Saquon Barkley’s dream first season with the Philadelphia Eagles has much more rewards after serving to them win Tremendous Bowl LIX.
The Eagles have reportedly agreed to a two-year, $41.2 million extension with their star working again, making him the highest-paid participant at his place in NFL historical past, per ESPN.
No working again has ever made a minimum of $20 million per season.
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Eagles working again Saquon Barkley celebrates throughout the Tremendous Bowl LIX championship parade and rally in Philadelphia on Feb. 14, 2025. (Caean Couto-Imagn Pictures)
The report additionally provides that the contract contains $36 million in assured cash in addition to escalators of a further $15 million.
This comes after Barkley signed a three-year deal reportedly value greater than $37.5 million this previous offseason, becoming a member of the Eagles after six seasons with the New York Giants.
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After watching Barkley enter elite NFL firm with a 2,000-yard speeding season (2,005) on 345 carries with 13 speeding scores, Eagles GM Howie Roseman wasted no time retaining his high signee of final offseason within the constructing for extra years to come back.
Barkley additionally caught 33 passes for 278 yards with two extra touchdowns, in the end incomes him Offensive Participant of the Yr honors on the finish of the season. He was additionally named a First Workforce All-Professional on his approach to serving to the Eagles make a run within the postseason.
Philadelphia Eagles working again Saquon Barkley carries throughout the second half of Tremendous Bowl LIX on Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Picture/Matt Slocum)
All through the season, Barkley mentioned the dynamic of becoming a member of the Eagles, a staff that was his rival when he was with the Giants. He additionally famous on a number of events that he wished to be a “Big for all times,” however the entrance workplace by no means made him the correct deal, resulting in free company in 2024.
As Barkley thrived with Philadelphia, together with a recreation the place he virtually broke his profession excessive at MetLife Stadium in his first assembly in opposition to the Giants, the media and followers alike leaned into the truth that New York was struggling mightily whereas a former face of their franchise was going to work with a divisional foe.
Nevertheless, Barkley constantly took the excessive street, publicly sustaining his concentrate on the Eagles, and it clearly labored out in the long term.
Philadelphia Eagles working again Saquon Barkley (AP Picture/Gerald Herbert)
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Barkley proved to be one of the best working again within the league by way of manufacturing final season, and his new staff is compensating him as such for years to come back.
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