The marathon that was week one of the college football season is over. It had exciting games, surprising comebacks and a few unexpected wins. In the case of the NFL Draft, there were so many great performances to kick off the first week of college football. However, it is hard to find one more impressive than Saquon Barkley's game against Akron.
Surely Akron is far from a defensive powerhouse, but the variety in ways in which Barkley dismantled their defense was incredibly impressive and he showed off his versatile talents. On only 14 carries, Barkley picked up 172 yards (12.