Christian McCaffrey has NFL bloodlines. He clearly performs soccer at Valor Christian, however he additionally excels in basketball and observe.
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Soccer has all the time been Christian McCaffrey's calling card as a result of it's in his blood. However the Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) senior-to-be isn't simply centered on the gridiron.
At the least not but.
The versatile operating again, who dedicated to Stanford in Could, will proceed to play basketball and run observe so long as he can.
McCaffrey is an elite athlete who eschews the concept elite athletes ought to stick to 1 sport.
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“It's undoubtedly essential to me as a result of it's one thing I've carried out since I used to be a child,” McCaffrey mentioned. “I simply fell in love with all three sports activities. I like each facet and each dynamic of all of them. I believe I’d as effectively play them so long as I can and have enjoyable with it.”
MaxPreps and Reebok have teamed as much as spotlight the 25 Most Dynamic Excessive Faculty Athletes in america heading into 2013-14, and McCaffrey is Colorado's lone choice.
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Going through McCaffrey on the soccer discipline was an unenviable process for opponents. The 5-foot-11, 195-pounder, who’s the son of former Stanford and NFL huge receiver Ed McCaffrey, had 2,065 yards from scrimmage and 27 touchdowns final season.
He additionally scored the one landing within the Class 5A state championship recreation final season as Valor Christian received its fourth straight crown (third with McCaffrey within the fold). His older brother Max shall be a sophomore this season at Duke.
“He grew up taking part in a number of sports activities and takes athletic improvement very severely,” mentioned Rod Sherman, who will make the bounce from offensive coordinator to go coach this season. “He does it in a method that that athleticism can actually take him to the following degree.”
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