Saquon Barkley

RB · Penn State 2017 · #26

Last confirmed: Penn State, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′11″ · 230 lb · Coplay, PA · Whitehall

Saquon Barkley: RB · Penn State · #26.

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Saquon Barkley

RB · Penn State · #26

Beats you as a runner and a receiver. This is his third year in the same backfield at Penn State. One game to point at: 211 rushing yards and 94 receiving yards against Iowa — Week 4, 2017.

How he plays

How he plays

Play style

Threatens defenses in every dimension — rushing, receiving, third-down.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

225Carries
1270Yards
28.3%Top-5 share
21.8%Stuffed rate

Just 28.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 21.8% of his carries. 14 carries for 35 yds vs Rutgers; 28 for 211 vs Iowa.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

51.8%Carry share
33.6%Q4-lead share
66.7%In competitive games

51.8% of carries overall (225/434) → 33.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (36/107) — 66.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

13/193rd/4th & short
17/33Inside-5 share

13 of 19 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (68.4%). 17 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (51.5%).

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