Admin December 29, 2024
Saquon Barkley is in the 2,000-yard club.
The Philadelphia Eagles running back eclipsed 2,000 rushing yards on the season during the team’s dominant 41-7 win against the Dallas Cowboys.
Barkley rushed a season-high 31 times for 167 rushing yards on Sunday. Barkley broke the 2,000-yard mark on a 23-yard run during the fourth quarter.
The Eagles running back received a standing ovation from the crowd at Lincoln Financial Field when he achieved the mark. He entered Sunday with an NFL-high, career-best and franchise-record 1,838 yards on the ground.
Barkley is the ninth player in NFL history to rush for over 2,000 yards in a single season. At 2,005 rushing yards on the year, he is just 101 away from surpassing Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson’s single-season record. Dickerson set the record in 1984 with the Los Angeles Rams.
Barkley has a chance to break Dickerson’s record against his former team, the New York Giants, in Week 18. He played in New York his first six NFL seasons.
Behind Barkley, the Eagles have the NFL’s top rushing offense, with 187.9 yards per game through the team’s first 15 contests.
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