Saquon Barkley

Saquon Barkley

RB - PHI
Height: 6-0
Weight: 232 lbs
Age: 28
College: Penn State
Philadelphia Eagles

2025 Season Outlooks

Barkley returned to Fantasy dominance like his rookie 2018 season in his first year with the Eagles after watching his yards before contact make an astronomical jump going from the broken Giants offensive line to the best run-blocking unit in the NFL. This led to a massive campaign for Barkley, who led the NFL in total touches (378), total yards (2,283), rushing attempts (345), and rushing yards (2,005). Barkley also finished third in total snaps. Needless to say, Barkley was the RB1 overall in all scoring formats despite finishing just 37th in targets per game and sixth in total touchdowns (15). Barkley was actually unlucky near the end zone last season even after factoring in the tush push. He cashed in on just 23.5% of carries inside-the-5 in 2024 after scoring on a 50% rate in his career. If that regresses to the mean, Barkley will finish again as RB1 overall. He is worth selecting as early as No. 1 overall despite his age but you can get him after the first four picks in most Fantasy leagues.

Barkley's first season with the Eagles started with a three-touchdown debut and never lost steam en route to a Super Bowl LIX victory and NFL Offensive Player of the Year honors. Despite resting at times (including all of Week 18), Barkley led the NFL in carries, touches and scrimmage yards, which led to a position-best 22.2 fantasy PPG. Barkley, who averaged a career-best 5.8 YPC, does carry some risk, though, as he enters his age-28 campaign off a season with an absurd 482 touches (including the playoffs). He'll need to sustain his elite rushing output, as he isn't a big factor in the passing game (outside the top 25 in targets, catches and yards). He nonetheless remains in a great spot behind the Eagles' terrific offensive line and should be off the board in the first round of fantasy drafts.

Barkley scored 60-plus-yard touchdown runs at a rate that has never been seen in the history of the NFL. Barkley accomplished this seven times, including the playoffs, which is the most in NFL history in a season. There is a tie for second between Adrian Peterson in 2012 and Jim Brown in 1963, with four each.
Barkley similarly led the league in touchdowns of 15 or more yards in the regular season (eight). If you removed all of the 15-plus-yard touchdown runs from not just Barkley, but all running backs, he would have finished seventh in fantasy points per game instead of first.
Barkley’s primary competition for touches from a fantasy perspective is Jalen Hurts. When the Eagles need one yard for a first down or score, they ran 43 times with their quarterbacks and 21 times with their running backs.

2025 Fantasy Football Rankings

Standard

#2

PPR

#4

Half-PPR

#2

Superflex

#8

2025 Fantasy Football Draft Projections

Rush Yds Rush TD Rec Rec Yds Rec TD
1641.1 10.7 40.4 308.5 2.7

2025 Average Draft Position (ADP)

Standard

#3

Pick 1.03

PPR

#4

Pick 1.04

Half-PPR

#3

Pick 1.03

Superflex

#10

Pick 1.10

Injury Risk

Injury Risk:
Medium

Depth Chart

Strength of Schedule

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Fantasy Playoffs
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