Eagles RB Barkley leaps onto Madden 26 cover

PHILADELPHIA -- When you marque video crippled moves, you get the video crippled cover.

Philadelphia Eagles moving backmost Saquon Barkley and his legendary reverse hurdle volition beryllium featured connected the screen of Madden NFL 26, EA Sports announced Monday.

Barkley has besides been named to the Madden 99 Club -- a archetypal for an Eagles violative player.

"Starring connected the screen of Madden NFL 26 and being named to the Madden NFL '99 Club' are some dreams travel true," Barkley said. "I'm grateful to my teammates, coaches and Eagles fans for their support, and I can't hold to deed the tract again to springiness Madden players much highlight-reel moments successful Madden NFL 26."

Barkley, the reigning Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year, is coming disconnected 1 of the champion seasons for a moving backmost successful NFL history. He rushed for 2,504 yards implicit the regular play and the postseason, breaking the single-season record.

He had a accidental to instrumentality down Eric Dickerson's regular-season rushing rubric arsenic good but finished 101 yards shy arsenic the Eagles decided to remainder their starters successful the finale against Barkley's erstwhile team, the New York Giants, truthful they could beryllium arsenic steadfast arsenic imaginable entering the postseason.

The calculation paid off, arsenic Barkley rushed for 499 yards and 5 touchdowns successful the playoffs to assistance Philadelphia seizure its 2nd Lombardi Trophy.

Barkley's play was afloat of highlight-reel plays, but the 1 that stands retired supra each was the innovative reverse hurdle helium pulled disconnected successful aboriginal November against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

With the Eagles facing a third-and-6 aboriginal successful the 2nd quarter, Barkley took a walk from Jalen Hurts successful the flat, broke a tackle and enactment a rotation determination connected Devin Lloyd that had Lloyd grasping astatine aerial arsenic helium fell to the ground. Barkley was conscionable getting warmed up. He past stepped truthful his backmost was to cornerback Jarrian Jones, elevated and blindly leapfrogged Jones for an other 5 yards connected what turned retired to beryllium a 14-yard gain.

"Saquon's reverse hurdle was 1 of the rare, defining moments successful NFL past that would person erstwhile been described arsenic 'something retired of a video game,'" said Evan Dexter, vice president of franchise strategy and selling for EA Sports Madden NFL. "Now, it's a show of the athleticism and creativity of 1 of football's astir electrifying athletes. Madden NFL 26 volition present the astir existent NFL acquisition we've ever built truthful that players tin acquisition much of the unreal moments that Saquon enactment connected show each play long. The afloat uncover is this Wednesday -- don't miss what's next."

After that feat, it's nary astonishment that Barkley's ratings for rotation move, juke, agility and alteration of absorption are each tops successful Madden NFL 26.

Barkley is the Eagles' archetypal Madden 99 Club subordinate successful 20 years. He joins information Brian Dawkins (Madden 04) and kicker David Akers (Madden 06).