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Saquon Barkley ripped off a 65-yard touchdown on his first carry against the Giants Sunday afternoon, drawing even with Shady McCoy for the Eagles franchise record.
Here’s the all-time list from our Sportradar data:
Saquon and Shady. That’s good company.
For Barkley, six of those runs came last season, which really was incredible en route to a Super Bowl win.. If you look at the all-time stats across all 32 NFL teams, Barkley is now 4th all time, with 17 runs of 50+ yards. That puts him behind only Adrian Peterson, Barry Sanders, and Derrick Henry.
Looking at the other guys on the list above, Miles Sanders had three 50+ yard runs during the forgettable, four-win 2020 season, which makes his positioning on the list a little stealthy. Ricky Watters had two in 1996 while Brian Westbrook and Duuuuuuuuce Staley split theirs up between 1998 and 2006.
Funny enough, the New York Giants are a common theme here. Of the 41 runs on this list, 10 of them have come against the Giants. That’s almost 25%, and it includes three Shady runs and two Saquon runs.
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