Saquon Barkley entered the summer as the highest-paid running back in the NFL. It was a worthy title given his historic 2024 season, which earned him the contract in the first place. That year — his first with the Philadelphia Eagles — Barkley became just the ninth player in NFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a regular season (2,005 yards), set an all-time single-season record of 2,504 total rushing yards including the playoffs, won AP Offensive Player of the Year, and capped it all off by winning Super Bowl LIX.
The Eagles rewarded him with a two-year, $41.2 million extension a month later, a deal that made him the highest-paid running back in league history. But within just the last few weeks, three players now earn more than him: Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson, and Jonathan Taylor. According to the Eagles star, though, that doesn't bother him one bit.
That's how it's supposed to be," Barkley said Thursday, per Zach Berman of The Athletic. "Christian [McCaffrey] did it before me. I did it after Christian.
And now we have three in a row. I look forward to the next guys to do it. It was like that for every other position besides running back.
You can see that coming back to life. Those guys are very deserving of it. They're helluva players, make a lot of impact in games for their teams.
Their teams are different when they're not on the field. Hopefully, in the next 5-10 years, it keeps going higher. That's how it's supposed to go." More news: Diego Pavia Has a Real Shot at Returning to College Football — Here’s How Robinson was first to cash in, agreeing to a three-year extension with the Atlanta Falcons worth up to $75 million, including $51 million guaranteed.
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