Expect the chorus of voices touting Saquon Barkley as the best player in this year’s NFL draft to grow louder.
With the league’s annual scouting combine set for next week, Barkley is almost certain to impress on and off the field as the former Penn State star running back makes his case to be a top-five pick.
For some, it’s a no brainer.
“He’s a solar-system player, meaning everything revolves around him, he makes your offense better,” NFL Network analyst and former scout Bucky Brooks said recently. “He is the sun and everything orbits around him.