Might 28, 2025; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles working again Saquon Barkley (26) throughout OTAs at NovaCare Complicated. Obligatory Credit score: Invoice Streicher-Imagn Photographs
Philadelphia Eagles working again Saquon Barkley is coming off a profession 12 months, full with an NFL speeding title, a Tremendous Bowl championship and even the quilt of the “Madden 26” online game.
That mentioned, Barkley raised just a few eyebrows just lately when he revealed his retirement plan is just like that of Corridor of Famer Barry Sanders.
“I will in all probability be a kind of guys that it will be out of nowhere. I will in all probability simply get up in the future, whether or not it is subsequent 12 months or two years or 4 years, and simply be like, ‘Yeah, it is over,’” Barkley mentioned on Chris Lengthy’s Inexperienced Gentle podcast.
“… My favourite participant of all time is Barry Sanders, so in all probability just like that. Possibly in the future, it’s going to be out of nowhere — I will be balling and be like, yeah, name it quits.”
Barkley, 28, is three years youthful than Sanders was when the Detroit Lions legend opted to retire on the eve of coaching camp in 1999. Sanders was coming off his tenth straight 1,000-yard season when he made the stunning announcement.
Barkley is the reigning NFL Offensive Participant of the Yr after he led the league with 345 carries for two,005 yards whereas scoring 13 touchdowns in 16 regular-season video games (all begins). He additionally caught 33 passes for 278 yards and two TDs.
He rushed 91 extra occasions in 4 playoff video games for 499 yards and 5 TDs, giving him a mixed single-season file of two,504 yards to move Terrell Davis.
Barkley has rushed 1,546 occasions for 7,216 yards and 48 TDs and caught 321 passes for two,378 yards and 14 scores in 90 profession video games (all begins) for the New York Giants (2018-23) and Eagles.
The Giants chosen him second general within the 2018 NFL Draft out of Penn State.
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