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Chapter 1 GREATEST MOMENTS

ELUSIVE, ENTERTAINING, AND EXCELLENT Ever since entering the National Football League (NFL) in 2017, after some spectacular seasons at Stanford University, ChristianMcCaffrey has become one of themost versatile, dynamic, and downright fun players to watch in the game today. Withmore moves than a Broadway dancer—he jukes , sidesteps, hurdles, spins around, bounces off, outruns, and even, at times, runs over defenders—he has produced dazzling numbers rarely ever seen at the running back position. McCaffrey has trampled the NFL record books in the process and has inserted himself into the league’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) chatter for years to come. A threat to strike no matter where he lines up—in the backfield, in the slot, or out wide—McCaffrey closed out his third NFL season in 2019 in a blaze of big-time numbers. With 1,387 rushing yards and 1,005 receiving yards, he became just the third player in NFL history to reach the 1,000-yard mark in those two categories in the same

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