As a Junior (2016) • Game-by-Game Statistics
• Eighth overall pick in the NFL Draft (Carolina Panthers)
• CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year
• Third Cardinal ever to win award
• CoSIDA Academic All-America first team
• Sixth Cardinal to earn multiple Academic All-America honors, first since 1993-94
• Sporting News All-America second team (athlete)
• Walter Camp All-America second team (running back)
• AP All-America second team (running back)
• FWAA All-America second team (running back)
• USA Today All-America second team (running back)
• SI.com All-America second team (running back)
• CBS Sports All-America second team (running back)
• FOX All-America first team (all-purpose)
• FOX All-America first team (running back)
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• All-Pac-12 first team (running back)
• All-Pac-12 honorable mention (return specialist)
• Wuerffel Award finalist
• Paul Hornung Award finalist
• Walter Camp Player of the Year watch list
• Maxwell Award watch list
• Rotary Lombardi Award watch list
• Paul Hornung Award watch list
• Maxwell Award semifinalist
• Doak Walker Award semifinalist
• ESPN.com preseason All-America first team (all-purpose)
• SI.com preseason All-America first team (kick returner)
• SI.com preseason All-America first team (punt returner)
• SI.com preseason All-America second team (running back)
• Phil Steele preseason All-America first team (running back)
• Phil Steele preseason All-America third team (punt returner)
• Phil Steele preseason All-America third team (kick returner)
• ESPN.com preseason Pac-12 Player of the Year
• ESPN.com preseason All-Pac-12 first team (running back)
• USA Today preseason All-Pac-12 first team (running back)
• USA Today preseason All-Pac-12 first team (kick returner)
• Phil Steele preseason All-Pac-12 first team (running back)
• Phil Steele preseason All-Pac-12 first team (kick returner)
• Athlon preseason All-Pac-12 first team (kick returner)
• Athlon preseason All-Pac-12 first team (all-purpose)
• Athlon preseason All-Pac-12 third team (punt returner)
• First nationally with 211.6 all-purpose yards/game
• Fourth nationally with 145.7 rushing yards/game
• First in Pac-12 Conference
• Seventh nationally with 1,603 rushing yards
• First in Pac-12 Conference
• 183.87 career all-purpose yards/game, most of any active FBS player
• Over 28 more than next closest player
• 6,987 career all-purpose yards, second-most of any active FBS player
• Over 1,800 more than next closest junior
• One of two active FBS players with at least 3,500 career yards rushing and 1,200 yards receiving
• 19 100-yard rushing games since start of the 2015 season, tied for most in FBS over that span
• Only Stanford player ever with 2,000+ all-purpose yards in consecutive seasons
• 33 career touchdowns, ninth-most in Stanford history
• School-record 284 yards rushing vs. Cal, most ever in 119-year history of the Big Game
• Seven career games with 300+ all-purpose yards
• 200+ all-purpose yards in 19 games since start of 2015 season
• One of three players in past 20 years with over 700 all-purpose yards against the same opponent in a two-game span (vs. USC in 2015 and 2016)
• 22 rushes for 126 yards and two touchdowns, seven receptions (career-high) for 40 yards vs. Kansas State
• Two touchdowns of 35 or more yards (only one such touchdown run in 2015)
• 41-yard fourth-quarter rushing touchdown sealed win
• 97-yard punt return touchdown called back due to penalty
• 31 rushes for 172 yards and one touchdown vs. USC
• Three receptions for 66 yards, including 56-yard touchdown catch
• One of three players ever with 700+ all-purpose yards vs. same opponent in two-game span
• LaDainian Tomlinson (1990-00 vs. UTEP)
• Marqise Lee (2011-12 vs. Oregon)
• 26 rushes for 138 yards, two catches for 13 yards at UCLA
• 12 rushes for 35 yards, five catches for 30 yards in one half of action vs. Washington State
• Five kickoff returns for 144 yards
• 21 rushes for 92 yards, two catches for 26 yards vs. Colorado
• 225 all-purpose yards at Arizona
• 169 yards rushing and two touchdowns
• Four catches for 27 yards and one touchdown
• 24-yard punt return
• 241 all-purpose yards vs. Oregon State
• 199 yards rushing and one touchdown
• 218 all-purpose yards at Oregon
• 135 yards rushing and three touchdowns
• Five catches for 52 yards
• 317 all-purpose yards at Cal
• School-record 284 rushing yards and three touchdowns
• Most rushing yards in 119-year history of the Big Game
• 90-yard touchdown run
• 271 all-purpose yards vs. Rice
• 204 yards rushing and one touchdown
• Two catches for 23 yards and one touchdown
As a Sophomore (2015) • Game-by-Game Statistics
• NCAA single-season all-purpose yards record holder (3,864)
• Only FBS player to lead team in rushing and receiving yardage
• Associated Press Player of the Year
• First winner in Stanford history
• First non-Heisman Trophy winner since 2009
• Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
• Pac-12 Championship Game MVP
• Rose Bowl Offensive Player of the Game
• CoSIDA Academic All-America first team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Sports Illustrated College Football Player of the Year
• CBSSports.com Player of the Year
• Hornung Award winner
• Jet Award winner
• Chic Harley Award winner
• Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Amateur Athlete of the Year
• Heisman Trophy finalist
• Maxwell Award finalist
• Doak Walker Award finalist
• Walter Camp Player of the Year finalist
• Consensus All-America
• AFCA All-America first team (running back)
• FWAA All-America first team (kick returner)
• Associated Press All-America first team (all-purpose)
• Sporting News All-America first team (running back)
• Walter Camp All-America second team (kick returner)
• Walter Camp All-America second team (running back)
• All-Pac-12 first team (running back)
• All-Pac-12 first team (return specialist)
• Associated Press All-Bowl team (all-purpose)
• Walter Camp National Player of the Week (Nov. 22)
• FWAA National Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 20)
• Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 23)
• Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19)
• SI.com midseason All-America first team
• Phil Steele All-Pac-12 preseason second team (punt returner)
• Athlon All-Pac-12 preseason second team (all-purpose/punt returner)
• 2,019 rushing yards [school record]
• 144.2 rushing yards/game
• 6.0 yards/rush [seventh-most in school history]
• 337 rushing attempts
• Eight rushing touchdowns
• 11 100-yard rushing games [tied school record]
• 645 receiving yards [team high]
• 45 receptions [team high]
• 46.1 receiving yards/game [team high]
• Five receiving touchdowns [team high]
• One 200-yard rushing, 100-yard receiving game
• Two 150-yard rushing, 100-yard receiving games
• Three 100-yard rushing, 100-yard receiving games
• 1,070 kickoff return yards [third-most in school history]
• 28.9 yards/kickoff return [fourth-most in school history]
• One kickoff return touchdown
• 130 punt return yards
• One punt return touchdown
• Two pass completions for 39 yards and two touchdowns
• Three 100-yard rushing, 100-yard receiving games
• 90 points scored
• 171 all-purpose yards at Northwestern
• 166 all-purpose yards vs. UCF
• 249 all-purpose yards at USC
• 115 yards rushing
• 303 all-purpose yards at Oregon State
• 206 yards rushing
• First 200-yard rushing performance by a Cardinal since 2009
• First 300 all-purpose yard performance by a Cardinal since 2009
• First back-to-back 100-yard rushing performance by a Cardinal since 2013
• 260 all-purpose yards vs. Arizona
• First career rushing touchdown
• Two kickoff returns for 98 yards, including 67-yarder
• 369 all-purpose yards vs. UCLA
• (Then) school-record 243 yards rushing on 25 carries
• Tied school record with four rushing touchdowns
• All-purpose yards total fell 10 short of school record
• 96-yard kickoff return
• 300 all-purpose yards vs. Washington
• 109 yards rushing on 23 carries, one touchdown
• 112 yards receiving on five catches, one touchdown
• 50-yard touchdown reception
• First Cardinal with 100+ rushing and 100+ receiving yards since 1991
• 136 all-purpose yards at Washington State
• 107 rushing yards on 22 carries
• Sixth consecutive 100-yard rushing performance
• 30-yard fourth-quarter run set stage for game-winning field goal
• 220 all-purpose yards at Colorado
• 147 rushing yards on 23 carries
• Tied school record with seventh consecutive 100-yard rushing performance
• 28-yard touchdown pass
• Stanford's first non-quarterback to throw a touchdown pass since 2009
• 244 all-purpose yards vs. Oregon
• 147 rushing yards on career-high 33 carries and one touchdown
• Eighth consecutive 100-yard rushing performance
• Five catches for 42 yards
• Set single-season school record with 2,418 all-purpose yards
• 389 all-purpose yards vs. Cal
• Broke Stanford's single-game all-purpose yards record set in 1990
• School-record ninth consecutive 100-yard rushing performance
• 24 rushes for 192 yards
• 49-yard touchdown reception
• Three kickoff returns for 148 yards, including 98-yard touchdown
• 228 all-purpose yards vs. Notre Dame
• Exceeded 3,000 all-purpose single-season yards
• Set Pac-12 single-season all-purpose yards record
• Eclipsed Reggie Bush's mark of 2,890 set in 2005
• 94 yards rushing
• 109 kickoff return yards
• 461 all-purpose yards vs. USC (Pac-12 Championship Game)
• Set NCAA record for single-season all-purpose yards (3,496)
• Rushing (10), passing (11) and receiving (28) touchdowns
• 207 rushing yards
• Third 200-yard rushing output
• 105 receiving yards
• Second 100-yard receiving output
• 120 kickoff return yards
• Fourth 100-yard kickoff return output
• 29 punt return yards
• Second 100-yard rushing and 100-yard receiving output on the season
• Two of four in FBS on the season
• 368 all-purpose yards vs. Iowa
• Rose Bowl record for all-purpose yardage
• Fourth-most all-purpose yards in NCAA bowl history
• 146 all-purpose yards after contact
• 172 yards rushing on 18 attempts
• 105 yard receiving on four catches
• 75-yard touchdown reception, second-longest in Rose Bowl history
• First player in Rose Bowl history with 100 yards rushing and receiving
• 63-yard punt return for touchdown
• First four touches totaled 121 yards
As a Freshman (2014) • Game-by-Game Statistics
• National Football Foundation High School National Scholar-Athlete finalist
• 13 games played
• 796 all-purpose yards (300 rushing, 251 receiving, 154 punt return, 91 kickoff return)
• 61.2 all-purpose yards/game
• Two receiving touchdowns
• Seven tackles
• 122 all-purpose yards in career debut vs. UC Davis
• 52-yard touchdown catch on first career touch
• Three punt returns for 60 yards, including 41-yarder
• Three tackles on special teams
• Four rushes for 29 yards, one catch for 12 yards vs. Army
• One catch for 12 yards at Washington
• One catch for 18 yards at Notre Dame
• Three rushes for 28 yards, two catches for 25 yards vs. Washington State
• Two kickoff returns for 38 yards at Arizona State
• Three rushes for 19 yards, two catches for 52 yards and 42-yard touchdown vs. Oregon State
• One kickoff return for 29 yards at Oregon
• 111 all-purpose yards vs. Utah
• Eight rushes for 77 yards, three catches for 10 yards, two kickoff returns for 24 yards
• Three rushes for 19 yards, two catches for 34 yards at Cal
• 11 rushes for 64 yards, one catch for 21 yards at UCLA
• Team-high 138 all-purpose yards vs. Maryland
• Seven rushes for 57 yards, four punt returns for 81 yards
The McCaffrey File
• Prepped at Valor Christian (Colo.) under head coach Rod Sherman
• Running back, wide receiver, defensive back, punter
• Nation’s 70th-best recruit by 247Sports, 77th by Rivals, 81st by Scout
• Colorado’s top-rated overall recruit by Scout, Rivals, ESPN and 247Sports
• Nation’s second-best all-purpose back by 247Sports, third by Rivals
• Nation’s 26th-best athlete by ESPN, 13th-best running back by Scout
• PrepStar All-America
• Nation’s 20th-best athlete
• 2013 Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year
• 2013 Denver Post Gold Helmet Award
• 2013 All-Colorado Player of the Year
• 2013 All-Colorado
• 2013 Reebok Top-25 Most Dynamic Athletes
• 2013 Colorado Sports Hall of Fame High School Male Athlete of the Year
• 2013 Orange County Register All-West Coast “Fab 15” first team
• 2012 Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year
• 2012 All-Colorado Player of the Year
• 2012 All-Colorado
• 2012 5A Player of the Year
• 2012 5A all-state
• 2011 All-Colorado
• 2011 4A Player of the Year
• 2011 4A all-state
• 2010 4A all-state honorable mention
• 12th in NFHS history with 848 career offensive points
• Seventh in NFHS history with 141 career offensive touchdowns
• Colorado record holder for career points (848)
• Colorado record holder for career touchdowns (141)
• Colorado record holder for career all-purpose yards (8,845)
• Colorado record holder for single-season all-purpose yards (3,032)
• Second in Colorado history for career touchdown receptions (47)
• Ninth in Colorado history for single-season points (276)
• Seventh in Colorado history for single-season touchdowns (46)
• Eighth in Colorado history for career punt returns for touchdowns (4)
• Led team to four state titles
• 2014 Parade All-America honorable mention
• Four-time varsity letterwinner in track and field
• State champion in 4A 4x100 relay
• State record holder in 4A 4x200 relay
• Born in Denver, Colo.
• Full name is Christian Jackson McCaffrey
• Son of Ed and Lisa McCaffrey
• Mother played soccer at Stanford (1987-90)
• Father played football at Stanford (1986-1991) and professionally for the New York Giants (1991-94), San Francisco 49ers (1994) and Denver Broncos (1994-2003)
• Three brothers: Max, Dylan and Luke
• Max played receiver at Duke
• Grandfather, David Sime, ran track at Duke
• 1960 silver medalist in 100-meter dash at 1960 Summer Olympics
• 1956 world record holder in 100-yard dash
• Aunt, Sherrie Sime Giusto, played tennis at Virginia (1979-1983)
• Uncle, Scott Sime, played football and wrestled at Duke (1982-1986)
• Aunt, Monica McCaffrey Check, played basketball at Georgetown (1987-1991)
• Uncle, Bill McCaffrey, played basketball at Duke (1990-1991) and Vanderbilt (1992-1994)
• Uncle, Mike McCaffrey, played basketball at Husson College (1995-1999)
• Spent summer of 2013 on mission trip to Rwanda
• Pianist
• Kentucky Colonel
• Majoring in communication
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Christian McCaffrey Season 2014
PositionRB
Weight197 lbs
Height6-0
ClassFreshman
HometownCastle Rock, Colo.
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