Saquon Barkley became a good pass catcher essentially out of boredom.
He was in high school, already a star running back, and could not stand his role in the seven-on-seven offensive drills.
“If you’re a running back on seven-on-seven in the high school level, you don’t really do much, so I kind of hated that and I wanted to be a part of it,” Barkley said. “So they started doing things for me in the slot and lining me up wide and all of that kind of came together.”
That was in his junior season at Whitehall High School in Pennsylvania.