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Watch: It’s a day, which means Saquon Barkley did something insane in the weight room
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To call Saquon Barkley a weight-room warrior would be an understatement.
Last year, the Penn State tailback got some buzz after he power cleaned 390 pounds to tie a program record set by defensive tackle Anthony Zettel.
This year, Barkley one-upped himself.
Watch him power clean 405 pounds (via Iron Lions):
Penn State Strong! Barkley 405lbs Power Clean pic.twitter.com/1LnAEYqy73
— Iron Lions (@IronLions1) June 29, 2017
He is not HUMAN!! @saquonb21 @BleacherReport @ESPNCFB #405 pic.twitter.com/Pj63c7vxAM
— SCOOBY ALLEN (@theALLENshow) June 29, 2017
There’s a reason Barkley is already generating hype as a top-five pick in the 2018 NFL draft. Add in his blistering 40-yard dash and his bevy of highlight-reel runs, and it’s not hard to see why that’s the case.
Barkley has at least one more year of doing freakish things for the Lions. In other words, this won’t be the last video of his extraordinary feats.
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.