Giants’ Coach Jeff Nixon Is A Saquon Barkley Fan

Throughout his NFL career, Jeff Nixon has worked with several outstanding running backs, including Reggie Bush and Christian McCaffrey. This offseason, he joined the Giants where he expects to work with Saquon Barkley.

Giants’ Coach Jeff Nixon Is A Saquon Barkley Fan

Nixon, a native of State College, Pennsylvania, played running back at West Virginia for two seasons before completing his undergraduate studies in 1996 at Penn State. A year later, he began working with the Nittany Lions as a graduate assistant coach. Since joining the Giants, Nixon has reconnected with a number of his old teammates.

Naturally, Saquon Barkley was watched and analyzed by the new running backs coach.

The two-time Pro Bowler was in the midst of contract talks when Nixon first answered questions about him, and he was on the verge of holding out of training camp. He and Nixon hadn’t even collaborated yet.

Nixon spoke about how he is immensely impressed with Barkley’s professionalism.

“He’s been great,” Jeff said when asked about Barkley’s demeanour despite not getting the deal he probably wanted. “He’s one of the leaders on the team. He’s working his butt off. There hasn’t been anything alarming or anything else since he signed. He’s been back here. I know his teammates are excited.”

“He’s been awesome to work with,” Nixon said. “Really good kid. Obviously, a great player, a real leader for us on our football team. Him, along with a lot of the other running backs, they’re working their butts off and getting ready for the season.”

Nixon and head coach Brian Daboll both expressed their appreciation for Barkley’s perseverance.

“It’s football,” Nixon said. “So it’s good to know he’s getting some contact in training camp, getting ready for the season here in a couple of weeks. Football is football, man,” Nixon said. “Sometimes you’re going to get tackled in practice when you got 22 guys flying all over the field. It’s going to happen. He’s ready to go.”

 

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