Saquon Barkley has 1,499 rushing yards through 12 games. Can he catch Eric Dickerson and break his 40-year-old single-season record?
Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine's Birds 24/7, a site he helped create, since 2010. You can follow him on Twitter @Tim_McManus.Ben Solak joined ESPN in 2024 as a national NFL analyst. He previously covered the NFL at The Ringer, Bleeding Green Nation and The Draft Network., putting him at 1,499 yards through 12 games.
Dickerson's record has stood for four decades, and only eight players have even hit 2,000 yards in rushing. Could Barkley surpass the 2,105-yard mark? After averaging 124.9 yards per game over the first 12 contests, he needs to average 121.4 the rest of the way to do it. And remember, Barkley has the benefit of an extra game; Dickerson set his record in a 16-game season.during the Week 5 bye. Philadelphia leads the NFL with 442 rush attempts, which has helped Barkley put up huge numbers.
So will the rushing record finally fall? With Barkley currently on pace for 2,123 yards, we're tracking his momentous season as he runs and hurdles his way toward Dickerson's long-standing mark. Eagles reporter Tim McManus is sizing up where things stand and NFL analyst Ben Solak looks at, rushing for 109 yards and a pair of touchdowns and adding another score through the air. He has since called those TDs in Sao Paulo, Brazil, some of the favorite of his career.
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