Eagles’ Saquon Barkley breaks Terrell Davis’ single-season records for rushing yards and scrimmage yards, including playoffs

It didn’t instrumentality agelong for Saquon Barkley to marque NFL past successful Super Bowl LIX.

On the precise archetypal play of Sunday’s rubric crippled successful New Orleans, the Philadelphia Eagles moving backmost delivered a four-yard run.

That gave Barkley 2,764 scrimmage yards this season, including the playoffs, to acceptable a caller single-season record.

The erstwhile precocious people belonged to Terrell Davis, who totaled 2,762 scrimmage yards successful the 1998 regular play and postseason for the Denver Broncos.

Less than 2 hours later, Barkley acceptable the single-season rushing record, including the playoffs, with a two-yard tally connected the last play of the archetypal half.

That gave Barkley 2,478 rushing yards, surpassing Davis, who totaled 2,476 rushing yards, including the playoffs, successful 1998.

Barkley, who turned 28 connected Sunday, entered Super Bowl LIX needing 30 rushing yards to acceptable the caller mark. He went into halftime with 31 rushing yards connected 12 carries.

Sunday continued a historical play by Barkley, who signed a three-year, $37.75 cardinal declaration with the Eagles successful March aft the Giants failed to widen him.

Barkley rushed for 2,005 yards implicit 16 games successful the regular season, making him the ninth subordinate successful NFL past to scope 2,000 yards. He finished 101 yards shy of the regular-season rushing record, which Eric Dickerson acceptable with 2,105 yards successful 1984.

Rather than prosecute that grounds successful an inconsequential Week 18 crippled against the Giants, Barkley and different Eagles players rested up of the playoffs.

Barkley spent his archetypal six seasons with the Giants, whose erstwhile wide manager, Dave Gettleman, drafted him No. 2 wide successful 2018.

Barkley delivered a brace of 1,300-yard seasons and earned 2 Pro Bowl selections with the Giants, but helium appeared successful lone 2 playoff games — some aft the 2022 play — during his tenure with Big Blue.

After utilizing the franchise tag connected him successful 2023, Giants wide manager Joe Schoen allowed Barkley to trial escaped bureau past twelvemonth and watched him permission for a hated divisional rival.

Barkley entered the Super Bowl with 442 rushing yards and 5 touchdowns successful the playoffs.