Education
McCaffrey attended Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. As a senior in 2013, he finished sixth in the 100-meter dash (1089s) and ninth in the 200-meter dash (2217s) at the CHSAA State Meet.
College Football Player of the Year
McCaffrey attended Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. As a senior in 2013, he finished sixth in the 100-meter dash (1089s) and ninth in the 200-meter dash (2217s) at the CHSAA State Meet.
In his sophomore season in 2015, he was the Associated Press College Football Player of the Year and the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. He holds the National Collegiate Athletic Association record for most all-purpose yards in a season with 3,864. He played running back, wide receiver, cornerback and punter.
He broke numerous Colorado high school records including career total touchdowns (141), career all purpose yards (8,845), career touchdown receptions (47) and single season all-purpose yards (3,032).
He was the Gatorade Football Player of the Year for Colorado in both 2012 and 2013. He also played basketball.
McCaffrey was also a standout sprinter on the track & field team As a junior in 2012, he placed second in the 100-meter dash at the Mountain Vista Boulder Invitational with a career-best time of 10.75 seconds.
One of the best one hundred football players in his national high school class, McCaffrey was selected as a 2014 United States. Army All-American.
He committed to Stanford University to play college football. 2014
McCaffrey played in all 13 games as a true freshman at Stanford in 2014. He finished the year with 300 rushing yards on 42 carries and 251 receiving yards on 17 receptions with two total touchdowns.
2015
McCaffrey had a breakout sophomore season in 2015.
He broke Barry Sanders" National Collegiate Athletic Association record of 3,250 all-purpose yards, finishing with 3,864. He ranked second in the nation with 2,019 rushing yards, becoming the first Stanford player to rush for 2,000 in a season.
He also set numerous other Stanford records during the season including rushing yards in a game (243) and all-purpose yards in a game (461)
He also finished second to Derrick Henry in the 2015 Heisman Trophy voting. During the 2016 Rose Bowl, McCaffrey became the first player to rush for 100 yards (172) and have 100 yards receiving (109) in a Rose Bowl game.
Overall he had a Rose Bowl record 368 yards of total offense, breaking the record previously held by Wisconsin’s Jared Abbrederis set in 2012.
His father, Editor McCaffrey, played college football at Stanford and in the NFL (mostly for the Denver Broncos) from 1991 to 2003.
McCaffrey was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and was ranked as the third best all-purpose back in his class and 77th best player overall. McCaffrey was a consensus All-American and was the Associated Press College Football Player of the Year, Pac-12 Player of the Year and Paul Hornung Award winner.
