The San Francisco running back joined rarefied air this summer.
McCaffrey is the first running back to be featured on the Madden cover in over a decade. As far as running backs go, the last to appear on the cover was 2013, when Adrian Peterson appeared on the cover for legacy consoles and retired legend Barry Sanders appeared on the cover for next-gen systems for the 25th anniversary of the game.
In addition to being the first running back in over a decade, he's also the first 49er on the cover since Garrison Hearst graced the international cover of Madden 99. McCaffrey is the first Niner to appear on the worldwide cover of Madden NFL.is a career achievement and an honor I share with all of my teammates, coaches and 49er Faithful who have helped make it possible,” said McCaffrey via an EA Sports press release.
There's good reason for him to grace the cover, as EA Sports Senior Production Director Mike Mahar shared that he was the most popular running back in last year's iteration of the game, with players scoring, "more than 450 million touchdowns with him last year.
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