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Earlier this week, the Eagles made one of the biggest splashes in free agency when they agreed to terms with Pro Bowl running back Saquon Barkley.
The deal is for three years and $37.75 million with $26 million in guaranteed money, a league source confirmed to NBC Sports Philadelphia earlier this week.
But now we have all the details:
• This agreement includes a signing bonus of $11.625 million
• The total guarantee on this contract is $26 million.
• Barkley has base salaries of $1.375 million in 2024, $11 million in 2025 and $12 million in 2026.
• Only $1.5 million of Barkley’s 2026 salary is guaranteed
• Barkley has per-game roster bonuses totaling $250,000 in each of the three years.
• Barkley is owed a $1 million bonus if he is on the Eagles’ roster on day five of the 2026 league year.
Based on those details, this is essentially a two-year deal worth more than $24 million and will give the Eagles a chance to keep Barkley in 2026 if things really work out. But it will also give them the opportunity to cut ties after the 2025 season, when Barkley will be 29 years old.
Barkley’s earnings after two seasons will be $24.5 million, which will come from his signing bonus, his two base salaries and $500,000 in roster bonuses. The only money left guaranteed is $1.5 million in 2026.
Here’s a look at Barkley’s salary successes during the contract, via on the cover:
2024: $3,905,882
2025: $13,575,000
2026: $15,575,000
2027: $4,650,000 dead money
Cutting Barkley after the 2025 season would leave $8.475 million (remaining prorated signing bonus money + $1.5 million remaining guaranteed) on the salary cap and save just over $7 million in cap space.
Even if Barkley ends up being with the Eagles in 2026, it seems highly unlikely that he will play that year under this current contract, as it is structured with a salary cap hit of around $15.5 million. The Eagles would restructure the deal before that happens.
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