I watched a little bit of Penn State early this past season when Barkley was hot and the media were all but anointing him the Heisman winner. But he had an up and down 2017 to be sure. In the middle of year he had a six game stretch against Big 12 competition where his average yards per rush was 2.8, 4.7, 7.2, 2.1, 4.5, and 2.5. Overall he averaged 5.9 ypc, 5.5 and 5.9 in his three years as a starter. Good but hardly the stuff of legends. And there have been several heralded Penn State running backs who turned out to be Trent Richardson type mega-busts in the NFL. So, he'll probably be good considering how weak the top tier talent is at the position, but likely not an all-time great. His measurables are supposedly eye-popping (we'll see at the Combine) and that's all it takes for the media to go into "mouth watering" mode when it comes to black football players.