Saquon Barkley may have many causes to revel in his twenty eighth birthday, supplied the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Kansas Town Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl LIX on Sunday evening in New Orleans.
An Eagles’ victory within the large sport would web Barkley a $250,000 incentive bonus, which might fit the whole he won after Philadelphia’s 55-23 victory over the Washington Commanders within the NFC name sport. Barkley rushed for 118 yards and 3 touchdowns in that sport.
Barkley, the NFL Offensive Participant of the 12 months, already has earned $3 million in incentives, in keeping with ESPN. That is rather the spice up for Barkley, who signed a three-year contract value $37.75 million remaining March — whole with an $11.625 million signing bonus.
Barkley additionally may make NFL historical past on Sunday. His 2,447 speeding yards accrued over the common season (2,005) and the playoffs (442) are simply 29 shy of the NFL document held by way of 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 speeding yards and 35 touchdowns. This season, his yards received and his 15 speeding touchdowns spearheaded the Eagles’ potent floor sport all the way through their push to a 14-3 document and a Tremendous Bowl LIX look.
A 3-time Professional Bowl variety, Barkley used to be 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 ahead of successful the Bert Bell Award (best NFL participant) in 2024.
–Box Degree Media