#26
Saquon Barkley
NYG · 2018–2023PHI · 2024–presentACT
SaquonBarkley#26RB
Age
29
Feb 9, 1997
Height
6'0"
72"
Weight
232
lb
College
Penn State
2015-2017
Drafted
2018
Rd 1, Pk 2
Exp
8
seasons
Contract
$41M
2y · $20.6M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Rush Yds
1,140
2025
Carries
280
regular season
Yds/Carry
4.1
regular season
Rush TD
7
regular season
Targets
50
regular season
Rec Yds
273
37 rec
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2015 — Present · Includes honors
2024
Philadelphia Eagles · Running Back
RB · 39 active weeks
2024All-Pro (1st Team) · Offensive Player of the Year · Pro Bowl
NFL
2018–2023
New York Giants · Running Back
RB · 87 active weeks
2018Offensive Rookie of the Year · Pro Bowl
2022Pro Bowl
NFL
2015–2017
Penn State · RB
NCAA

Draft Profile

2018 Draft
Selection
Round 1, Pick 2
#2 overall by New York Giants
TeamNYG
Overall#2

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediaPistonsFan2223. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.