On Thursday, former Stanford star working again and present tight finish for the San Francisco 49ers, Christian McCaffrey, was named the NFL's Offensive Participant of the 12 months.
He turned simply the fifth participant in 49ers historical past to win the award and the primary since Joe Montana gained it in 1989, which was seven years earlier than McCaffrey was born. He joins Roger Craig as the one 49ers working again to win the award and is barely the second working again to win the award since 2007.
That provides to what has been an enormous yr for McCaffrey, who has made historical past on a number of events, together with his speeding title, the primary 49er since Joe “The Jet” Perry did it twice, in 1953 and '54.
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On the yr, the First Workforce All-Professional working again had 272 carries for 1,459 yards and 14 touchdowns whereas making 67 catches for 564 yards and 7 touchdowns. His 25 complete touchdowns, together with the playoffs, are essentially the most in a season in 49ers historical past, passing Jerry Rice, and in addition essentially the most by any participant in a season since LaDainian Tomlinson (2006).
On Tremendous Bowl Sunday in opposition to the Chiefs, he has an opportunity to earn his first Tremendous Bowl ring and will additionally turn into simply the second father-son duo together with his father, ED McCaffrey, to win a title in the identical sequence. McCaffrey and the 49ers are barely favored over Kansas Metropolis.
By way of MVP, McCaffrey completed third within the voting behind Dake Prescott and award winner Lamar Jackson.
