Saquon Barkley not only walked away with his first Super Bowl ring in his career on Sunday when the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40–22 in Super Bowl LIX, the running back also now holds the record for the most rushing yards in a single season (including regular and postseasons).
Barkley told Sports Illustrated's Greg Bishop that he told coach Nick Sirianni before the Eagles' Week 18 game that he wanted to break the NFL's single-season record, which he was 100 yards shy of entering the team's final game. Sirianni ultimately opted to hold Barkley out of the game—a 20–13 win over the New York Giants—keeping him from the record. He'd go on to break another mark, however. With 57 yards in the Super Bowl, he finished the 2024–25 regular season and postseason with 2,504 total rushing yards. He broke Terrell Davis's previous record of 2,476 yards established in 1998.
