Draft Note by John Paulsen
Christian McCaffrey is the first running back off the board for good reason. He finished as the RB1 in 2023 after an RB2 finish the year before. Last season, he scored 358 (half-PPR) fantasy points, which was over 100 more than the RB2, Raheem Mostert. He just turned 28 years old, so age isn’t much of a concern. There was some question whether he would see a mega workload with Elijah Mitchell healthy, but Mitchell’s status didn’t matter–McCaffrey averaged 21.2 touches per game, which was second only to Kyren Williams. He should continue to be the focal point of the 49ers’ highly-efficient offense.
Christian McCaffrey
- RB
- , San Francisco 49ers
- 28
- 205 lbs
- 5' 11"
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Christian McCaffrey is the first running back off the board for good reason. He finished as the RB1 in 2023 after an RB2 finish the year before. Last season, he scored 358 (half-PPR) fantasy points, which was over 100 more than the RB2, Raheem Mostert. He just turned 28 years old, so age isn’t much of a concern. There was some question whether he would see a mega workload with Elijah Mitchell healthy, but Mitchell’s status didn’t matter–McCaffrey averaged 21.2 touches per game, which was second only to Kyren Williams. He should continue to be the focal point of the 49ers’ highly-efficient offense.
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2024 Strength of Schedule - SF
| W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 NYJ | 5 @MIN | 2 @LAR | 9 NE | 30 ARI | 29 @SEA | 26 KC | 23 DAL | BYE | 4 @TB | 29 SEA | 21 @GB | 12 @BUF | 6 CHI | 2 LAR | 3 @MIA | 14 DET | 30 @ARI |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.
Game Stats
| Week | Opp | RuAtt | RuYds | RuTD | Fum | YPC | Rec | RecYds | RecTD | Tgts | YPR | STD | 0.5 PPR | PPR | Snaps | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @PIT | 22 | 152 | 1 | 0 | 6.91 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5.67 | 22.9 | 24.40 | 25.9 | 58/68 | 85.3% |
| 2 | @LAR | 20 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 5.80 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 6.33 | 19.5 | 21.00 | 22.5 | 57/57 | 100.0% |
| 3 | NYG | 18 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 4.72 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 6.80 | 17.9 | 20.40 | 22.9 | 51/83 | 61.4% |
| 4 | ARI | 20 | 106 | 3 | 0 | 5.30 | 7 | 71 | 1 | 8 | 10.14 | 41.7 | 45.20 | 48.7 | 47/55 | 85.5% |
| 5 | DAL | 19 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 2.68 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 13.50 | 11.8 | 12.80 | 13.8 | 52/71 | 73.2% |
| 6 | @CLE | 11 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3.91 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 11.2 | 12.70 | 14.2 | 36/62 | 58.1% |
| 7 | @MIN | 15 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 17.00 | 19.6 | 21.10 | 22.6 | 53/53 | 100.0% |
| 8 | CIN | 12 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 | 64 | 1 | 7 | 10.67 | 23.8 | 26.80 | 29.8 | 57/59 | 96.6% |
| 9 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | @JAX | 16 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 5.94 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 10 | 7.83 | 14.2 | 17.20 | 20.2 | 47/62 | 75.8% |
| 11 | TB | 21 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 3.71 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 16.3 | 18.80 | 21.3 | 52/60 | 86.7% |
| 12 | @SEA | 19 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 5.00 | 25.9 | 28.40 | 30.9 | 51/66 | 77.3% |
| 13 | @PHI | 17 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 5.47 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 13.33 | 19.3 | 20.80 | 22.3 | 52/59 | 88.1% |
| 14 | SEA | 16 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 9.06 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 | 15.3 | 15.80 | 16.3 | 48/54 | 88.9% |
| 15 | @ARI | 18 | 115 | 1 | 0 | 6.39 | 5 | 72 | 2 | 5 | 14.40 | 36.7 | 39.20 | 41.7 | 43/56 | 76.8% |
| 16 | BAL | 14 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 7.36 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 4.67 | 19.1 | 22.10 | 25.1 | 70/70 | 100.0% |
| 17 | @WAS | 14 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 4.57 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 6.75 | 9.1 | 11.10 | 13.1 | 38/70 | 54.3% |
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Injury Details (w18)
Status: Out Injury: Calf | LAR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Per game | 17.00 | 91.19 | 0.88 | 0.13 | 5.36 | 4.19 | 35.25 | 0.44 | 5.19 | 8.42 | 20.27 | 22.36 | 24.46 | 50.75/62.81 | 81.75% | |
| Totals | 272 | 1459 | 14 | 2 | 5.36 | 67 | 564 | 7 | 83 | 8.42 | 324.3 | 357.8 | 391.3 | 812/1005 | 81.75% | |
