Saquon Barkley can have many causes to take pleasure in his twenty eighth birthday, supplied the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl LIX on Sunday evening in New Orleans.
An Eagles’ victory within the huge recreation would internet Barkley a $250,000 incentive bonus, which might match the whole he obtained after Philadelphia’s 55-23 victory over the Washington Commanders within the NFC title recreation. Barkley rushed for 118 yards and three touchdowns in that recreation.
Barkley, the NFL Offensive Participant of the 12 months, already has earned $3 million in incentives, per ESPN. That is fairly the enhance for Barkley, who signed a three-year contract price $37.75 million final March — full with an $11.625 million signing bonus.
Barkley additionally might make NFL historical past on Sunday. His 2,447 dashing yards gathered over the common season (2,005) and the playoffs (442) are simply 29 shy of the NFL report held by Terrell Davis, set in 1998 with the Denver Broncos.
Barkley joined the Eagles within the offseason after a six-year run with the New York Giants, with whom he totaled 5,211 dashing yards and 35 touchdowns. This season, his yards gained and his 15 dashing touchdowns spearheaded the Eagles’ potent floor recreation throughout their push to a 14-3 report and a Tremendous Bowl LIX look.
A 3-time Professional Bowl choice, Barkley was named first-team All-Professional for the primary time in 2024. He additionally earned a number of Rookie of the 12 months awards in 2018 earlier than profitable the Bert Bell Award (high NFL participant) in 2024.
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