Miles Sanders stepped out of Saquon Barkley’s shadow as an NFL rookie, hoisting the Eagles offense on his back at times as the team won four straight to secure the NFC East crown.
Sanders felt he had a season worthy of being the NFL Rookie of the Year and during a zoom meeting with the media, made it clear that he could have been even better.
Sanders was electric as a rookie, rushing for 818 yards and told the media that he felt like he should have been a 1,000 yard back, stating that he left “200 or 300 yards” on the field last season.
Sanders racked up a total of 1,327 yards from scrimmage, leading all NFL rookies in that category while also joining Barkley, Marshall Faulk, Gale Sayers in NFL history to run for 800 yards (818) and have 500 yards receiving (509) as rookies.
