Former Stanford standout Christian McCaffrey is returning to the Bay Space after the 49ers acquired him by way of commerce from the Carolina Panthers Thursday night time.
San Francisco traded second-, third- and fourth-round picks within the 2023 NFL Draft, in addition to a fifth-rounder in 2024 to Carolina in alternate for McCaffrey, who is anticipated to fly to the Bay Space Friday and be part of the group, although it's not clear but whether or not he'll make the short turnaround to play Sunday towards the Chiefs.
Earlier than he arrives, let’s check out a few of his greatest video games throughout his first Northern California stint.
2015 vs. UCLA
McCaffrey rushed for 243 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 56-35 win for No. 15 Stanford over No. 18 UCLA.
He returned a kick 96 yards to arrange a Stanford landing earlier than he acquired into the top zone himself. However McCaffrey did get into the painted space: He scored twice within the second quarter on runs of 9 and 28 yards, then added two extra within the third quarter, together with a 70-yard untouched romp to the top zone. For good measure, he additionally r.
The sport can be remembered by Stanford followers for the unimaginable landing catch by Francis Owusu wherein he reached round a UCLA defender, for a 41-yard rating.
2015 Large Sport
McCaffrey didn’t run for a landing however he nonetheless scored twice on this 35-22 win over Cal, clinching the Pac-12 North and setting a then-Stanford report of 389 all-purpose yards within the course of.
He scored a second-quarter landing on a display cross, breaking two tackles within the backfield earlier than discovering the open subject and bursting by means of the Cal protection for a 49-yard landing.
Simply earlier than halftime, he took a Bears kickoff 98 yards down the correct sideline for an additional thrilling landing to stretch the Cardinal’s lead again to 2 scores, and Cal by no means acquired nearer than 5 factors the remainder of the way in which.
2015 Pac-12 Championship Sport
With a visit to the Rose Bowl on the road, McCaffrey handed Stanford’s first landing and scored two extra within the dying minutes to place the sport out of USC’s attain.
He took a reverse on the primary play of the second quarter and threw the ball to quarterback Kevin Hogan, who was on their lonesome for an 11-yard rating to offer the Cardinal a 10-0 lead. These 11 yards didn’t depend towards his new Stanford record-setting complete of 461 all-purpose yards within the win.
A halftime lead became a 16-13 deficit for the Cardinal, however McCaffrey took a cross from Hogan 67 yards on the following drive to arrange a dashing rating by the quarterback on the following play.
He then led Stanford on a landing drive halfway by means of the fourth quarter, accounting for 56 of the 75 yards lined to increase a five-point result in 12. A ten-yard run capped the scoring in a 41-22 win.
Rose Bowl after 2015 season
On the large stage, McCaffrey got here up large, instantly.
Dealing with Iowa on Jan. 1, 2016 within the Rose Bowl, McCaffrey took the primary play from scrimmage 75 yards for a rating on yet one more angle route out of the backfield.
It was simply the beginning of a 45-16 rout and one other large sport from McCaffrey — in reality, the most important in Rose Bowl historical past, as he set a sport report with 368 all-purpose yards. He later took a second-quarter punt 63 yards for a rating to stretch Stanford’s result in 28-0.
The 2015 season noticed McCaffrey shatter Barry Sanders’ NCAA report for all-purpose yards in a season with 3,864 and turn out to be the primary Cardinal participant to achieve 2,000 yards dashing.
2016 Large Sport
McCaffrey set the Stanford single-game dashing report with 284 yards in a 45-31 victory at Cal.
Stanford entered halftime with a 17-14 lead earlier than McCaffrey scored three second-half touchdowns, starting with a 90-yard on a run up the center early within the third quarter. He took a handoff, lower barely left, then shook two Bears defenders by chopping proper, broke an arm sort out and outran the Cal protection to the top zone.
He tacked on an 11-yard rating later within the third quarter a 1-yard leaping landing early within the fourth to assist safe the Cardinal win.