 4TH QUARTER
With his rushing touchdowns of 23 and 39 yards in the fourth quarter Thursday night, Barkley became only the ninth player in NFL history with two 4th-quarter rushing TDs of at least 20 yards – and the second Eagle. LeSean McCoy had 40- and 57-yarders in the fourth quarter of the Snow Bowl vs. the Lions in 2013. Including Barkley’s 65-yard TD run in the fourth quarter of the Saints game, Barkley already has three 4th-quarter TDs of at least 20 yards this year. That ties an NFL record shared by…
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Publish date : 2024-11-17 01:23:22
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