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Super Bowl: Saquon Barkley breaks NFL single-season rushing record on his birthday

No NFL player has rushed for more yards than Saquon Barkley did in his first season with the Philadelphia Eagles.

On the final play of the first half in Super Bowl LIX, Barkley amassed the most rushing yards in NFL history between the regular season and playoffs, breaking a record held by Terrell Davis. The Denver Broncos great rushed for 2,008 yards in the 1998 regular season, then 468 yards on his way to a championship in Super Bowl XXXIII.

Barkley did it on a 2-yard gain to cap off a fairly quiet half, in which he posted 31 yards on 12 rushes.