Last confirmed: Stanford, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · Castle Rock, CO · Valor Christian
Christian McCaffrey: RB · Stanford · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Christian McCaffrey
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. This is his third year in the same backfield at Stanford. A game that shows it: 284 rushing yards and 22 receiving yards against California — Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 18.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 10.3% of his carries. 8 carries for 35 yds vs Washington State; 31 for 284 vs California.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
52.5% of carries overall (251/478) → 36.7% of Q4-with-lead carries (40/109) — 70.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
17 of 21 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (81.0%). 10 of the team's 16 inside-the-5 carries (62.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 26-13vs Kansas State | 22 | 126 | 5.7 | 2 | 41 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-10vs USC | 31 | 172 | 5.5 | 1 | 33 | 172-yard day |
| Wk 4 | W 22-13@ UCLA | 26 | 138 | 5.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-44@ No. 10 Washington | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-42vs Washington State | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 8 | L 5-10vs Colorado | 21 | 92 | 4.4 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-10@ Arizona | 23 | 169 | 7.3 | 2 | 45 | 169-yard day |
| Wk 10 | W 26-15vs Oregon State | 32 | 199 | 6.2 | 1 | 51 | 199-yard day |
| Wk 11 | W 52-27@ Oregon | 17 | 135 | 7.9 | 3 | 61 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 12 | W 45-31@ California | 31 | 284 | 9.2 | 3 | 90 | Season-high 284 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 41-17vs Rice | 30 | 204 | 6.8 | 1 | 42 | 204-yard day |
| Total | 253 | 1603 | 6.3 | 13 | 90 |
Week 3 · 2016
W 27-10
vs USC
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
47%251 carriesFumble rate
0.4%1 of 253 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.3 yds/carry on 253 carries · 15% explosive (10+ yds) · 47% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under David Shaw — 30-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 138 | 5.5 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 155 | 6.8 | 1.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 104 | 5.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 180 | 7.0 | 1.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Shaw
Pass share
37.1%
303 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
62.8
13 games
Team sack rate
10.0%
341 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
253 carries and 37 catches in 11 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
Career, closed
Gone at #8 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Stanford, 3,922 rushing yards — drafted at #8 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
His career
He has a stat line in 37 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under David Shaw.
Where he ended up · NFL
Carolina PanthersEntering 10th NFL season
Carolina PanthersEntering 10th NFL season
