Christian McCaffrey joins exclusive club after getting prestigious NFL award nominations, including MVP

Christian McCaffrey returned from limb injuries with a vengeance this season.

A calf wounded successful August 2024 that was expected to support the moving backmost retired "a mates weeks" turned into him missing the archetypal 8 games of the season. He past sustained a genu wounded aft conscionable 4 games and sat retired the remainder of the year.

But this season, helium was his accustomed self, and it has resulted successful rather the designation from the media.

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Christian McCaffrey of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates aft his receiving touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles during the 4th fourth successful the NFC Wild Card Playoff crippled astatine Lincoln Financial Field connected Jan. 11, 2026 successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

With his show aft past year's disappointment, McCaffrey is evidently successful the moving — and astir apt the favourite — to beryllium the league’s Comeback Player of the Year. But that’s not all.

McCaffrey is the lone non-quarterback to beryllium an MVP finalist, and helium is besides successful the moving for his 2nd Offensive Player of the Year Award successful 3 years aft putting up 2,126 scrimmage yards and scoring 17 full touchdowns.

San Francisco 49ers moving backmost Christian McCaffrey warms up earlier a crippled against the Denver Broncos astatine Levi's Stadium.  (David Gonzales/Imagn Images)

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Only Adrian Peterson successful 2012 and Joe Burrow past twelvemonth person been finalists for each 3 awards successful 1 play (Drew Brees finished 2nd for each successful 2006, but finalists were not named then). Peterson was named the MVP and OPOY portion finishing 2nd successful Comeback Player of the Year, portion Burrow was the Comeback Player of the Year for the 2nd clip successful his career, which helium joked isn't precisely ideal.

McCaffrey finished 76 yards shy of his 2nd 1,000-1,000 season, but helium joined the fraternity successful 2019 on with Roger Craig and Marshall Faulk. He did, however, person by acold the astir receptions of immoderate moving backmost with 102 — Bijan Robinson was 2nd with 79.

Earlier this season, McCaffrey was named a first-team All-Pro for the 3rd clip successful his career. McCaffrey is 1 of 8 players with 3 oregon much 2,000-yard scrimmage seasons. Faulk, Eric Dickerson and Walter Payton each had four.

As an aside, McCaffrey is besides a finalist for the NFL's Salute to Service Award, presented by USAA, which "[uses] the powerfulness of shot to link with, empower, admit and uplift our work members, veterans and their families."

San Francisco 49ers moving backmost Christian McCaffrey celebrates aft scoring against the Arizona Cardinals during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, successful Glendale, Ariz.  (AP Photo/Matt York)

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McCaffrey volition find retired his destiny for each 4 awards astatine the NFL Honors successful the Bay Area during Super Bowl week connected Feb. 5.

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