{"id":8872,"date":"2023-01-19T02:48:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T02:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/flashback-when-sequon-barkley-handed-the-torch-to-miles-sanders-at-penn-state\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T02:48:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T02:48:34","slug":"flashback-when-sequon-barkley-handed-the-torch-to-miles-sanders-at-penn-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/flashback-when-sequon-barkley-handed-the-torch-to-miles-sanders-at-penn-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: When Sequon Barkley handed the torch to Miles Sanders at Penn State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"144.28401639344\"><!-- tml-version=\"2\" --><\/p>\n<p>Saturday night in Philadelphia, Saquon Barkley and Miles Sanders will face off at the NFC Divisional Round. This is their epic next phase in his NFL career.<\/p>\n<p>Barkley and Sanders, Pro Bowl running backs for the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles, rushed for more than 2,500 yards in a season that marked a Renaissance (Berkeley) and breakthrough (Sanders).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing to remember the last time the two sat together as teammates six years ago, and Barkley passed the torch to Sanders at Penn State.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s be honest,&#8221; Sanders said with a smile as Barkley began explaining why he&#8217;s such a great running back.<\/p>\n<p>Barkley and Sanders, who are facing each other for the first time in the NFL playoffs, last played together in the 2017 Fiesta Bowl. Barkley began his Pennsylvania State career when he rushed for 137 yards and scored his two touchdowns in the Lions&#8217; 35\u201328 victory over Washington.<\/p>\n<p>After saying goodbye at the University of Phoenix Stadium (now State Farm Stadium), Barkley returned to the locker room to discuss past and future. He was a little shy and was about to announce he was entering the NFL Draft the next day, but made sure everyone knew Sanders was sitting next to him.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;[NFL] GM may not know him yet,&#8221; Barkley said.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders rushed for 191 yards on 19 carries that season behind Barkley, but was certainly about to emerge. Became a player.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<p>This season, his fourth in the NFL, was by far Sanders&#8217; best season. He ranks fifth in the NFL in rushing, one behind Barkley with 1,269 yards.  Among the Bucks with 250 or more carries, Sanders has 4.9 yards per carry, which puts him in second place (tied with Josh Jacobs).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<p>Meanwhile, Barkley recorded a career-high 1,312 rushing yards in his first complete season since his 2018 rookie year. He scored 10 rushing touchdowns, one less than Sanders, and caught 57 passes.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<p>Barkley and Sanders will be the centerpieces of Saturday night&#8217;s playoff game. This is what Barkley might have predicted six years before him.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;This guy is amazing. He&#8217;s a special talent,&#8221; Barkley said of Sanders after the Fiesta Bowl. You see it, you see the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s strong, powerful, fast, hardworking and humble. He&#8217;ll be a great back in the future and I have no doubt he&#8217;ll have a career in the NFL one day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3\"><phoenix-picture><a><picture class=\"is-waiting-to-load\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MTk1MjYwMTYxNDE2MzA3OTEx\/saquon-and-miles.webp 380w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MTk1MjYwMTYxNDE2MzA3OTEx\/saquon-and-miles.webp 620w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1240\/MTk1MjYwMTYxNDE2MzA3OTEx\/saquon-and-miles.webp 1240w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTk1MjYwMTYxNDE2MzA3OTEx\/saquon-and-miles.webp 700w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1334\/MTk1MjYwMTYxNDE2MzA3OTEx\/saquon-and-miles.webp 1334w\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MTk1MjYwMTYxNDE2MzA3OTEx\/saquon-and-miles.png 380w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MTk1MjYwMTYxNDE2MzA3OTEx\/saquon-and-miles.png 620w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1240\/MTk1MjYwMTYxNDE2MzA3OTEx\/saquon-and-miles.png 1240w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTk1MjYwMTYxNDE2MzA3OTEx\/saquon-and-miles.png 700w, https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1334\/MTk1MjYwMTYxNDE2MzA3OTEx\/saquon-and-miles.png 1334w\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" alt=\"Saquon Barkley and Miles Sanders\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTk1MjYwMTYxNDE2MzA3OTEx\/saquon-and-miles.png\" height=\"750\" width=\"1334\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" itemprop=\"contentUrl url\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a><\/phoenix-picture><!-- disableImageMeta is needed to prevent duplicate rendering of the image meta.--><!-- Duplicate rendering can occur because we have moved the image metadata outside of--><!-- the .m-detail-header--container. The original image metadata in tmlImage is needed--><!-- for the InContent detail header which renders when the media size is inline or breakout.--><figcaption wp_automatic_readability=\"6\">\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">Former Penn State players backing Miles Sanders (left) and Squon Barkley in the locker room after the 2017 Fiesta Bowl. This game was the last against the Nittany Lions. Barkley, who rushed for his 137 yards against Washington, declared himself in the 2018 NFL Draft the next day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\" itemprop=\"author\"><span>Mark Wogenrich<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-5\"\/>\n<p>Six years later, Penn State has another outstanding back tandem. Last season, Nicholas singleton and Kaytron he Allen combined he recorded 1,928 rushing yards. This is his third-highest total for a backfield duo since 1960.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"\/>\n<p>That&#8217;s why Barkley&#8217;s farewell words to Sanders have echoes today.<\/p>\n<section class=\"m-in-content-recommendation m-detail--in-content-recommendation h-isolated-styles mm-component-stack--is-body-item\">\n<p><span>scroll to continue<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&#8220;You guys won&#8217;t be talking about Saqwon Barkley for a long time,&#8221; he said, before telling Sanders, &#8220;Keep me some records.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-6\"\/>\n<p>For more on Barkley and Sanders after the 2017 Fiesta Bowl, watch the video above.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-5\"\/>\n<p><strong>Penn State Fans: <\/strong>SI Tickets is your one-stop shop for tickets to a variety of Penn State sporting events, from football to basketball to hockey to volleyball. 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Check out SI Tickets. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-5\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-5\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-7\"\/>\n<h3 id=\"read-more\">read more<\/h3>\n<p>Former Florida Receiver Moves to Penn State University<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-6\"\/>\n<p>Drew Aller, Nicholas Singleton tie odds early for Heisman Trophy<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania&#8217;s top linebackers join Penn State&#8217;s 2024 recruiting class<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-8\"\/>\n<p>Penn State Transfer Portal Strategy?Patience<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-6\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-6\"\/>\n<p>Penn State makes staff changes, lets receiver coach Taylor Stablefield go<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-7\"\/>\n<p>Safe Keaton Ellis to return in 2023<\/p>\n<p>Kevon Lee enters the transport portal<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-9\"\/>\n<p>Lessons from Penn State University for the Next Big Ten Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m back,&#8217; says linebacker Curtis Jacobs<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-7\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-7\"\/>\n<p>Defensive end Adisa Isaac to return in 2023<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-8\"\/>\n<p>For Penn State, new &#8216;affiliation&#8217; creates playoff hopes<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-10\"\/>\n<p>Calvin Rowley Returns to Penn State University as Analyst<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Penn State returns from a two-year detour<\/p>\n<p><strong>all pen states <\/strong>The SI.com network is your go-to place for news, opinions, and perspectives from Penn State University. 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