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There’s a reason Saquon Barkley is generating so much hype after just one season at Penn State.
Sure, he set the PSU freshman record for rushing yards in a season even though he essentially played nine games. And yeah, the offense figures to cater better to him with new offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead.
But it’s those highlight-reel plays that have us all wanting more.
Barkley showed off why he’s already one of the freaks of college football with this incredible maneuver to get past a handful of PSU linemen in practice:
To do my man @saquonb21 justice! Lions Den where it gets down! #WeAreReadyForTheSeason#RealTime#RealMoves#Specialpic.twitter.com/7bXcR7yntI
— Josh Gattis (@Coach_Gattis) August 9, 2016
Oh, and here it is in slow-mo:
Nothing to see here. Just @saquonb21 doing @saquonb21 things. #PSUcamp pic.twitter.com/cUi0pxRYBW
— Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) August 9, 2016
In less than a month, Barkley will be doing that in actual games.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.