Saquon Barkley

Philadelphia Eagles·#26OVERPAID

Pos RBHt 6'0"Wt 233 lbExp 8 yrCollege Penn State

Updated September 21, 2026

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Model Score

91.7 MODEL

2018

94.2

2019

90.7

2021

85.4

2022

89.0

2023

89.8

2024

96.0

2025

91.7

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 · 1 games

Rush Yds

Rush TD

Rec

-3

Rec Yds

Total TD

9.0

Fantasy PPG

Advanced Metrics EPA & Next Gen Stats

-0.044

EPA / rush

Rush yds over exp

3.42

Efficiency

3.04s

Time to line

Draft & College

Round 1, pick 2 · New York Giants · 2018

Penn State (Big Ten)

Taken

where he actually went

Consensus board

3rd

average of the public big boards that spring

Our college model

#41

among RB in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2015-2017 · 38 games

3,847 rush yds, 41 TD, 5.7 yds/carry, 101 rec

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out

4.4s

40 yd

29 reps

Bench

41"

Vertical

4.24s

Shuttle

Comps

College career

his college career vs theirs

Sean Tucker87%Ron Dayne85%Kyren Williams84%

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.