On December 19, McCaffrey announced he would not participate in the team's Sun Bowl game against North Carolina, opting to skip the game to prepare for the NFL Draft. After the season, he decided to enter the 2017 NFL Draft. McCaffrey was named to the 2016 All-Pac-12 first-team and was named the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year. McCaffrey set a Stanford single-game rushing record with 284 rushing yards against California. After being injured during the Cardinal's 42–16 loss to Washington State on October 8, McCaffrey sat out for the team's 17–10 victory in the 2016 edition of the Notre Dame-Stanford rivalry the following week. He led the Pac-12 in rushing yards (1,603) and ranked fourth in the nation in rushing yards per game (145.7).
Through the end of the 2016 regular season, McCaffrey led the nation in all purpose yards (211.6 yards per game). See also: 2016 Stanford Cardinal football team Overall, he set a new Rose Bowl record with 368 all-purpose yards, breaking the previous record set in 2012 by Wisconsin's Jared Abbrederis. ĭuring the 2016 Rose Bowl against Iowa, McCaffrey became the first player to rush for over 100 yards (172) and have over 100 yards receiving (109) in a Rose Bowl game. He set the school record for all purpose yards in a single game in the Pac-12 Championship against USC with 461 total yards. He also finished second to Alabama's Derrick Henry in the 2015 Heisman Trophy voting. McCaffrey was a consensus All-American and was the Associated Press College Football Player of the Year, Pac-12 Player of the Year, and Paul Hornung Award winner. He also set numerous other Stanford records during the season including rushing yards in a single game (243) and all-purpose yards in a game (461). McCaffrey ranked second in the nation with 2,019 rushing yards, becoming the first Stanford player to rush for 2,000 in a season. Sanders coincidentally happened to be one of McCaffrey's teammates that year. He surpassed Barry Sanders's NCAA record of 3,250 all-purpose yards, finishing with 3,864. McCaffrey had a breakout sophomore season in 2015. See also: 2015 Stanford Cardinal football team He committed to Stanford University to play college football. He was rated by as a four-star recruit and was ranked as the third best all-purpose back in his class and 77th best player overall. Ĭonsidered one of the best one hundred football players in his national high school class, he was selected as a 2014 U.S. As a junior in 2013, he finished sixth in the 100-meter dash (10.89s) and ninth in the 200-meter dash (22.17s) at the CHSAA State Meet. As a sophomore, he placed second in the 100-meter dash at the Mountain Vista Boulder Invitational with a career-best time of 10.75 seconds. McCaffrey was also a standout sprinter on the track and field team. McCaffrey in 2012, playing for Valor Christian High School He was the Gatorade Football Player of the Year for Colorado in both 20.
He broke numerous Colorado high school records including career total touchdowns (141), career all purpose yards (8,845), career touchdown receptions (47), and single season all-purpose yards (3,032). He played running back, wide receiver, cornerback, and punter.
He attended Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado for his freshman year and then Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado under coach Brent Vieselmeyer for the rest of his high school career. McCaffrey holds numerous NFL and Panthers franchise records and is one of three players ever to record 1,000 rushing and 1,000 receiving yards in the same season, doing so in 2019.Ĭhristian Jackson McCaffrey was born in Castle Rock, Colorado, on June 7, 1996, the son of former Stanford and NFL wide receiver Ed McCaffrey and former Stanford soccer star Lisa McCaffrey. He holds the NCAA record for most all-purpose yards in a season, with 3,864. As a sophomore in 2015, McCaffrey was named AP College Football Player of the Year and was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. He played college football at Stanford and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers eighth overall in the 2017 NFL Draft. Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year (2015)Ĭhristian Jackson McCaffrey (born June 7, 1996) is an American football running back for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).AP College Football Player of the Year (2015).McCaffrey with the Carolina Panthers in 2019
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