Christian McCaffrey Fantasy Football News

Christian McCaffrey
RB
, San Francisco 49ers

Age: 30
Weight: 210 lbs
Height: 5' 11"
College: Stanford

ADP: 11
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
58	218	4	16	122

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49ers WR Mike Evans dealing with rib strain

Ian Rapoport on X

Sep 28 · 5:39 PM EDT

49ers WR Mike Evans, who left the game earlier, is dealing with a rib strain, source said. He’ll have a full evaluation tomorrow, but those can be painful.

Fantasy Impact:

Evans is officially day to day Rapoport said in follow-up post. It sounds like he could have a shot to play in Week 4, but as Rapoport noted, this can be a painful injury. We'll probably have to watch the injury report all week when it comes to Evans and his status. The Niners host the Broncos in the later window of Week 4.

49ers RB Christian McCaffrey not spotted at practice

Matt Maiocco on X

Sep 07 · 9:36 AM EDT

Nick Bosa and Christian McCaffrey were not taking part in drills in the early portion of 49ers practice that was open to the media. George Kittle is practicing.

Related players: Kaelon Black, Jordan James

Fantasy Impact:

The Niners, of course, are in Australia preparing for this week's game against the Rams Thursday night. McCaffrey was dealing with tightness and missed time all through camp but later came out and said it was all planned. So, this could be part of the plan as well. Hopefully there is no need to panic as we're less than four days away from this game. There should be plenty of eyes on CMC leading up to Thursday night, but owners should always be sure to have a backup plan.

49ers hoping WR Mike Evans practices this week

David Lombardi on X

Sep 01 · 12:32 PM EDT

John Lynch says that the 49ers hope to have Mike Evans, who has an adductor injury, back at practice next week.

Fantasy Impact:

Use of the word "hope" doesn't make us feel warm and fuzzy about Evans' status heading into Week 1, at least at this point. He'll lose a couple of days to get ready as the 49ers play the Rams in Week 1 next Thursday night. The now seemingly oft-injured Evans will probably need to start logging some practice time soon, if he wants to be ready for the Sept. 10 game in Melbourne. With Kittle also a question mark, the Niners could be looking for Deebo, the rookie Stribling and of course CMC in the passing game.

49ers RB Christian McCaffrey (tightness) said practice absences planned

Pro Football Talk

Aug 24 · 8:02 AM EDT

Christian McCaffrey returned to practice on Sunday, his first time on the field with his teammates since Aug. 8. The 49ers’ terming his injury as “tightness” raised some eyebrows given he had calf tightness during the 2024 training camp that carried into the season. His absence has some others wondering whether it had anything to do with his contract.

The running back said Sunday the time away was planned as part of his load management.

Fantasy Impact:

“This was kind of part of the plan from the jump,” McCaffrey said, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “Was to ramp up pretty big, get 9, 10 practices in, kind of come back down, and then ramp back up so we’re fresh for the duration.” That would have been nice to know a week or so ago... Eyebrows get raised with it comes to CMC and tightness. The star RB played only four games in 2024 when his tightness turned into Achilles tendinitis. So if we can take the 49ers for their word, CMC looks like he should be good to go, and, ramping back up for the start of the season.