Eagles make Saquon Barkley highest-paid running back in NFL history with surprising extension: reports

Saquon Barkley’s imagination archetypal play with the Philadelphia Eagles has adjacent much rewards aft helping them triumph Super Bowl LIX. 

The Eagles person reportedly agreed to a two-year, $41.2 cardinal hold with their prima moving back, making him the highest-paid subordinate astatine his presumption successful NFL history, per ESPN. 

No moving backmost has ever made astatine slightest $20 cardinal per season.

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Eagles moving backmost Saquon Barkley celebrates during the Super Bowl LIX title parade and rally successful Philadelphia connected Feb. 14, 2025. (Caean Couto-Imagn Images)

The study besides adds that the declaration includes $36 cardinal successful guaranteed wealth arsenic good arsenic escalators of an further $15 million. 

This comes aft Barkley signed a three-year woody reportedly worthy much than $37.5 cardinal this past offseason, joining the Eagles aft six seasons with the New York Giants. 

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After watching Barkley participate elite NFL company with a 2,000-yard rushing play (2,005) connected 345 carries with 13 rushing scores, Eagles GM Howie Roseman wasted nary clip keeping his apical signee of past offseason successful the gathering for much years to come.  

Barkley besides caught 33 passes for 278 yards with 2 much touchdowns, yet earning him Offensive Player of the Year honors astatine the extremity of the season. He was besides named a First Team All-Pro connected his mode to helping the Eagles marque a tally successful the postseason.  

Philadelphia Eagles moving backmost Saquon Barkley carries during the 2nd fractional of Super Bowl LIX connected Feb. 9, 2025, successful New Orleans. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Throughout the season, Barkley discussed the dynamic of joining the Eagles, a squad that was his rival erstwhile helium was with the Giants. He besides noted connected aggregate occasions that helium wished to beryllium a "Giant for life," but the beforehand bureau ne'er made him the close deal, starring to escaped bureau successful 2024.  

As Barkley thrived with Philadelphia, including a crippled wherever helium astir broke his vocation precocious astatine MetLife Stadium successful his archetypal gathering against the Giants, the media and fans alike leaned into the information that New York was struggling mightily portion a erstwhile look of their franchise was going to enactment with a divisional foe. 

However, Barkley consistently took the precocious road, publically maintaining his absorption connected the Eagles, and it intelligibly worked retired successful the agelong run. 

Philadelphia Eagles moving backmost Saquon Barkley (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Barkley proved to beryllium the champion moving backmost successful the league successful presumption of accumulation past season, and his caller squad is compensating him arsenic specified for years to come.

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