In the Super Bowl era, only two 2,000-yard rushers have earned the right to play in pro football’s biggest game.

Marcus Allen, who set a rushing record in Super Bowl XVIII with the Raiders, on the Eagles' Saquon Barkley: "The body responds in ways that only the gifted have."

Only Saquon Barkley could envision the year he's had.  When Barkley signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in March, this is what he signed up for. A trip to the Super Bowl, 2,000 rushing yards in a season,

Saquon Barkley knows the lighthearted criticisms of his basketball skills. His former Whitehall High School basketball coach, Jeff Jones, the school's athletic director, Bob Hartman, and even Penn State football coach James Franklin have remarked over the years about Barkley's brief career with the Whitehall Zephyrs.

Before Saquon Barkley was a member of the Philadelphia Eagles or even committed to play his college ball with the Penn State Nittany Lions, the future NFL MVP candidate was a freshman at Whitehall, Pennsylvania,