A lot of things have gone right for the 49ers to run the table on the regular season after a 3-4 start, but bigger than the Oct. 20 trade with the Carolina Panthers that brought the former Stanford…
Christian McCaffrey was 7 years old, deep enough into his first season of tackle football that he knew how to put on his equipment.
Photo of then Denver Broncos wide receiver Ed McCaffrey, left, joking around with his 5-year-old son, Christian, and wife Lisa in the family’s kitchen in the southeast Denver suburb of Parker, Colo., in this photograph taken on Aug. 16, 2000. After playing a bit part in a 44-23 loss to the Chiefs two days after arriving, McCaffrey became a featured back the following week against the Los Angeles Rams. He rushed for 94 yards on 18 carries and a touchdown, caught eight passes for 55 yards and a touchdown and even threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Aiyuk.
Ed McCaffrey played at Stanford and 12 years in the NFL with the Giants, 49ers and Broncos. Lisa McCaffrey, Ed’s wife, was a soccer player at Stanford. Her father was an Olympic sprinter. Christian went on to be one of the most celebrated high school athletes in the Denver area at Valor Christian in nearby Highlands Ranch and accepted a scholarship to Stanford like his father. David Shaw, the Stanford coach and a teammate of both Ed McCaffrey and Lynch at the school, learned quickly that McCaffrey’s special gifts included rocket fuel in terms of competitive nature.
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