Saquon Barkley

Philadelphia Eagles·#26

Pos RBHt 6'0"Wt 233 lbExp 7 yrCollege Penn State

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Model Score

80.5 MODEL

2018

81.3

2019

78.6

2021

74.8

2022

77.5

2023

78.7

2024

87.6

2025

80.5

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Season Stats · 16 games

1,14010th

Rush Yds

717th

Rush TD

3714th

Rec

27322nd

Rec Yds

918th

Total TD

14.515th

Fantasy PPG

Advanced Metrics EPA & Next Gen Stats

-0.08650th

EPA / rush

6526th

Rush yds over exp

4.63

Efficiency

2.98s

Time to line

STM Take

Barkley's drop from STTM #2 tier 1 in 2024 to #20 tier 5 in 2025 is the steepest fall in the top-20, the inverse of his 2024 historic season. The 2025 game log has positives (21 PPR Wk 16, 18 PPR Wk 14) but the rank says the OPOY year was the outlier, not the new baseline. The Super Bowl LIX ring and the 2024 records are permanent; the 2025 rank is the recalibration.

Barkley was born in The Bronx, attended Whitehall High in Pennsylvania, and was a two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year at Penn State. The Giants took him second overall in 2018, where he won Offensive Rookie of the Year. He signed with Philadelphia in 2024 and immediately won NFL Offensive Player of the Year, first-team All-Pro, the NFL rushing title (2,005 yards), and Super Bowl LIX, plus the Bert Bell Award. He owns the NFL records for single-season scrimmage yards (2,857) and single-season rushing yards (2,504) when combining regular season and postseason.

Strengths

2024 NFL Offensive Player of the Year, first-team All-Pro, rushing title, and Super Bowl LIX champion; the resume now matches the all-time elite tier.
Career 8,356 rushing yards through 2025 with the historic scrimmage and rushing single-season records.

Concerns

18-rank slide from 2024 to 2025; whatever the supporting cast or workload story is, the rank dropped sharply.
Age 29 with a 350-plus touch year in 2024 already on the odometer; the historical cliff for RBs after 28-plus is well documented.

What to watch: Whether 2026 produces a rebound toward tier-2 or confirms the 2024 OPOY year as a single-season outlier.